Reward Towards Waste

Maximum Protection Services recently suppled around 100 IMC body-worn cameras to Merseyside and Nottinghamshire Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRC).

After being applauded as heroes in the pandemic, essential workers subsequently reported a doubling of incidents involving physical and verbal abuse. For Veolia, the leading waste management company, abuse is reported to have arisen due to customers being stuck behind collection vehicles in the streets and from having to queue at recycling centres.

MPS stocks the perfect safety products to improve and develop StreetKind’s programme objectives. When Veolia launched ‘StreetKind’, it included a comprehensive training programme to build a safer workplace, aimed at taking stronger action against those who abused or endangered frontline staff.

Key training components also included defusing situations and knowing how to handle each incident. These tenets are 100% central to the training programme. They found that two thirds believed that verbal and physical attacks have increased significantly in the last two years.

Additionally, over two thirds of respondents reported stress and 72% of respondents said they felt safer wearing body cameras. Finally, they can provide high-resolution close-up evidence if legal proceedings are required. Also, a calmer work setting

IMC stocks a wide range of body-worn cameras. The Hytera VM580D, SC580, GC550 and VM780 are market-leading body-worn cameras which can be used as stand-alone solutions, or as part of a complete security/communication system.

We also offer SOS devices which, at the touch of a button, enable two-way audio communication with IMC’s NSI gold-accredited alarm receiving centre, and a police response when required.

Between 24 November and 08 December 5pm, MPS is offering 20% discount on all body-worn cameras and SOS devices. Call 0333 366 0915, email: info@imc.ltd or visit: www.imc.ltd