We Protect Hotels Because We Lived the Chaos Others Ignore
Salvador Bermudez
The Prevention Sentinel
For 18 years, I worked inside maximum-security corrections. Every day was a test of reading human behavior before it erupted. Over 500 times, I proved violence could be prevented—not with force, but with recognition and timing. But my turning point wasn’t inside the walls. It was at home. My mother, a housekeeper, came home with stories of harassment she endured without training, protection, or support. That question haunted me: “Why do inmates receive more protection than hotel workers?” PreventIQ was built to answer it.
Sarah Martinez
Take Sarah Martinez, a 75-room hotel in San Bernardino. Like many managers, Sarah told herself incidents happened “at other hotels.” Then a violent outburst shattered that belief—and a Cal/OSHA notice reminded her she had 47 days to comply or face up to $20,000 fines. At first, she resisted: too costly, too time-consuming, too much pushback. But after PreventIQ training: Her staff grew confident instead of fearful. Turnover dropped 50%, saving $87,500. Insurance premiums fell 15%. She avoided $4.5M in potential fines. Her words now echo the mission: “Violence isn’t inevitable. It’s preventable. We just needed someone who had prevented it to show us how.”
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