Safety plan

A safety plan protects your customers, employees and business.

Overview

A safety plan is a list of steps and rules that help keep your customers, employees, and business safe. It helps you avoid problems and know what to do in an emergency. Check your plan a few times a year and talk with your employees about any changes or incidents.

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Topics to consider

We list things to consider when building your safety plan. Disregard topics that don't fit your business.

Staff

  • Contracted security employees
  • Trained, uniformed staff
  • Managers and supervisors
  • Cross-trained bartenders, hosts or servers

Scheduling

  • Days
  • Hours
  • Summer vs. winter
  • Special events at your business or in the city

Duties 

  • Inside
  • Outside
  • Frequency of rounds

Plan

  • Respectful enforcement
  • Escorting off the premises
  • Working in teams

Outside areas

  • Security cameras
  • Lights
  • Enclosures

Disorderly customers

  • Rounds
  • Dedicated parking lot security staff
  • Loitering
  • No-admittance List
  • Illegal behaviors
  • Criminal activity

Partnering with precinct

  • Reporting procedures for incidents, minor and serious

Valet services

  • Contracted or in-house

Large crowds

  • Party buses
  • Pedal pubs

Exit strategies

  • Weeknights
  • Weekends
  • Special events
  • Emergencies

Closing time

  • Escorts
  • Parking lot monitoring
  • Traffic management
  • Protecting customers

Contact us

Business Licenses & Consumer Services

Address

Public Service Building
505 Fourth Ave. S., Room 220
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Office hours
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday – Thursday

9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday