Government Buildings and Facilities
About 96% of workplace violence against government employees was against state, county, and local employees, who made up 81% of the total government workforce. Face it, government employees can be easy targets.
What's worse is that despite the limitation of firearms in most government buildings, about 1 in 5 victims of workplace homicide is a government employee.
While 56% of government employee workplace violence is against law enforcement and security employees, the remaining 44% is against regular people just trying to do their jobs. (Source: OVC.gov)
Even when we take away law enforcement and security employees, the rate of workplace violence against government employees is still higher than that against private-sector employees. Government employees reported 8.7 violent victimizations per 1,000 employees, compared to 4.7 violent victimizations per 1,000 employees in the private sector.
Serious violent crime (rape, sexual assault, robbery or aggravated assault) accounted for a larger percentage of workplace violence against private-sector employees (25 percent) than government employees (15 percent) from 2002 to 2011. However, government employees experienced three times more simple assault than those in the private sector and among government employees, males (68%) are more likely than females (38%) to face a stranger during an incident of workplace violence.
Did you know?
- Worker on Worker violence is based on some sort of real or perceived workplace injustice that builds and builds until finally there's an eruption
- Intimate Partner violence is non-surgical, highly emotional and produces a lot of innocent bystander injuries and is the leading cause of workplace death for women
- Ideological violence is the intersection of terrorism and workplace violence. This can be anything from Planned Parenthood (I'm a warrior for the babies), animal rights activist, environmentalist or other people with "an axe to grind" - Ideological violence is not just jihadist or other forms of highly publicized terrorism
TapToReport can be used at virtually any government building or facility. From courthouses and city halls to military installations, from research facilities or campuses to maintenance facilities.
What Happens When Bad Things Happen
When you become aware of a threat, how do you notify your staff? How does your staff notify you? How you get notified can be as important as being notified. When an employee or customer gets angry, frantic calls to security can antagonize the angry person and lead to more catastrophic outcomes. Discretion, on the other hand, can allow employees to report issues to, and security to respond before a perpetrator knows they've been reported.
TapToReport brings a new and exciting tool to corporate security by enabling each and every employee to be the real-time eyes and ears of security and to take part in their own safety.
With some basic training employees can discreetly report a myriad of safety and security issues such as:
- The simple spilled drink creating a slip and fall (risk and liability) situation
- Intruders who may be there to harm people or destroy government property
- The angry civilian or co-worker
- The employee or guest that falls and needs medical attention
With it's built in audit trail you not only have an amazing employee danger and hazard reporting tool, you have a legal risk and liability mitigation tool that can substantially reduce payments resulting from lawsuits. TapToReport is easy to implement, cost effective and will prove to be one of the most valuable tools in your security arsenal. Sign up for your free trail today and explore the power of TapToReport.