# Presentation: 182529

## CHERYL WIESER
Supervisory Security Specialist
DOC Office of Security
206-526-6653

**Supervisory Security Specialist**
**DOC Office of Security**
**206-526-6653**

- Updated 3/11/2002

- SECURITY
- IN A
- CHANGED WORLD

## SOMETHING ABOUT ME

- 23 Years with the Federal Government
- Law Enforcement
- Investigator
- Security Specialist
- 2nd Degree Black Belt in Karate
- Teaching Women’s Self Defense since 1981

## OVERVIEW

- HAVE THINGS REALLY CHANGED?
- SURVIVAL SIGNALS
- SAFETY TECHNIQUES
- WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

## MINDSET

**    ****“****The term mindset refers to ‘a fixed attitude or state of mind’ that provides a context for the interpretation of data or events or for making decisions.  Mindsets are stubbornly durable.  As the world changes, the validity of some mindsets will erode; *****but often only overwhelming evidence or some kind of disaster is required to change the way people think.”***

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## NATIONAL TOLL

**37 States, Wash D.C and Puerto Rico affected on 9-11**

## INTERNATIONAL TOLL

**82 Countries affected by 9-11**

## AMERICANS LEERY OF ADDITIONAL ATTACKS

-    WASHINGTON(AP) - A majority of Americans believe the country is going in the right direction and that their own economic situation will get better, an Associated Press poll says, but they also fear more terrorist attacks are likely in the new year.  Seven in 10 Americans believe there will be another terrorist attack in the near future, although their worry is not as intense as it was a few months ago, according to the AP poll.
-     (January 1, 2002)

## TERRORISM

**DEFINITION**:
- USC Title 22, Section 2656f(d) - Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents usually intended to influence an audience.

## COMMON COMPONENTS

- Involves criminal action
- Involves force or violence
- Aimed at civilian population
- Furtherance of political and/or social objectives
- Intended to coerce or intimidate a government or civilian population

## VIOLENCE

**DEFINITION OF VIOLENCE:**
- Physical force employed so as to violate, damage, or abuse
- An act or instance of violent behavior or action
**Violate** - To do harm to, to injure the person or property, to rape

## “Someone else may decide if you will be a target - but you decide whether or not you will be a victim.”

- ~ *Gavin De Becker*

## “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

*~ Nelson Mandela*

## DIFFERENT & FOREVER THE SAME

- Number of young men shot in a year in Japan is equal to the number killed in NYC during a busy weekend.
- Rate of firearm deaths in the US is 5x higher than it is in Israel.
- By this time tomorrow, 400 Americans will suffer a shooting injury and more than 1,000 will face a criminal with a gun.

## DIFFERENT & FOREVER THE SAME

- 4 Jumbo jets crashed on September 11th.
- Imagine if one crashed every month, month in and month out, it would not equal the number of women killed each year by their husbands and boyfriends

## SURVIVAL SIGNALS

## DEFINITION of FEAR

**True Fear** is a signal in the presence of danger.  It is always based upon something we perceive, something in our environment or our circumstance.
**Unwarranted  Fear** is always based upon our memory or our imagination.

## CHARM & NICENESS

- Not an Inherent Ability
***“******To charm is to compel, to control by allure or attraction”***
- Niceness Does Not Equal Goodness
***Niceness is a decision, not a trait***
- Women are Expected to Respond Openly and Warmly to Men

## DISCOUNTING THE WORD “NO”

_**NEVER NEGOTIATE THE WORD “NO”**_
***IN CHOOSING NOT TO HEAR IT, SOMEONE IS ATTEMPTING TO CONTROL YOU***
**Negotiation Provides Possibilities**

## THE INTERVIEW

- Will you engage in conversation with a stranger when you’d rather not?
- Will you yield to someone’s will or be strengthened when someone is trying to control you?
_**WILL YOU HONOR YOUR INTUITION**_**?**

## MESSENGERS of INTUITION

- Nagging Feeling
- Persistent Thoughts
- Humor
- Wonder
- Anxiety
- Curiosity
- Hunches

- Gut Feelings
- Doubt
- Hesitation
- Suspicion
- Apprehension
- Fear

## THE ALARM

- Intuition is _**ALWAYS**_ Right in Two Very Important Ways:
- IT IS _**ALWAYS**_ IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING
- IT _**ALWAYS**_ HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART

## SIGNALS OF DENIAL

- Rationalization
- Justification
- Minimization
- Excuse-making
- Refusal

## SAFETY TECHNIQUES

**SAFETY TECHNIQUES**

## WHAT DOES BEING SAFE MEAN?

**Free from all risk**
- Then nothing is safe
- accidents
- illness
- stress
- street crime
**Free from unacceptable risk**
- no objective truth about risk - just your truth

