How can employers develop proactive relationships with local law enforcement in case of violence or threats of violence? What can employers do to be prepared to respond? When it is appropriate to involve the police? What are signs to watch for? How do police respond if contacted? What training does local law enforcement offer?

Miller Johnson attorneys Rebecca Strauss  and Sarah Willey welcome Kalamazoo Public Safety Deputy Chief Dave Boysen and Sgt. Andrew Werkema to answer these questions.

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Workplace Violence: Prevent and Protect

On July 26, Sandy Andre wrote an article for the Employment and Labor practice’s blog, The Personnel Files.

We always think that it won’t happen to us. That “things like this” don’t happen “here.” But recent shootings in workplaces across the county – like at a grocery store in Buffalo, at a school in Uvalde, and at a manufacturing facility in western Maryland – should prompt employers to consider what they can and should do to protect their employees, customers and business from violent incidences in the workplace.

Read the full article here.