SECURITY PERSONNEL

Background of Security Personnel



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Background of Security Personnel

Introduction

This research paper explores the term private security and what background expertise is required for the private security personnel.

In its simplest form, the term private security refers to the protection of people, property, and information. In its most complex form, it refers to individuals and businesses that provide, for a fee, services to clientele to protect their persons, their private property, or their interests from various hazards. The broadness of this definition indicates how expansive the scope of private security is. Because private security has alternately been referred to in the literature as private policing, asset protection, and protective security, there is little consensus among either academics or practitioners about what to call the field. There is even more disagreement as to whether it is a subfield of criminal justice, a specialization within schools of business or management, or merely an applied area of study within one of these disciplines (Tone, 2002).

Discussion

Hiring private security personnel requires a detailed investigation of his background. We compare that what specialized background is required in a security guard, if he shall have a strong background in business or criminal justice. To identify this, we analyze the job description of the private security personnel.

A security guard's main job duty is to help deter crime and protect people, assets, and property.  How one goes about doing this will depend largely on the post orders that are given to the guard for that specific job.  The reality is there is a wide range of different jobs in this field.  For example, one could be expected to help protect shopping malls, banks, etc, where their main job duty will be as a physical deterrence where people see him in his uniform and this helps deter some criminals from committing ...