PORN SUSPECT HAD STOLEN HOSPITAL RECORDS

Stolen radiology reports and mammograms were just a few of the over 150,000 images that an Ohio man charged with 72 counts of voyeurism and child pornography had in his possession.  Read more at:

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106150304

SWA NOW ON FACEBOOK!

If you are a Facebook user, we invite you to become a "Friend" of SWA on the popular social networking site, where we bring you all of the latest news on safety, security, emergency preparedness, training, and more!

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Champaign-IL/Sorensen-Wilder-Associates/364912555803

DIGITAL COPIERS CREATING A SECURITY RISK

CREDIT CHECKS AS PART OF BACKGROUND CHECKS

Our client hospitals know that we advocate credit checks for any employee who is involved in handling cash as part of their daily activities.  In this economy, many good people find themselves in positions they have never been in before, and the temptation may be too much when they feel everything is on the line.

An new Illinois case supports our position.  A 32 year old administrative assistant from a hospital in the suburbs of Chicago was sentenced to four months in jail today after being found guilty of embezzling $32,000 from the hospital.  The employee routinely handled fund transfers, and diverted the money to a personal account over a period of time.  During trial it came out that the employee's family was having extreme financial difficulties, including mortgage foreclosure and automobile repossession.

While it can be said that "good people sometimes do bad things", including credit checks on employees involved in handling cash and financial transactions will prove to be a valuable tool in not putting the employee in the way of temptation.

SWA ASSISTS THREE ILLINOIS COUNTIES DEVELOP TIC PLANS

With the addition of the Kankakee County Emergency Management Agency, SWA has now been retained to assist three Illinois counties in developing their Tactical Interoperable Communications Plans (TICP) in accordance with IEMA requirements.  A well written TIC plan sets the foundation for multiple agencies and disciplines to communicate with one another during a disaster situation.  The TICP requirements, which came about following the communication difficulties encountered after Hurricane Katrina, creates interoperable communications capabilities between police, fire, EMS, hospitals, public works, schools, municipal governments and county and state governments.

For more information on developing your TIC Plan, contact SWA at 800-568-2931.

SCHOOL SECURITY ISSUES CONTINUE TO DRAW ATTENTION

Schools, colleges, and universities are being plagued by an increase in violence, and administrators are scrambling for solutions.  Sorensen, Wilder & Associates (SWA) wants to point out that quick fixes will not provide the answers we need, and that corrective measures have to be taken from a programmatic approach, and must include the entire security program.

Steve Wilder, President and COO of Sorensen, Wilder & Associates (SWA) was recently a guest on WGN Chicago Channel 9 News, talking about emerging issues in school security.  With school clients across the nation, SWA has earned a national reputation for it's no-nonsense approach to securing our schools. Steve spoke to a national audience on the Chicago-based super station about the P2T2® approach to securing schools, and how People, Programs, Training, and Technology must all be addressed in order to have a complete school security program.

For more information, contact SWA at 800-568-2931

SWA's "THE ESSENTIALS OF AGGRESSION MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE" NOW AVAILABLE AS IN-HOUSE TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM

In Economics 101, we learned the basic rule of supply and demand. At SWA, we are now experiencing it firsthand. Since our book "The Essentials of Aggression Management in Healthcare: From Talkdown to Takedown" was first published, our program by the same title has become so popular, we can no longer keep up with the demand for training. As a result, SWA has announced the development of a Train-The-Trainer class, designed to allow hospitals to use in-house instructors to provide this popular training.

The Chief Nurse Executive at one Midwest hospital which recently adopted the SWA program for in-house use said "we have used a number of other programs in the past, but turned to the SWA program because it was specifically focused on hospitals, and because it was taught by experienced hospital security professionals. The training was realistic, enjoyable, and affordable".

                                                     
 

For information on any SWA program, contact us at 800-568-2931