Chapter 10

The Situational Assessment and Management Team

Abstract

After training employees on the violence prevention program and giving particular attention to warning behaviors commonly associated with those moving toward violence, it is vital to build the team that will assess and manage the cases that are reported. We refer to these teams as the situational assessment and management (SAM) team. Such teams rightly would include responsible representatives from the various groups within the organization with the ability to make timely decisions, such as legal, security, human resources, and facilities. Each team member must be trained in the proper method of assessing and managing cases of disturbing or threatening behavior, and the team must ...

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