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Also available: The Manager’s Violence Survival Guide

Not a Moment to Lose

Influencing Global Security One Community at a Time

About The Author

Francis D’Addario is a principal of Crime Prevention Associates and Emeritus Faculty member of the Security Executive Council. His security teams have set private sector benchmarks for violence reductions, profit margin contribution, and engagement at Starbucks Coffee, Hardees Food Systems, Jerrico Inc. and the Southland Corporation. Francis has more than twenty five years in public safety and corporate security management. He is a Certified Protection Professional, Fraud Examiner, Community Emergency Responder, Food Defense Coordinator, and Coffee Master.

In addition to Not a Moment to Lose..Influencing Global Security One Moment at a Time (Security Executive Council 2009) his other publications include Loss Prevention through Crime Analysis (Butterworths 1989) and The Managers Violence Survival Guide (CPA 1995). D’Addario also co-designed LossVision™, a copyrighted loss reporting, investigations, and asset recovery software program; and Safe and Sound™, an interactive, multimedia ‘workplace violence avoidance’ training curriculum marketed by Learning Dynamics. His team’s programs have been covered by CNN, CSO, ISO Focus, Loss Prevention, Security Management, The Christian Science Monitor, The Conference Board Review, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

As a board member of the West Seattle Food Bank, Francis co-chaired the business committee for "Three Projects/One Community", a $29 million capital campaign to provide West Seattle with permanently affordable facilities for food, social services, low income housing, and the arts. He has served on project teams for the International Standardization Organization (ISO) that drafted ISO 28001, an international supply chain security standard; and the US Department of Justice sponsored SEARCH National Task Force on the Role of Private Sector Use and Management of Justice Information.

Francis is the recipient of the CSO 2007 Compass for protection innovation, the National Food Service Security Council’s Lifetime Achievement, and the Spirit of Starbucks awards. In addition to an undergraduate degree in Police Administration, he has studied Forensic Sciences, Behavioral Interviewing, Handwriting and Written Statement Analysis, Investigative Hypnosis; and graduated from the FBI Citizen’s Academy.

The Security Executive Council is a problem-solving research and services organization that involves a wide range of risk mitigation leaders. Its community includes forward-thinking practitioners, agencies, universities, NGOs, innovative solution providers, media companies and industry groups. Backed by a Faculty of more than 100 successful current and former security executives, the Council creates groundbreaking Collective Knowledge™ research, which is used as an essential foundation for its deliverables. The Council is the eminent voice on organizational risk mitigation leadership; its work has been widely cited in publications ranging from major security trade magazines to business publications such as Forbes and Harvard Business Review.

The Manager's Violence Survival Guide packs years of research and experience into a concise, common sense resource for managers and their families. Practical guidelines, checklists, and the ABC's of Personal Violence Avoidance makes this a book to be used, not just read. The author, Francis James D'Addario CPP, CFE, is described by The Christian Science Monitor as "the beacon of prevention in the commercial sector." His teams have reduced workplace crime and violence in retail, university, hospital, hotel, convenience, and food service settings.

Mr. D'Addario's programs have been covered by The Wall Street Journal, CNN Headline News, America's Most Wanted, as well as numerous trade and business journals. He has consistently demonstrated return on investment for violence prevention in the private sector. The Manager's Violence Survival Guide extends the principles of commercial prevention design from the workplace to the employee's home. It provides a primer for companies who commit to continuous improvement for worker safety.

Workshops, audio cassettes, and color slides for The Manager's Violence Survival Guide are available also. To order, send $15.00 plus $2.00 for shipping and handling to:

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