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Law Enforcement/Public Safety<br />
Chicago considers ordinance requiring<br />
panic buttons for hotel staff<br />
BROOKFIELD, WI <strong>Apr</strong>il 28, 2017<br />
RF Technologies (RFT) HELP<br />
ALERT® Panic Alert System for<br />
Hospitality was recently featured in<br />
a news story (WLS-TV, Chicago)<br />
highlighting the need to protect<br />
hospitality workers from violence<br />
and assault in the workplace. The<br />
story outlined an ordinance introduced<br />
on <strong>Apr</strong>il 19, now under<br />
consideration by the Chicago City<br />
Council, which would require that<br />
certain staff in Chicago hotels be<br />
equipped with panic alert devices to<br />
protect them while they work. RFT’s<br />
Marina Willis, president, Pinpoint<br />
Technologies, was interviewed for<br />
the story.<br />
According to a Chicago Tribune<br />
report, the bill, sponsored by Alderman<br />
Michele Harris, 8th Ward, and<br />
backed by labor unions including<br />
Unite Here Local 1, would require<br />
that employees working alone in<br />
Chicago hotels be issued panic buttons<br />
(such as RFT’s HELP ALERT<br />
wireless pendant) that would enable<br />
them to warn security quickly<br />
if they encounter potentially dangerous<br />
situations in guests’ rooms.<br />
The ordinance would also require<br />
that hotels post sexual harassment<br />
and assault policies and promise no<br />
retaliation against workers who report<br />
encountering such treatment.<br />
Hotels that do not provide the panic<br />
alert buttons and adhere to other<br />
parts of the measure could be fined<br />
up to $500 per incident.<br />
“Has this prevented things from<br />
escalating? Absolutely,” says Willis,<br />
of RF Technologies. “We’ve had<br />
situations where we have<br />
had housekeepers go into<br />
a room, start cleaning, and<br />
someone comes out of the<br />
bathroom not wearing any<br />
clothes and blocks them<br />
from leaving the room.” Hotel<br />
workers are already wearing<br />
these devices in New<br />
York and Washington, D.C. Similar<br />
mandates and/or ordinances will<br />
soon be adopted in cities including<br />
Seattle, San Francisco, and areas<br />
in Southern California, where they<br />
are being requested with increased<br />
frequency by staff members and local<br />
unions representing hospitality<br />
workers.<br />
RFT is pleased to be a part of such<br />
an important initiative focused on<br />
keeping hospitality workers safe. We<br />
are ready to put to work our 30 years<br />
of experience keeping people safe<br />
in hospitals, schools, colleges and<br />
universities, senior living facilities,<br />
and hotels, with our HELP ALERT<br />
Panic Alert System.<br />
For additional information on this<br />
important issue, follow these news<br />
links:<br />
•http://www.mychinews.com/<br />
news/chicago-hotel-workersmay-soon-have-a-pani...<br />
•http://www.chicagotribune.<br />
com/news/local/politics/ctrahm-emanuel-chicag...<br />
•http://chicago.suntimes.<br />
com/news/hotels-urged-tocombat-sexual-harassmen...<br />
Also, a July 2016 report issued by<br />
Unite Here Local 1:<br />
•http://abc7chicago.com/<br />
news/panic-button-ordinanceproposed-to-protect-h...<br />
•https://www.handsoffpantson.org/wp-content/uploads/<br />
HandsOffReportWeb.pdf<br />
About RF Technologies<br />
RF Technologies provides safety solutions<br />
at over 10,000 senior living,<br />
healthcare, education and hospitality<br />
facilities nationwide. Life safety<br />
solutions such as CODE ALERT®<br />
Wander Management, QUICK RE-<br />
SPONSE® Wireless Nurse Call, SAFE<br />
PLACE® Infant Security, and HELP<br />
ALERT® reduce risk for residents,<br />
staff, and the facility; innovations<br />
such as RFT CARES® smartphone<br />
application improve caregiver coordination<br />
and efficiency. Backed<br />
by 30 years of experience in senior<br />
living, RF Technologies’ solutions<br />
are UL-certified to meet today’s life<br />
safety standards. For information<br />
visit: http://www.rft.com<br />
PRO-VISION releases 1080p HD video<br />
system for law enforcement vehicles<br />
BYRON CENTER, MI <strong>Apr</strong>il 26,<br />
2017 PRO-VISION® Video Systems,<br />
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