Register now. The Library of Michigan is c-sponsoring the following training which will be conducted by Dr. Ken Wolf, who also presented at MLA last October. While the training is not specific to libraries, libraries of all types will find it informative!

 

 

 

This is a courtesy copy of an email bulletin sent by Michael Krafcik.

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This message is being sent as a courtesy by the Center for Workplace Violence Prevention, a MIOSHA Consultation Education and Training Grant recipient. 

Enhance Workplace Safety with Two FREE Trainings

MIOSHA invites you to attend two essential, free workplace safety training sessions on January 28, 2025 at the Library of Michigan in Lansing. These sessions will equip participants with strategies to enhance workplace violence prevention and threat management.

📢 SCECH Credits Offered!
By attending this professional development activity, eligible participants can earn State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) through the Michigan Department of Education. 

1. Active Assailant / Shooter Survival – What is Your Plan?

📅 Date: January 28, 2025
🕘 Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. (Registration begins at 8:15 a.m.)
📍 Location: Library of Michigan, 702 West Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915

Parking Note: Please allow extra time for parking in the State Lot, as attendees will need to pay and enter through the gate.

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About This Training:

This program will discuss considerations to develop a Survival Plan if one is ever in an active assailant shooter incident.

The analysis of active shooter incidents at malls, manufacturing facilities, healthcare, offices, houses of worship, colleges, schools and public settings have suggested preventive strategies to increase employee survival. This training will focus on helping employees to prepare for, train to survive, and understand “choices” to consider in active shooter / assailant incidents.

The training will discuss best practices of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) guidelines of Run, Hide, Fight and the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) standard describing additional strategies for employee self-protection and survival choices .

Videos of actual shooting events, and individual survival responses by people during shooting incidents, will be shown to demonstrate key survival choices.

Content: “Lessons Learned” from past Active Shooter / Assailant Incidents

  • “Best Practices” and Department of Homeland Security / American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) Standard
  • “Red Flags” – Assessing People of Concern:
    • Who are the "Bad Guys"?
    • Behavioral Indicators of Aggressive People
  • Developing an Employee "Survival Mentality"
    • How do “Real People” react during “Real” Active Shooter Incidents
    • Fight, Flight, Freeze
    • Assessing Action choices
  • Shots Fired! “The First 30 Seconds”
    • “Defending” Yourself and Your Space – Reacting to Intruders
    • Individual and Collective Survival Actions
    • Survival Options / DHS Suggestions of:
      • Run / Escape              
      • Evade / Avoid             
      • Hide / Entrench – Barricade           
      • Fight / Confront – Engage -Disrupt, Distract 
  • Managing the Aftermath
    • Reducing Employee Trauma
  • Developing a Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Program

2. Victim Avoidance, Situational Awareness and Personal Protection for the Lone Worker

📅 Date: January 28, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. (Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.)
📍 Location: Library of Michigan, 702 West Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48915

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About This Training:
The seminar focuses on preventing victimization in community settings. The Community / Lone Worker who cannot often be seen or heard by others, who work independently in the community, or in remote or isolated locations without direct contact with co-workers or supervisors.

The “Lone Worker” includes, but is not limited to:

  • Healthcare workers, social workers, public health nurses, aid workers, ministers
  • Utility workers, construction workers, real estate agents, building inspectors, truck drivers
  • Traveling sales personnel
  • Public employee code enforcers, inspectors, temporary agency workers
  • Delivery drivers, individuals in public areas (e.g., homes, malls, stores, sidewalks, elevators, garages)
  • Retail, gas station attendants, convenience store personnel, food outlet employees

 1. Risks of Victimization in Field/Work Settings

  • Field/Home Setting Environment Risks
  • Risks in Community Settings
  • Potential Perpetrators – Customers, Clients, Gangs, Citizens, Criminals
  • Disgruntled Individuals
  • Behavioral Indicators of Aggressive Individuals

2. Situational Awareness and Victim Avoidance

  • Did You See It Coming? Avoiding Complacency
  • The “Fight, Flight, or Freeze” Reactions
  • Paradigm Shift: Seeing the World Differently
  • Non-Verbal and Verbal Pre-Attack Indicators
  • Reactionary “Gaps” – Protecting Your Personal Space
  • Assault/Robbery Considerations

3. Developing a Survival Mentality

  • Scanning Your Environment for Threats/“Anomalies”
  • Color Codes of Awareness
  • Looking for and Assessing Threats
  • Contingency Planning for Dangerous Situations
  • Taking Action

4. Verbal Diffusion and De-Escalation Techniques

  • 10 Seconds to Safety
  • Active Listening and De-Escalation Strategies
  • The ABCs of Verbal Diffusion

5. Safely Exiting At-Risk Field Situations

  • Creating “Exit Excuses"
  • Using Agency and Law Enforcement Resources

The training includes discussions and videos of incidents to illustrate crime situations, conflict resolution strategies, and personal safety counter-measures.

Event Co-Sponsors: MIOSHA, Library of Michigan, Center for Workplace Violence Prevention, and the Incident Management Team.

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About Dr. Wolf:
Dr. Kenneth Wolf has led violence prevention and threat assessment trainings for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and healthcare organizations. He has responded to U.S. Post Office shootings and other workplace emergencies. Dr. Wolf specializes in training organizations on verbal de-escalation techniques for managing difficult and aggressive individuals.