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From left are Connecticut Water Co. (CWC) Lead Superintendent Donald Schumacher; CWC Vice-President of Customer and Regulatory Affairs Maureen Westbrook; Center for Personal Protection & Safety (CPPS) President, CEO, and founder Randy Spivey; Maine Water President Richard Knowlton; CWC Vice-President of Service Delivery Craig Patla; CWC Vice-President of Human Resources and Corporate Secretary Kristen Johnson; CCPS senior advisor Dave Benson; and Clinton Police Chief Vincent DeMaio. Photo courtesy of Bonnie S. Willgoos

The Center for Personal Protection & Safety (CPPS) recognized the Connecticut Water Service, Inc., and its utility operations Connecticut Water Co. (CWC), Maine Water, Heritage Village, and Avon Water with its first of its kind Safe Workplace Certification.

The CPPS Safe Workplace Certification is earned by corporations, educational institutions, government agencies, and non-profit organizations that, in partnership with CPPS, create and implement a comprehensive Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention Program that meets recent OSHA Directive and the American Society for Industrial Security and Society for Human Resource Management American National Standard.

As part of the certification, CPPS worked with the company to review policies and procedures already in place, identify changes needed, conduct gap analysis to make sure each segment of the company was included, create appropriate documentation, and provide a written report on observations and recommendations and then conduct an extensive training program. The company program includes a threat management team, a number of reporting mechanisms for employees, and extensive training for employees at all levels of the organization.