Safety Connection: Retail Crime Prevention: A Guide to Making Your Business Safer
          
      
        
            
           
          Duration: 1.5 Hours
          
          
          
            Protect your retail space with practical strategies to deter crime and manage emergencies.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Design a Safer Space: Use environmental design to reduce risks while maintaining a welcoming atmosphere.
- Handle Difficult Situations: De-escalate confrontations with suspicious or disruptive individuals.
- Prepare for Emergencies: Develop a plan for evacuations, lockdowns, and suspicious packages.
- Clarify Roles: Define responsibilities for management and staff and conduct regular risk assessments.
- Empower your team with the tools to create a safer retail environment.
 
          
          
          
            
            Safety Connection
            
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                Registration fee per person: $0.00
               
            
          
            
          
          
           
          
          
            Overview
WSPS Safety Connection events are focused, timely virtual sessions that address hazards and risks in the Agricultural, Manufacturing and Services Sectors. AVAILABLE AT NO COST to all health & safety professionals across the province and across Canada.
           
          
          
  
  
  
  
    
      
What Are The Benefits?
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      - Stay up-to-date on legislative updates, new and emerging hazards, and trending topics in health & safety. 
- Engage in forward thinking discussions, gain knowledge and discover new approaches from industry colleagues. 
- Network with like minded professional
 
   
  
  
  
  
    
      
Who Is This Recommended For?
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      These events are suitable for all WSPS members and customers within any industry who wish to expand their health and safety knowledge, share best practices and network with their peers.        
- Health & Safety Professionals 
- Supervisors 
- Managers 
- Health & Safety Representatives 
- H&S Coordinators 
- HR Professionals 
- Operational Leaders 
- Joint Health & Safety Committee Members
 
   
  
  
  
  
    
      
How Can Session Be Delivered?
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      - Virtual facilitated presentation - 1.5 hours in length 
- Encourages an open exchange with Q&As and discussions through virtual chat 
This event is not a training session.