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Weapons and Security Policy

Updated: 22 March 2025

Protecting human lives is the highest requirement of our entire organization, whether they are employees, customers, volunteers, visitors, or part of our supply chain while under some nexus to our organization. Many times things we do online will impact people’s lives physically, financially, and emotionally.

Key Definitions:

Weapon — An item or a part of the body that can injure, defeat, or destroy another human being. Weapons are also used to intimidate or threaten with bodily injury or death against another human being.

Reasonableness — This policy covers basic items commonly encountered in an organization. Different cities, states, and countries will have limitations that may restrict certain weapons. The key for organizations is to clearly define scope and limits — for example, a 2” Swiss Army pocket knife: okay or not okay? But don’t go after needlepoint needles. If the organization sells, trains with, or operationally requires weapons, these rules would need to be adjusted to limit them to authorized purposes.

I will report weapons-related security concerns, vulnerabilities, and threats to my supervisor or the organization’s Ethics Hotline as soon as discovered. If they are not available and I feel unsafe, I will contact law enforcement.
I will not carry a weapon inside organization buildings or on organization property.
I will not carry, expose, or use a weapon at company events or while on company travel.
I will follow all city, state, federal, and international laws related to weapons while on organization property, at organization events, and on organization time. If there is a conflict between organizational rules and law, the strictest set of rules applies.
Where law allows, if I have a legally authorized weapon in my personal vehicle, I will secure that weapon to industry standards when my vehicle is on organization property, at organization events, and/or on organization time.
I will fully cooperate with Legal, Security, and Law Enforcement when it comes to weapons as it relates to the search and securing of weapons when there is a nexus to the organization.
In the USA, under HR-218, I will notify the organization’s Legal team about my HR-218 status as it relates to weapons.
If the organization uses legally required signage controlling weapons, I will follow that signage.
I will verify with any visitors, customers, prospects, suppliers, vendors, contractors, or family members that they are not carrying any weapons under the same rules I am required to follow, unless the individual is authorized to carry under law enforcement or other regulatory permitted use (e.g., “Guard Card” for Executive Protection).
I will not consider my state concealed carry license as any authorization above these rules.
If I am authorized to carry or use a weapon for organization purposes or protection, I will follow the additional rules that come with this authorization.

Signature Note: I am a huge fan of wet signatures on these types of documents for accountability and investigation reasons. You can add the signature lines below to each rule/policy document, or have a collective wet signature with references in the Security Commitment Agreement document available on the One-Pager library page. Organizational preference.

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