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Editorial

Bang, you're dead

It starts with the sudden, sickening awareness that something is terribly wrong: movement, noise, angry words, sometimes shots. The result, occasionally, is death.

Traditionally a place of industrious tranquillity, the American workplace today is being assaulted by violence of all kinds, including murder. Despite an increasing awareness among business people and the dissemination of techniques to avoid workplace violence, most firms still view the problem as "it can't happen here."

But it can. And it does. No one can predict when another human being is going to abandon or lose control or suffer from a descent into madNESS.

While no ultimate solution exists, defense falls into two areas: the person and the place. Watch out for people with disruptive or violent behavior in their background, or who have an obsession about weapons. Beware the loner, the paranoid or the employee who has turmoil in his relationships or makes threats. Off-site problems have caused jilted ex-lovers and ex-husbands to invade company property during work hours bent on deadly revenge. Even routine criticism can incite the unstable to a violent rcsponse.

Turning your business into an impenetrable fortress is both impossible and bad fu business. But there are a number of methods to "harden your site," as military smtegists said in the Cold War. First, hire an expert or do a personal audit of what potential threats to your facility exist and what can be done. Then management and staff must be aware of the need for secuity.

Implementation can range from sophisticated video monitoring and sensor technology to a heightened awareness among workers that often they are the first line of defense and the best way to spot offenders before rouble starts.

Whether the actual or potential cause of workplace violence is inrcrnal or external, management must treat the situation seriously and initiate a comprehensive program. The time to do it is before the tragedy, not after.

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