Aug 3, 2023 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager While reviewing workers’ compensation loss data for a member county recently I was comparing their loss leaders, or most common types of losses, to those of the entire membership and as I expected, things have not...
Aug 3, 2023 | Law Safety, Safety Shorts
By Todd Duncan, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist What is the First Amendment? The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects citizens’ freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. The First Amendment was intended...
Jul 5, 2023 | Law Safety, Safety Shorts
By Todd Duncan, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist For law enforcement officers and jail staff, interacting with individuals under the influence of alcohol or drugs is a common occurrence. Whether responding to a disturbance at the local bar, stopping a swerving...
Jul 5, 2023 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager With three days left in June, we have already experienced temperatures in the 90s fourteen times this month. I can only imagine what July and August have in store for us. As the temperatures increase, along with the...
Jul 5, 2023 | Road Safety, Safety Shorts
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I was doing a little research to write this article, and I looked up the definition of culture. The interweb was just ripe with all kinds of definitions. One definition I found was: “the behaviors, beliefs,...
Jun 13, 2023 | General Safety, Safety Shorts
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist I am very excited to announce that this year’s Money for Minutes program has been expanded to include ten $500 awards for safety committees that are drawn from the pool of committees that meet the Money for...