Private security

Private security

Introduction

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. With such little agreement among practitioners and academics as to what constitutes private security, it is not surprising that there is no single definition (McDonough, 2005). Despite the lack of agreement about what private security is and its place in the social sciences, a common thread ties together all modern security issues, ranging from protecting buildings and property to protecting corporate executives, from identifying shoplifters to protecting against identity theft, from detecting cybercrime to reducing baggage theft at airports. This common thread is the central focus of security—loss prevention. Loss prevention refers to the practice of reducing the chances that a loss will occur and minimizing the loss in the event that one does occur.

Discussion

Although the scope of private security is broad, the unifying thread of crime prevention ties together all modern security issues. At its core, private security involves the anticipation and appraisal of crime risk and the initiation of action to eliminate or minimize crime. Despite its historical association with law enforcement, the field of private security has developed into a proactive crime prevention industry that is present in every significant arena of modern society. Although accurate estimates are difficult to obtain, it is estimated that people employed in private security now outnumber those employed in public law enforcement by nearly three to one.

Many security firms practice the methodology of "detect, deter, fight and report. The security guards are not empowered to make arrests but they have the authority to block criminal episodes. In addition to the above-mentioned method, a security guard has the primary duty to perform the work of prevention and deterrence of crime. The security guards are often trained to carry out practical procedures for arrest and search warrant, to operate emergency equipment, perform first aid, take accurate notes, write detailed reports and perform other tasks as required by contractor who are serving. Some officials must carry full certifications police for special assignments. Positions that are also growing in many western nations, so that the united States were 350.000 new figures provided security within the next decade. In recent years, due to the situation of international terrorism, many guards security required to receive training for the outbreak of bombs ...