The Iowa Municipalities Workers’ Compensation Association and Des Moines insurer Holmes Murphy & Associates held a seminar Tuesday to prepare employees and their companies for active shooters in the workplace.
The two-hour seminar focused on basic training and a live scenario on how to respond to workplace violence through planning, preparation and quick thinking.
“The common strategy is to take some kind of action,” said Scott Smith, a loss control representative for the IMWCA. “Run if you can and get away. If you can’t but you can hide or barricade yoursel...
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