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The app supplies GPS location monitoring and an SOS button to rapidly contact the police
At present, 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, consists of varied security options designed to help workers within the subject. These embrace 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 demanding occasion alerts.
The app can be put in on all gadgets carried by Openreach engineers and can be non-compulsory for workplace workers.
“Fall alarms are activated by sensors within the particular person’s cell phone, whereas the SOS alarms might be set off with a easy press of the handset. Emergency providers might be on their method inside minutes which is simply unbelievable,” stated Adam Elsworth, Security Director at Openreach. “Whereas Peoplesafe will solely be obligatory for our subject groups (as a result of 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 embrace “being spat at, pushed down stairs, threatened with canine and knives, punched and kicked and even barricaded into properties and vans”.
The corporate additionally says it has seen a rise in racially motivated incidents.
“The Peoplesafe app offers 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 deal with an space now we have much less management: assaults by members of the general public,” stated Elsworth.
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