Corporate Personal Safety Training in Boston

Personal safety is a facet of Health and Wellness just as physical fitness and well-being is. Fear of crime, particularly violent victimization can wreak havoc on an individual’ s psyche; effecting both their personal and work life. When we allow ourselves to be fearful but don’t understand what danger looks like we can become hypersensitive to stimuli that aren’t actually dangerous but discount and deny situations that are. This heightened state of stress we place ourselves under is not healthy. Half the population receives their education into adulthood about violence from movies and media. Expecting someone to understand violence based on Hollywood impressions is like expecting someone to understand science from watching Bill Nye. What violence actually looks like is often very different to how it’s portrayed e.g. you may feel that the majority of muggings/street robberies are committed with a weapon such as a knife or gun (In Boston 64% of all muggings are “Strong-arm” robberies, robberies where no weapon is involved – and of those 19% actually use force), or you may feel that women are most at risk when walking home from work late at night when statistically women are far more likely to be assaulted by someone they know, and in a place where they felt comfortable and safe like their home or somebody else home.

When we have a firm grasp on the facts, specifically as they relate to our locale, we can educate ourselves on what crime and violence actually look like. We can learn to identify and understand the process that criminals use to commit their crimes; how they choose their targets/victims, what tactics they use to access them, where they attack etc. Since 1995, this is what Gershon Ben Keren has been teaching members of corporations and organizations. Our training can equip you with the skills to identify, prevent and avoid violence. If you are interested in bringing this type of personalized training to your company, please use the form below to send us an enquiry regarding your training needs and requirements ( Alternatively you can click here to go to the form). Not quite sure what you are looking for? That’s okay too. We will work with you to figure out what training your organization needs and how to customize that training to fit you.

Workplace Health and Safety

In addition to General self-protection/personal safety training we also offer training that applies directly to your employees’ health and safety at work. Perhaps your employees interact with the public or other people as part of their jobs. We can train them in de-escalation and conflict resolution etc. If your employees travel for work, we can train them in travel security, i.e., how to keep yourself safe while away and how to keep company assets (data/information) safe from adversaries, both foreign and domestic. We can also help your organization with your hiring and firing policies as well. There are ways to identify (during the hiring process) potentially aggressive/dangerous employees that we may not be aware of. Typically, how “safe” an employee is takes a back seat to if they are able to do the job and do it well. But if you do end up firing someone, you’ll want them to leave your organization with as little reason to return and/or seek revenge against you as possible. We can show you how. If you need unarmed solutions to active shooter incidents, we can also provide such training. We understand that different companies in different industries have different needs. Any active shooter training we provide takes that into consideration. Dealing with an active shooter in a hospital/healthcare setting is a little different than dealing with one in an industrial complex or office building etc.

Whatever your personal safety/security need is, we either have the experience or know somebody who has the knowledge and experience you require. You can contact us using the contact form, which can be assessed by clicking here.