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Navigating Campus Controversy: Challenges of Managing Protests and Critical Events

Watch the recording of the webinar that delves into today's rapidly evolving socio-political landscape where universities face an array of challenges in upholding freedom of speech while navigating controversial topics and events. This webinar brought together experienced thought leaders and experts to address pressing issues...

June 10, 2024

Webinar: Ensuring Compliance with California’s New Workplace Violence Prevention Law: A Comprehensive Guide for Employers

View this recorded webinar where we explore California's pioneering workplace violence prevention legislation, SB 553, set to take effect on July 1, 2024. This law mandates that all employers in the state, regardless of industry, establish, implement, and maintain an effective Workplace Violence Prevention Plan...

July 15, 2024

SafeZone as a Clery Compliance Tool

Discover how SafeZone by CriticalArc can help US colleges and universities comply with the Clery Act. Explore features like emergency preparedness, automated workflows, real-time visualization, and more to enhance campus safety and streamline compliance efforts. Learn more today!

July 25, 2024

Protecting Lone and High-Risk Workers: Ensuring Safety in a Post-Covid World

The rise of lone and high-risk workers has become a significant concern in the post-Covid landscape. Organizations, particularly in the higher education sector, are grappling with the challenge of ensuring the safety and security of employees who often find themselves working alone or in potentially...

August 1, 2024

Highlights from the Scotland SafeZone Alliance Day at Heriot-Watt University

Against the stunning backdrop of Scotland’s historic capital, we had the pleasure of collaborating with Heriot-Watt University to host another SafeZone Alliance Day for our existing and prospective customers from across the Scottish higher education sector.

August 9, 2024

Revolutionizing Public Safety: Indoor Positioning for Effective Vertical Policing

Discover how SafeZone's innovative security platform and indoor positioning technology revolutionize public safety and campus safety. Enhancing incident management and emergency management, SafeZone provides real-time positioning to ensure swift, effective responses in complex environments like universities.

August 15, 2024

Bridging the cybersecurity and physical safety gap in healthcare

As threats to both cyber and physical security continue to evolve, there is a critical need for robust solutions that help healthcare organisations stay ahead of the curve. By adopting a unified safety, security, wellbeing and emergency management solution like SafeZone, NHS trusts can enhance...

August 25, 2024

Improving Campus Safety: SafeZone and Alignment with Organisational Values

In today's rapidly evolving security landscape, safeguarding the well-being of individuals within organisations, especially universities, stands as a top priority. Recent global events, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, public health crises, and campus protests, underscore the need for robust measures to protect premises and...

May 1, 2024

Navigating Campus Safety and Protests: Lessons from Recent Events

In the realm of higher education, universities are not just centers for academic pursuit but collaborative communities where diverse ideas and opinions converge. However, when political activism transforms into protests, ensuring campus safety while respecting the principles of free speech becomes a paramount concern for...

May 8, 2024

Safeguarding Healthcare Heros: The Rising Demand to Combat Workplace Violence

A serious issue has been making waves in the healthcare industry — workplace violence against our healthcare heroes. It's something that's all too common and deeply concerning. Studies show that this violence has significant negative impacts on healthcare professionals' behavior, emotions, cognition, and physical well-being.

May 29, 2024