## PRECIPITATING FACTORS

**DEFINITION**:  **INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL CAUSES OF AN ACTING OUT BEHAVIOR OVER WHICH YOU HAVE LITTLE OR NO CONTROL**
**EXAMPLES:**
**DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL USE**
**FINANCIAL PROBLEMS **
**DOMESTIC PROBLEMS **
**PEER PRESSURE **
**EMPLOYMENT CHANGES**

## RATIONAL DETACHMENT

**DEFINITION:  ABILITY TO STAY IN CONTROL OF ONE’S OWN BEHAVIOR AND NOT TAKE ACTING OUT BEHAVIOR PERSONALLY**
**May not be able to control precipitating factors, but  we can control our own behavior and responses**
**Professional behavior maintained so that we may control  situation without overreacting**
**You need to find positive outlets for the negative  energy absorbed from acting out person**

## FEAR & ANXIETY

_**UNPRODUCTIVE**_
**Freeze** - Inability to React
**Overreacting**** -** Rational, but not to this Situation
**Inappropriate Response**
- Verbal or Physical

_**PRODUCTIVE**_
- Increase Speed & Strength
- Increase in Sensory Acuity
- Shortens Reaction Time

## FEAR & ANXIETY

-   **WAYS TO CONTROL FEAR & ANXIETY**
- Understand what makes us afraid
- Learn techniques to protect ourselves and acting out person
- Use a team approach - _Don’t Respond Alone_

## PERSONAL SAFETY TECHNIQUES

-       _STRIKES_
- SLAP
- PUNCH
- KICK
- SCRATCH
- STAB
- THROW OBJECT
- SPIT
**DEFINITION**: **AN OBJECT COMING IN CONTACT WITH A TARGET**

-          _GRABS_
- BITE
- HAIR PULL
- CHOKE
- WRIST  PULL
**DEFINITION**:  **AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL & CAUSE BODILY INJURY**

## PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL SAFETY

-   **STRIKE**
-   **Move the Target**
**  ****Block the Object**
-   **GRAB**
-   Physiological Advantage
-   **Find the Weak Point, use Leverage, use Momentum**
-   Psychological  Advantage
-   **Stay Calm, Have a Plan, Get Help**

## WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

## DEFINITIONS

-   **Workplace violence** is any physical assault, threatening behavior, or verbal abuse occurring in the work setting.
-   **A workplace** may be any location either permanent or temporary where an employee performs any work-related duty.**	**

## IS WORKPLACE VIOLENCE AN EPIDEMIC?

- CDC SAYS.....
- Violence has reached “epidemic proportions”
- 111,000 violent incidents per year
- 750 - 1,000 workplace homicides per year

## WHAT IS WORKPLACE  VIOLENCE?

- Aggravated assault
- Sexual assault
- Product tampering
- Sabotage
- Homicide
- Includes acts committed during robberies

## WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

- Is the second leading overall cause of death in the workplace
- Is the leading cause of death in the workplace for females
***1 out of 20 women will be the victim of a stalker***

## PATTERNS and PROFILES

-   Look for patterns rather than individual warning signs
-   Profiles can help identify potential problems - **HOWEVER** - they are not all inclusive or exclusive

## INDICATORS OF A PERPETRATOR

- White male
- 30 - 50 years old
- Problem Employee
- History of Violent Behavior
- Intimidates Others
- Possible Substance Abuse

## INDICATORS OF A PERPETRATOR

- Obsessed with guns, gun magazines
- Interested in past acts of violence in the workplace
- Makes open or veiled threats
- Obsessed with job
- Loner

## INDICATORS OF A PERPETRATOR

- Paranoid
- Can’t take criticism
- Holds a grudge

## WHAT CAN AN ORGANIZATION DO?

- Prepare employees for downsizing
- Implement humane termination policies
- Provide job skills training
- Provide counseling

## EDUCATE THE WORKFORCE

-  **Workplace violence **
**can and does happen**

## REFERENCE AND RESOURCE MATERIAL

- Gavin DeBecker - “The Gift of Fear”
- Gavin DeBecker - “Fear Less”
- Daniel Goleman - “Emotional Intelligence”
- Crisis Prevention Institute Inc.                              1-800-558-8976
- Violence Prevention Resource Center http://www.execpc.com/~cpi
- WA State Domestic Violence Hotline                  1-800-562-6025

## RESOURCE MATERIAL

- King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence - 206-586-5454
- Domestic Violence Recorded Information Line - 206-205-5555
- Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN) - 206-622-1881

## RESOURCE MATERIAL

- Eastside Domestic Violence Program         1-800-827-8840
- Asian Counseling & Referral Service      206-695-7610
- National Domestic Violence Hotline          1-800-799-SAFE
- Consejo Counseling & Referral Service (Services in Spanish) 206-461-4880

## QUESTIONS ????