Which statement best describes Peer Intervention?

• A. A tool to measure performance
• B. A form of active bystandership that charges every person within an organization, regardless of rank or position, to maintain situational awareness and a safe environment
• C. A mechanism that leaves the rank and file out of decisions
• D. A formal policy applying only to supervisors

Answer: (B)

Peer intervention is an active bystandership approach where everyone in an organization takes responsibility for noticing potential problems and stepping in to keep people safe. This description fits because it emphasizes proactive involvement by all members, not just leaders, and it centers on maintaining situational awareness and a safe environment.

This is why the best choice wins: it captures the idea that safety and a healthy culture come from shared responsibility across rank and position, with peers looking out for one another and intervening when something could go wrong. The other ideas don’t fit this concept—treating peer intervention as a tool to measure performance, or as a mechanism that excludes ordinary staff, or as a policy limited to supervisors—miss the inclusive, action-oriented nature of bystander intervention that relies on everyone participating.