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The app gives GPS location monitoring and an SOS button to shortly contact the police
Right now, Openreach has introduced the launch of a brand new employee security app geared toward tackling the rampant abuse its engineers face whereas on the job.
The app, created in partnership with Peoplesafe, contains varied security options designed to help employees within the discipline. These embody an SOS button and fall alarm connecting to a 24/7 management centre, GPS monitoring for correct emergency response, two-way audio and direct police dispatch, and commute monitoring and significant occasion alerts.
The app might be put in on all gadgets carried by Openreach engineers and might be non-compulsory for workplace employees.
“Fall alarms are activated by sensors within the individual’s cell phone, whereas the SOS alarms will be set off with a easy press of the handset. Emergency providers will be on their approach inside minutes which is simply unbelievable,” mentioned Adam Elsworth, Security Director at Openreach. “Whereas Peoplesafe will solely be necessary for our discipline groups (because of the nature of their work) we hope all of our folks will use the app to have peace of thoughts and help if and once they want it.”
Openreach recorded 700 incidents of both bodily or verbal abuse since April final yr. These embody “being spat at, pushed down stairs, threatened with canine and knives, punched and kicked and even barricaded into houses and vans”.
The corporate additionally says it has seen a rise in racially motivated incidents.
“The Peoplesafe app provides our folks an added layer of security whereas on the job and notably for a lot of of our colleagues that work alone for lengthy durations of the day. It additionally helps us to handle an space now we have much less management: assaults by members of the general public,” mentioned Elsworth.
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