Fast Facts: What Helps Retail Workers Feel Safe?

With retailers noticing increased incidents of violence, stores can leverage several different approaches and tools to help retail staff feel safer and more prepared to deal with emergencies and volatile situations.

Retailers are looking for solutions that can keep employees and customers safe, mitigating the impacts of violence or potential violence—whether that’s from unruly customers or aggressive thieves.

For more information, take a look at the Workplace Violence and Active Assailant—Prevention, Intervention, and Response standard, published by ASIS, as well as a Retail Crime Trends tip sheet from the ASIS Retail Asset Protection Community (ASIS member log-in required).