In 2023, the Hospitality and Nightlife team launched Hospitality Industry Preparedness Education sessions. This initiative supported hospitality and nightlife industry workers through proactive, free education classes. HIPE sessions provided information and training for active threats, harm reduction, bystander invention, and other business regulatory practices.
- March 2023 session- Emergency Preparedness: The Pathway to Community Resilience
- June 2023 session- Harm Reduction Education and Intervention
- September 2023 session - NC ABC Commission RASP (responsible alcohol seller/server program)
- January 2024 session - City of Raleigh's New Nightlife Permit Ordinance and updates to Noise Ordinance
- June 2024 - De-escalation Training, Harm Reduction Education and Intervention, and RPD ACORNS unit resources