Jani-King International Launches Terrorism Prevention
Program
DALLAS, Sep 13, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Jani-King International,
Inc., the world's largest commercial cleaning franchisor, has announced it
will begin training its franchisees and employees to provide an additional
level of security to the more than 50,000 buildings that Jani-King cleans.
Some 10,000 franchisees will be trained to assess potential building and
workplace security threats and report them to authorities.
Jani-King believes that an aggressive and proactive approach to terrorism
prevention is critical and of benefit to everyone. "The key word here is
prevention," says Jani-King President Jerry Crawford. "We want to create a
security force multiplier to help reduce the risk of terror threats."
"Jani-King is one of the only businesses where banking institutions, major
corporations, educational facilities, hospitals, nuclear power plants, and
utilities literally hand over the keys to their buildings and provide access
to secure areas," says Crawford. "We feel an obligation to put into action
additional measures to help keep these buildings safe."
Crawford explained that Jani-King's new training program would specifically
educate employees and franchisees on three key areas that are important to
terror prevention: awareness, identification and reporting. "The training
will consist of awareness of potential security threats, recognition skills,
and proper reporting channels," says Crawford. "Franchise owners will not be
trained to confront suspicious persons."
Crawford gave an example.
"Our crews clean the same buildings night after night. We see the normal
activity. We want our employees to understand how to spot suspicious
activity and then how to report it."
The security initiative will include input from Andy Bermudez, a former
manager with the Department of Homeland Security and current Jani-King
franchise owner in the Tampa Bay area. Bermudez has developed training
programs for the U.S. Navy and local law enforcement in addition to his role
as a security trainer with the Department of Homeland Security.
"Implementing an awareness training initiative is a forward thinking plan
that will benefit our customers, our employees and the general public," say
Bermudez.
Jani-King is a company with more than 100 regional offices worldwide and
annual revenues approaching a half billion dollars. Founded in 1969, Jani-King
now boasts more than 10,500 franchisees in 37 states and 17 countries. Jani-King
has set the standard in commercial cleaning for 35 years. Jani-King's
expertise in commercial cleaning covers a vast array of industries and
facilities including single tenant offices and multi-tenant complexes,
hotels, resorts, casinos, hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools and
universities, stadiums, concert and sporting venues, and theatres.
Organizations such as PepsiCo, Nabisco, Xerox, OfficeMax, Coca-Cola, Verizon
Wireless, Marriott Hotels, American Airlines Center, Texas Motor Speedway,
Xavier University, and the 2002 Winter Olympics are all satisfied Jani-King
clients.
SOURCE Jani-King International, Inc.
Amy Power, +1-214-618-3318, or +1-214-693-2146, or
amy@trancemarketinggroup.com,
or Troy Scheer, +1-469-358-6691, or
+1-972-323-0491, or
troy@trancemarketinggroup.com, both for Jani-King
International, Inc.
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