Man shot in stomach at University

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Title – Man shot in stomach at University
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 11th March 2007

Universities are places of learning; we associate them with safety and serenity not violence and gun crime. But it seems that nowhere in the country is immune from the scourge of the criminal element, who seem to be more and more willing to use weapons as a matter of choice.

This incident at Loughborough University Student Union was certainly not an everyday event, but the seriousness of the incident should leave everyone in no doubt about the dangers faced in even the most unexpected work environments. The student security steward who was shot would have expected to deal with the odd incident of aggression or even violence but would never have expected to face this kind of situation or a gun.

We run both the National Certificate for Door Supervisors (NCDS) as well as Conflict Management and Resolution courses (CMR) and Physical Intervention courses (PI) for those people working in venues at Universities and Student Unions in these front line positions and other areas where they may face aggression and violence in their workplace.

We do not claim to be able to eliminate this kind of freak occurrence, but we can successfully train staff to reduce the levels of conflict they face in the workplace through management of the situations they encounter and the teaching of conflict resolution skills.
We have over 15 years of experience of working with and alongside young adults and students in the security and licensed retail sector within Universities and Students’ Unions and pride ourselves on our ability to communicate and train this demographic effectively.

Please visit our website at www.btbl.co.uk