News for Scottish lone workers..
I learnt yesterday that ACPOS (the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland) plan to update their guidelines on alarm handling this coming January to include an appendix on lone worker alarms.
In summary, ACPOS plan to go the same route as ACPO, with guidelines that have been operating in England & Wales for the past 12months. That is they will allocate a specific lone worker URN only to alarm receiving centres (ARCs) who meet BS5979 Cat II. They will also call for all suppliers of lone worker solutions to be audited and approved against BS8484. Without these standards a supplier wont be able to guarentee a Police response.
So in summary, if you are an employer of lone workers in Scotland then you should start to think now about whether or not your lone worker solution provider meets the criteria.
In summary, ACPOS plan to go the same route as ACPO, with guidelines that have been operating in England & Wales for the past 12months. That is they will allocate a specific lone worker URN only to alarm receiving centres (ARCs) who meet BS5979 Cat II. They will also call for all suppliers of lone worker solutions to be audited and approved against BS8484. Without these standards a supplier wont be able to guarentee a Police response.
So in summary, if you are an employer of lone workers in Scotland then you should start to think now about whether or not your lone worker solution provider meets the criteria.
posted by Craig Swallow at 7:42 AM
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