Protecting Your House of Worship

Recent Active Assailant attacks at Houses of Worship have caused fear, anger and sadness. The nature of Houses of Worship as open sanctuaries of peace, acceptant and safety, has been challenged by violent incidents pointing out their vulnerabilities to aggressive perpetrators. This program is designed to encourage Houses of Worship to understand vulnerabilities to threats, aggressive assailants, litigation exposures. Strategies to review and enhance safety programs, capabilities and preparedness to react to active intruders / shooters will be discussed. To respond to the threat of intruders, Houses of Worship have been implementing protective plans to protect their congregations, clergy, teachers, staff, students, volunteers and stakeholders.

This seminar will focus on:

- Helping Houses of Worship to understand "best practices" to protect their congregations and

activities

- Developing strategies to prepare for, train to survive, and recover from active assailant / violent

incidents

- Strategies to train House of Worship Security Teams / Congregation Members to be situational

This program is co-sponsored by:

City of Livonia

MIOSHA CET Division

Center for Workplace Violence Prevention

Incident Management Team, Inc.

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Trainer: Dr. Kenneth Wolf, kwolfphd@theimt.org, 248-217-1677

Dr. Kenneth Wolf has conducted Violence Prevention and Threat Assessment trainings for the United States Postal Service, UAW-General Motors, UAW- Chrysler, Eaton Corporation, Intel, DTE Energy, the United States Army, municipalities, Fortune 500 Companies, schools, Houses of

Worship and healthcare facilities.  He has assisted organizations develop Comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention Programs, train Threat Assessment Teams, conduct Active Shooter Survival Training and Exercises, design Crisis Recovery Programs, through MIOSHA CET grant programs.