A Secure and Safer Workplace

A Secure and Safer Workplace

Keywords Risk management, Safety

A Secure and Safer Workplace is a valuable handbook for businesses, which has recently been updated in association with Northumbria Police.

This handbook is targeted at management in industry and commerce and contains details on risk management and risk assessment, as well as offering information on how to apply crime-reducing measures to minimise the threat to all types of business.

You can learn what immediate action can be taken in the event of a crime, find out about Business Watch and discover how to "design-out" crime. All these subjects, and more, are included ­ as well as a series of useful checklists and forms.

Ken Allison, managing director of Reliance Security Services, comments:

Crime against commercial property is not only increasing in volume but changing in nature ­ most break-ins are opportunistic rather than planned and methods of entry are destructive rather than skilful. The security industry clearly has a leading role and a particular responsibility in countering this threat. Countermeasures will, however, only be effective if the onus is mutual and supported by a high degree of awareness in the business community. We hope that this handbook will make a major contribution to the achievement of such awareness and effectiveness.

For further information contact: Emma Lind, Reliance Security Services Limited. Tel: 01895 205043; Fax:01895 205100.