{"id":228479,"date":"2021-04-16T15:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fedex-examining-cellphone-policy-after-indianapolis-shooting-report\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:01:29","slug":"fedex-examining-cellphone-policy-after-indianapolis-shooting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fedex-examining-cellphone-policy-after-indianapolis-shooting-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#FedEx examining cellphone policy after Indianapolis shooting: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#FedEx examining cellphone policy after Indianapolis shooting: report<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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FedEx is reportedly examining a policy barring workers from carrying their cellphones on the job after a deadly mass shooting at one of the company\u2019s Indianapolis facilities.<\/p>\n

The shipping giant told Insider<\/a> it was reevaluating the ban amid concerns that the policy made it harder for workers at the warehouse to contact their families after a gunman killed eight people there Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The staffers\u2019 family members were told to wait for information at a nearby Holiday Inn hotel, where some said they were struggling to reach their loved ones because of the policy, according to<\/a> local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some workers weren\u2019t immedia<\/a>tely able to contact their families when they left the warehouse to be interviewed or to meet their families at the hotel, according to Indianapolis police official Craig McCartt.<\/p>\n

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Emergency vehicles arrive outside the scene where a gunman killed 8 people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana.<\/figcaption>
Mykal McEldowney\/The Indianapolis Star via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly been a night of frustration and uncertainty for those families,\u201d McCartt, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department\u2019s deputy chief of criminal investigations, told CNN <\/a>early Friday. \u201cI think that frustration was exacerbated by the fact that many of the employees did not have cellphones on them in the facility.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least one worker was reportedly able to text her husband updates as the shooting unfolded.<\/p>\n

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People hug after learning that their loved one is safe after a shooting inside a FedEx building in Indianapolis on April 15, 2021.<\/figcaption>
The Indianapolis Star via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI communicated with her for a while and then it went silent for a while, so I came here just to see what was going on,\u201d the husband, Ian Johnston, told local journalist Courtney Crown<\/a> near the scene of the shooting. \u201cWhen I got here she texts me and she says, \u2018I\u2019m OK.’\u201d<\/p>\n

FedEx did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment about the policy being examined in the wake of the shooting that also sent four people to hospitals with gunshot wounds, according to the Indianapolis Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Following the mss shooting, FedEx is reportedly examining a policy barring employees from carrying cellphones while working.<\/figcaption>
Mykal McEldowney\/The Indianapolis Star via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a statement<\/a> released Friday, the Tennessee-based company said it was \u201cdeeply shocked and saddened\u201d by the deaths of its warehouse employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur most heartfelt sympathies are with all those affected by this senseless act of violence,\u201d FedEx said. \u201cThe safety of our team members is our top priority, and we are fully cooperating with investigating authorities.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n