POLICING IN THE 21ST
CENTURY
OVERVIEW OF WORKPLACE VIOLENCE, RESOURCES,
AND OPTIONS
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Introduction
Deputy Chief of Police V.G. “Skip” Frost
With UIPD since 1988
Patrol, Narcotics Investigator 1990-1993
Patrol Sergeant 1994-2004
EOD (Bomb Technician) 1995-2010
Field Training Coordinator 1998-2004
Lieutenant/ Patrol Division Commander 2004-2010
Captain of Operations 2010-211
Deputy Chief of Police (Acting, 2007-2008),
Permanent since Aug. 2012
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• University of Illinois Police Department
• 65 Sworn
• Chief, DC, Captain, 4 Lieutenants, 10 Sergeants,
Detectives and Officers
• Not your typical University PD!! 
• Multiple specialized units; METRO, EOD, Motorcycle,
Street Crimes, Narcotics, Detective Bureau, Crime
Scene Techs…..and many more.
• Focused on community oriented policing; service
orientation vs. just reaction
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• Policing a free society
• The 2nd Amendment
• The media- “ If it bleeds, it leads “
• Mental health issues vs. legal issues
• Policing today – Perceptions and realities that
affect every one of us
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• “Active Shooter” vs. workplace violence
• How? Why? When? Where? No definitive
answers, only questions.
• Statistics;
- Federal statistics state workplace violence
caused nearly 17% of all fatal U.S. work injuries in
2011
- 4,609 fatal working injuries in U.S. in 2011, of
which 780 were attributed to “violence and
other injuries by persons or animals”. Of the 780,
458 were homicides and 242 suicides.
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• Shootings most frequent manner of death in both
homicides (78%) and suicides (45%)
• Men made up majority of fatal workplace injuries
attributed to violence (680) vs. women (100)
• Homicides account for 21% of fatal workplace
injuries to women, with nearly 2 out of 5 incidents
being spouses or domestic partners (current and
former) who commit the offense
• Overall, however, fatal work injuries have
decreased by 21% since 2006 and more than 25%
since 1992
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• Workplace Violence Survey, published in 2012,
found that over 1/3 (36%) of organizations reported
incidents of workplace violence
• That’s one in three…how do we (you) respond?
• Recognition, evaluation, prevention only happens
with REALISTIC DOCUMENTATION and appropriate
response
• Behavioral intervention team(s)
• EAP
• NEVER HESITATE TO INVOLVE LAW ENFORCEMENTWe exist for these reasons
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• Police Response- Tactics and Crisis Intervention
Training (CIT)
• School shootings- Columbine to Sandy Hook
• University shootings
• Mass incidents, in general- More about body count
and notoriety than any one particular issue
• Shelter in place vs. evacuation- No right or wrong
answer, and no two situations alike
• Pervasive problem- no easy solutions
• QUESTIONS- Take your best shot !! 