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Determine if your building qualifies

Not all buildings are appropriate to participate in the Safe Places program. Download this simple checklist to determine if your building qualifies.

Determine if your local law enforcement agency is participating

1. Contact your local law enforcement agency and ask them if they are participating.
2. If they aren't currently participating, your local law enforcement agency contacts the Seattle Police Department to learn about the requirements to participate in the Safe Place program.
3. Once your local law enforcement agency and the Seattle Police Department have agreed upon participation, your facility can work with your local law enforcement agency to become a designated Safe Places program participant.

Sign up to be a Safe Places program participant

If your building is located in Seattle:

City of Seattle sign-up

If your building is located in Olympia:

City of Olympia program.

If your building is located in Tumwater:

City of Tumwater sign-up.

If your building is on the Capitol Campus:

Contact Adrian Thompson.

Take the pledge

Designating your building as a Safe Places program participant means your agency agrees to display either the Seattle Police Department or Olympia Police Department Safe Place symbol on a main window or door. It also means that building leadership and public-facing employees are willing to assist and protect victims of crime by:

1. Calling 911 when needed.
2. Allowing victims to enter.
3. Allowing victims to remain in the building until police arrive.

Resources created by Best Practices on OFM's website:

• Inclusive Bathroom Signage Recommendations
• Use of Pronouns in External and Internal Communications

Links about how RAIN came to be:

• Executive Orders and Directive related to Workforce DEI
• Statewide Business Resource Groups

Communication templates and tools

• All-staff announcement template
• Q&A for employees
• Procedures desk reference for employees