Another sad day in our country as six are now dead in Albuquerque, NM as a domestic violence dispute caused six people their lives with four others wounded.

OSHA compliance states that businesses have “A Duty to Protect” but how far must this be carried to insure the safety of those in the workplace?

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Card access doors, cameras at every turn, etc seem to be little consolation for those at this New Mexico manufacturing plant today. The keys are still “education” and “awareness.” We have to provide greater training to those in the workplace today with violence on the rise. Some of this can be attributed to the economic condition, double-digit unemployment, housing bubble burst, etc but other parts are still quite “human.” As Gavin de Becker said in his book The Gift of Fear, “Though we live in space-age times, we still do so with stone-age minds.” You cannot rule out human emotion, passion or aggression.

The very fact there had already been “one” incident of domestic violence with this particular individual “should have” sent up a flag…but it didn’t. We have to learn how to connect these dots more effectively and efficiently for ALL concerned.

Jeff McKissack
Defense By Design

Thanks to the great folks at NBC 5 News in Dallas! The story on our Uptown Trolley seminar we’ve called “A Streetcar Named DEFENSE” took to the lines a few weeks ago, with the news crew onboard.

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The response from this was PHENOMENAL, from both riders…and viewers! Our next trip through Uptown and Downtown is set for July 20th, so “All Aboard” once again for those interested.

The two-hour trip acquaints riders with those things that predators look for when evaluating their prey. In other words, who is distracted, who is lost, who is alone, who is a bit tipsy, who is dressed nicely and driving a nice car, who has something in their ear and therefore cannot hear them approach, etc. In addition, we hop off the car twice for some “up close and personal” training with some physical aspects thrown in related to protecting the head and the dynamics of multi-assailant defense.

If interested, simply email me for more details. This is getting popular, so plan ahead as we already have waiting list being established as this is only once a month with 30+ riders allowed on each car.

Jeff McKissack
Defense By Design