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Employees are expected to treat co-workers, citizens, and property with respect. No employee is <br />permitted to commit or threaten violence against another employee or customer of the City. <br />Examples of prohibited conduct include, but are not limited to, physical abuse, verbal threats to <br />inflict physical harm, vandalism, arson, and use of weapons. <br />Employees are not permitted to bring a weapon into the City workplace or onto City property <br />unless the weapon is required to fulfill the employee's job duties, such as those of a police officer, <br />or is approved by the Department Head or City Administrator. <br />City employees should not ignore violent, threatening, harassing, intimidating, or other disruptive <br />behavior. If anyone on the City premises displays such behavior, regardless of whether he/she is a <br />City employee, such behavior should be reported immediately to the employee's supervisor. <br />Employees are responsible for making the report regardless of the relationship between the <br />individual who initiated the threat or threatening behavior and the person(s) who was threatened or <br />who was the focus of the threatening behavior. <br />Employees shall be alerted to and immediately report suspicious or threatening behavior and <br />incidents of workplace violence to their supervisor and should contact 911 in the case of an <br />immediate serious threat or crime. In the event of imminent danger to persons or property, <br />employees shall always take action to safeguard persons or property before making a formal report. <br />Except as noted above, reports shall be made as soon as possible after a threat or act of workplace <br />violence — preferably within 4-6 hours, or sooner if reasonably able to do so. <br />Even without an actual threat, employees shall report any behavior they have witnessed which they <br />regard as threatening or violent. <br />Employees who have identified City work locations as being protected for purposes of restraining <br />or protective orders shall immediately notify their supervisor. The City understands the sensitivity <br />of the information and will endeavor to handle the matter respectfully while also providing <br />necessary notification and advance warning to fellow employees. <br />Supervisory Responsibilities <br />Supervisors are expected to appropriately intervene when they see an employee on the receiving <br />end of abuse, whether from another employee or a member of the public. Supervisors and <br />Department Heads who witness workplace violence or receive a complaint of workplace violence <br />must notify the Human Resources Manager of the situation as soon as possible. The responding <br />supervisor shall assess whether there is a current significant risk of violence that could result in <br />physical harm to people and/or property and establish command and determine the appropriate <br />level of emergency response. The supervisor or Department Head's efforts may include the <br />following actions: <br />• Assuring that 911 has been called. <br />• Alerting other employees in the immediate area about the situation. <br />• Attempting to move individuals at risk to a safer location. <br />• Implementing the appropriate evacuation proceeding if rapid evacuation of the building <br />seems warranted. <br />• Controlling staff involved so that they do not interfere with or hinder the efforts of law <br />enforcement or other emergency personnel who may respond to the incident. <br />411Page <br />