Workplace Violence Prevention for Small California Employers

Find out where your violence prevention plan is exposed before an incident happens.

Book a free 15-minute compliance and safety snapshot for your organization.

If your employees interact with the public, California law requires more than a policy on paper. You need an effective workplace violence prevention plan that your people can actually use.Ā 

I help small employers identify practical safety gaps, reduce liability risk, protect their people, and comply with California law without needing a full-time security or compliance team.

Based upon my 30+ years of building cases for plaintiff lawyers against employers when violence happened at their locations, I'll help you see where you're current plan is strong, where it's vulnerable, and what to do next.

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How We Work

Real Protection Ā Check

Free snapshot call to see where your small business stands with California workplace violence prevention requirements, and keeping your employees and organization safe from the harms of workplace violence.Ā 

Real Protection Check

Real Protection Blueprint

A half-day working session where small employers leave with a documented, California compliant workplace violence prevention plan built for their actual workplace-not a generic template.

Real Protection Blueprint

Real Protection Program

A fully managed program where we build, document, and implement your small employer's complete compliance and incident-management plan--start to finish. Done for you.

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About Mike Corwin

Over the last 30 years, I’ve investigated violent incidents from multiple angles:

  • Bringing cases against organizations where violence occurred.
  • Defending individuals in criminal cases.
  • Conducting internal workplace investigations after threats and assaults.

I understand how violence actually develops, how it can be prevented, what plaintiff attorneys and regulators look for, and what organizations are expected to do before and after an incident.

For more than a decade I’ve provided workplace violence prevention and personal safety training to small businesses, medical and legal professionals, engineers, contractors, manufacturers, judges, court administrators and their staff, and even the staff of a United States senator.

I learned about personal safety while working in dangerous places, and workplace violence prevention through investigating real world violent incidents.

And I shared what I learned by serving as a regular guest instructor on investigations at UNM Law School, and at dozens of workshops for legal professionals and for business organizations. I also taught personal safety & self-defense for well over a decade.

I've been fortunate to have been able to mix my two passions, helping people who are going through a difficult time, and helping people be safe from violence.

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Michael Corwin, HelpYou Be Safe, LLC

38180 Del Webb Blvd. #245, Palm Desert, CA 92211

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