Dedicated, motivated and professional security staff in your organisation are an essential component of your protective security regime to mitigate against the insider and external people threat.
Security officers can help to create a positive security culture and help to embed behaviour change. They will often be the first point of contact that staff and visitors have when entering your premises and the way they behave and carry out their duties will set an example of how your organization prioritises security.
Securing the premises
Security staff who undertake patrols, guard entrance points and those that carry out security search and screening are an effective measure in disrupting hostile reconnaissance.
Hostiles will be looking for weaknesses and vulnerabilities in security that they can exploit. But motivated, attentive and observant security staff in these roles can form a highly-effective deterrent presence and final line of defence where other interventions, eg. electronic security access, have failed.
Security officers use preventative measures to deter crime and keep everyone safe.
- Enforcing company policies, rules and laws
- Controlling access to the building
- Monitoring surveillance systems and alarms
Security officers, subject to the client’s terms, may be asked to provide basic customer service or provide helpful information
about the business to enquirers.
Conflict Management
When situations get tense, or if arguments get loud,
security officers are there to help defuse the situation. Whilst they may not be responsible for making the final call, they are there to make sure things don’t get out of hand.