Employees, particularly technical and mechanical personnel, usually have extraordinary insight into real vulnerabilities, once they have been exposed to a profile. Once a consensus has been established with employees regarding the basic ability to profile general characteristics of threatening individuals or even groups, there is a logical progression to surface a security concern on everyone' mind - workplace violence and the disgruntled worker. At this juncture, it is critical to reinforce with the group that experts caution that there is no specific profile or predictive personality traits which specifically predispose to violent behavior. They are involved, but more importantly, they can visualize their potential contribution to the security program in the form of information. We then reinforce the proscribed access to the organization's security section or human resources department as well as any confidentiality procedures currently in practice.
Workplace violence is a serious phenomenon and one which employees view as a safety priority.
While they link together the elements of safety as they apply to themselves, their co-workers, and the organization, they will establish a linkage to their personal lives, their home, and their family. Everyone wants to feel more secure. During the security assessment, they have been included in a process which demonstrates how information, observation, behavior, profiling, and even projection are used to improve security and increase personal awareness. The key is the recognition that this new level of awareness allows them to deter or prevent crime on the job or at home by recognizing the earliest signals. Benefits at this point are maximized if the employee also understands that the organization recognizes the problem and has a plan to address violent action if it is threatened or occurs.