Webinar: Active Shooter & Workplace Violence: Avoiding Deadly Mistakes
August 2, 2024 On Demand
Financial institutions continue to be targets of violence.
One minute, it is business as usual. The next a violent member or active shooter is menacing and threatening the staff! Studies show that when disaster strikes, survivors are the ones who prepared in advance and learned what to do before, during, and after a critical incident. Learn how to avoid deadly mistakes with this compelling webinar taught by a former Secret Service Special Agent.
AFTER THIS WEBINAR YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:
- Discuss national active shooter trends based on 2023 FBI studies
- Recognize potential pre-attack behaviors of active shooters
- Increase your chances of survival when you react during an active shooter event
- Discover four preventative steps your institution can take to avert an active shooting event
- Discuss how employee assistance plans (EAPs) can reduce liability and help reduce incidents of workplace violence
- Know what to expect and what actions to take when the police arrive
- Be empowered to take action if the unthinkable happens at your financial institution
WEBINAR DETAILS
As stress increases across society, anger and conflict have grown as well. For many, physical violence is becoming an ever-more acceptable answer to problems, even in the workplace. Companies, especially financial institutions, continue to experience incidents of workplace violence and active-shooter situations.
Although financial institutions take proactive measures to train staff for robberies, very few provide the training and tools for handling an active-shooter situation. But if the unthinkable happens, there are steps you and your coworkers can take to increase your chances of survival. This must-attend, special presentation will be taught by a former Secret Service Special Agent and contains video simulations with powerful, realistic demonstrations.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This seminar is for EVERYONE at your institution, PLUS their families! Much of the information applies equally to workplaces, movie theaters, airports, train stations, and your favorite restaurants. An active-shooter attack can happen anytime, anywhere – everyone must remain vigilant!
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Pre- and post-incident checklist
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
Speaker: William Gage, Old Dominion Resources Group
William “Bill” Gage is an experienced, award-winning law enforcement professional who returned to local law enforcement in 2013 after a 12-year career as a Special Agent with the Secret Service. While with the Secret Service, Bill received a number of awards for investigative and protective excellence. He has participated in hundreds of protective missions and has done numerous foreign and domestic protective advances for the President, Vice-President, and others, including missions to Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, he served as the Lead Tactical Advance Agent for multiple National Special Security Events and served as a Team Leader on the elite Counter Assault Team (CAT) focusing on active-shooter response, threat suppression, and planning at the White House and other U.S. government functions and facilities. Bill served on two U.S. Congressional subcommittees related to continuity of operations planning (COOP) for the President and Vice-President.
Bill is an ALERRT-certified active-shooter instructor. He was selected to overhaul the Loudoun County, VA, active-shooter response and protocols and train over 1,000 first responders. Bill holds a bachelor’s from the Virginia Military Institute and master’s from Boston University. He has appeared in/on CNN, C-SPAN, The Washington Post, and several national podcasts. His company, Old Dominion Resources Group, assists companies large and small with assessing and mitigating risks.