Workplace
Violence
Resources
This webpage contains resources to help you better protect your people and workplace. This page includes free resources and paid solutions that help you address topics like:
Workplace Violence De-escalation Active Assailant Threat Management Safe Terminations
Expert Resources
Vetted by experts and easy to implement. Click to learn more.
Free Resources
Everything you need to start building a safer workplace, at no cost. This library of vetted resources will help you build a safer workplace. These resources are perfect if you want to build out your own workplace violence program.
Safe Termination
Resources
A comprehensive resource hub covering blog posts, videos, case studies, checklists, and industry-specific guides to help HR and security professionals plan and conduct safe, controlled employment terminations that reduce violence risk and preserve dignity.
Threat Management
Program Guide
A regularly updated resource hub providing expert guidance, actionable strategies, educational videos, and downloadable tools to help security and HR professionals build and maintain a Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management program that meets prevailing standards.
Building a Resilient Workplace
Whitepaper
A comprehensive whitepaper providing security and HR professionals with a modern, practitioner-focused framework for building a workplace violence prevention and intervention program from the ground up.
When Lightning Strikes
A free video training resource rooted in the expertise that helped shape DHS’s Run, Hide, Fight model, teaching individuals, teams, and communities how to recognize warning signs and respond effectively to extreme violence events, including active shooters, bladed attacks, vehicle attacks, civil unrest, and bombings.
Workplace Violence Self-Assessment
A free, 10-minute tool that helps HR and security professionals evaluate the current state of their workplace violence prevention program, identify gaps, and receive specific guidance on what to build next.
Free Videos
In these free videos, experts break down the most critical workplace violence prevention topics, from behavioral threat assessment to de-escalation, travel risk, and the legal landscape.
Domestic Violence and the Workplace:
What Leaders Need to Understand
Domestic violence doesn’t stay at home. In this video, we explore the often-misunderstood connection between domestic violence and workplace violence and why leaders, HR teams, and security professionals must be prepared to address it
Workplace Violence: Mistakes Companies Make and How to Prevent Escalation
Many companies focus on crisis response to workplace violence, such as “run, hide, fight” exercises, but prevention happens long before the worst-case scenario. We discuss the biggest mistakes organizations make in preventing workplace violence and what leaders can do to stop escalation.
Three Travel Risk Management Benchmarks for Every Organization
Having a travel risk management program isn’t the same as having an effective one. In this episode, we break down the three key benchmarks that separate real protection from simple compliance.
Active Assailant Preparedness: Why Every Organization Needs a Plan
Active assailant incidents are statistically unlikely, but when they occur, the consequences are catastrophic. We break down what organizations often overlook when planning for an active-assailant event and why having a plan is not optional.
Workplace Violence Laws Explained
Workplace violence prevention is no longer just a best practice; it’s becoming a legal requirement.
De-Escalation: A Powerful Violence Prevention Tool
One of the most powerful safety tools in your organization isn’t a system or a policy; it’s your words.
The Power of BTAM in Preventing Workplace Violence
In this video, we explore Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM)—a critical organizational capability designed to identify and “off-ramp” individuals on a pathway to violence.
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Paid Training & Consultation
This section contains more advanced support and done-for-you solutions. These training options are perfect if you want the experts to handle it for you.
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Workplace Violence
Microlearning Series
A 4-part video series covering workplace violence prevention and extreme violence response. The total runtime of the whole series is just 10 minutes! Perfect for training your people with a basic understanding of workplace violence.
Threat Management Advisory Team Retainer
A retainer providing 24/7 access to experts to support you with threats made to or within your organization. Includes 5 hours of consultation, with more available as needed. Perfect if you’re not sure how to handle a threatening situation.
Workplace Violence Instructor Certification
An online course to equip you with all the knowledge and resources needed to train on workplace violence. Perfect if you want to bring training expertise in-house.
One Day of Training with a CPPS Instructor
Live training (either onsite or virtual) with CPPS experts. Training can include any topic in the CPPS library, such as: Workplace Violence, De-Escalation, Safe Termination, Insider Threat, Threat Assessment, and more!
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