预防工作场所暴力

政策

It is the policy of the 大学 to create and maintain a safe learning environment. Tacoma Community 大学 will not tolerate violent behavior towards any member of the 大学 community or any person on 大学 premises. 为了这个目的 policy, violent behavior includes any criminal behavior, either direct or indirect, that: threatens bodily harm, harasses or intimidates others, interferes with an individual’s legal rights of movement or expression, or disrupts the 工作场所, academic environment or the 大学’s ability to provide service to 公众.

目的

To maintain an environment that is free from all acts or threats of 暴力 perpetrated by or against employees, students, or 成员 of 公众 and to provide a safe 工作场所.

这项政策适用于谁

All employees, prospective employees, contractors, visitors, volunteers, students, and any persons engaged in 业务 relations with the 大学 including 成员 of 公众.

程序

个人Prequations

Tacoma Community 大学 employees are accountable for their own actions and their own responses to the actions of others.  Each member of the Tacoma Community 大学 staff is expected to avoid actions that begin or worsen events with a potential for 暴力.  Each staff member also is expected to control his or her own behavior so that his or her judgment is not impaired and so that tensions do not avoidably escalate.

Depending upon the level of threat presented, the vulnerability of the employee, the vulnerability of others in the vicinity, the likelihood of reducing the degree of the threat and the employee’s and others’ abilities to retreat, the employee either may take action consistent with college training he or she has received to defuse the situation, or seek assistance from a Service Advisor, Security or Tacoma Police 部门.

预防

The President, or his or her designee, shall assign specific 成员 of the staff at each work location the duties of Building Safety Officer.  Safety Officers will be trained to conduct site reviews and shall receive additional de-escalation 技术 training that will reduce the probability and severity, and assist in the containment of 暴力. 

协调与期望

Work life and personal life frequently interact.  If a work-based relationship threatens 暴力 either at work or away from work, Tacoma Community 大学 will offer assistance to its employee to obtain judicial protection.  If a private relationship threatens 暴力 at the 工作场所, then Tacoma Community 大学 expects its employee to obtain judicial protection and inform the college in confidence of its terms. (见工作场所 暴力过程)

范围

This policy seeks to prevent and, when necessary, to direct employee responses to all events that threaten 暴力 on Tacoma Community 大学 premises and to events off premises that threaten 暴力 in the course of employment with Tacoma Community 大学.  This policy recognizes certain job classifications (security for example) where portions of the policy may not apply.

Containing Potentially Violent 事件 - SAFR 

1. S安全-维护它. 

The recipient of the threat takes personal precautions.

2. A求助——打电话求助. 

Depending on the level of severity any one or more may apply.

呼叫服务顾问.

Call 校园安全 and Security at 5111.

拨打9-911*报警.

3. Follow方向.

Follow police, security, or service advisor directions as well as general training 安全指南.

4. R报告-存档. 

Follow established procedures to report the incident and document what happened.

*There may be a slight delay (3-5 seconds) when calling 911 from a campus phone.  不要挂断电话.

Post Event Follow-up, Assessment, and Recommendations

Immediately following the incident, with the assistance of 校园安全 and Security, the victim(s) and the witnesses, if any, describe what they experienced and observed.

校园安全 and Security documents the situation, provides analysis, and recommends follow up action to the manager, supervisor, and president.

校园安全 and Security and the supervisor immediately refer affected employees, whether the employees are victim(s), bystanders(s), or perpetrator(s), to Employee 援助服务.

Following delivery of the 校园安全 and Security report, 校园安全 and Security conducts post-incident review with respect at least to the quality of the response 预防的经验教训.

校园安全 and Security and Professional Development Coordinator provide training on lessons learned from the event.

培训

预防工作场所暴力 – Basic Principles

Basic principles of 工作场所 暴力 prevention training will be made available to all Tacoma Community 大学 employees.

内容

• How to identify potential sources of 暴力 in the 工作场所 and how to recognize potentially violent individuals.
• How to respond appropriately to a threat to Tacoma Community 大学 staff, students or the community at large or property.
• How to prevent or avoid escalating 暴力 when dealing with staff, students or community 成员.
• How to reduce or eliminate security hazards in the 工作场所.
• How to obtain medical care, counseling, workers’ compensation services from the Employee Assistance Program or legal assistance after a violent episode or injury.

频率

• All employees are encouraged to attend 工作场所 暴力 training and any follow up training offered by the college or supervisor.
• All employees are encouraged to attend a refresher course at least annually.

预防工作场所暴力 - Issues and De-Escalation Advanced 培训

All Administrators, Supervisors, Managers, Building Safety Officers and Security personnel will be offered additional training on 工作场所 暴力 issues and de-escalation 技术.

In addition to the training listed above, those whose duties require them to respond to potential 暴力 in the 工作场所, will be offered training to better prevent, respond to, and follow up on issues of 工作场所 暴力.

Specific 培训 for Interactions with Customers and Students on Premises

Staff whose jobs require interaction with clients over the telephone or in person at Tacoma Community 大学 may attend additional training on effective communication 技术.

Specific 培训 for Staff Who Work Off Premises

Staff whose work requires them to travel off Tacoma Community 大学 property to pick up supplies, or to attended either college sponsored or other events, may attend training on methods to prevent, avoid, or, if unavoidable, to respond to potentially violent situations while in the field.

Follow-up To Reinforce 培训

1. This policy and supporting training materials shall be available for all staff via hard copy and /or computer for periodic, individual review.
2. Tacoma Community 大学 will update its training program whenever circumstances or changes in policies and procedures require.
3. Managers and team leaders are encouraged to review the Workplace 暴力 政策 and 程序 periodically during a regularly scheduled staff meeting.
4. Any employee wanting to review the safety procedures may attend any session of the 工作场所 暴力 awareness training with supervisors approval.

培训文件

The Human 资源 department shall maintain records of training and ensure skill assessment and evaluation is incorporated into training sessions.

执行

Employees who violate this policy may be subject to corrective action or discipline up to and including termination.  Employees that threaten, engage in, or exacerbate 暴力 may also be subject to prosecution.

参考文献

RCW Title 9                           Crimes and Punishment

WAC 132V-120-010            Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities

WAC 296-800                       Safety and health core rules

定义

暴力 - abusive speech, offensive physical contact, damage to property, and palpable threats of offensive physical contact or damage to property including disruptive behavior intended to disturb, interfere with or prevent normal work activities.

的演讲 - speech that a reasonable recipient in the context in which it was heard would find threatening in delivery or content. 的演讲 can be non verbal such as waving arms, fists or display of threatening hand gestures.

攻击性身体接触 - unwanted, forceful touching by one person of another that a reasonable recipient would find threatening, unwelcomed, or otherwise unreasonable in the context in which 它发生.

财产损失 – defined as damage to property belonging to or in the possession of Tacoma Community 大学, including staff, students, visitors and 成员 of 公众 while on the 书院校舍. 大学 premises also include off-campus locations where official 大学 业务 is conducted.

Tacoma Community 大学 premises - include any vehicle, parking lot, or building that Tacoma Community 大学 has a right to occupy wholly or in part including any location where the 大学 conducts 业务.