Observe and Report: Basically the "observe and report" action is taken by a lot of companies today that work in the private security business. This means that a company will "Observe" what happens and "Report" what happens. Nothing more nothing less. They observe what they see and write a report up on it. This used to be fine and dandy in the security world until the criminals that security officers / guards were protecting stuff from realized. All that the guards were doing was being a visual deterrent.
Pro-Active: The pro-active approach allows the security company to not have to just report what they noticed but allows them to actually do something about it. Other than writing in a report to be read the next day that there was some loud music at a certain apartment Or that there was a door that was unsecured part way through the shift. It allows the Officers to approach that apartment with the loud music and tell them to be quiet. Or to secure the door that isn't locked properly or to check things out further. It allows security officers / guards to work at the TOP of their games and allows them to better protect the company's assets while still being able to do the normal "observe and report" type of stuff.
Camera Systems: Now we all can agree on one thing. Camera systems are a great thing in the security world. Unfortunately a camera system can not warn you when something is going wrong in your building. A camera system can allow you to look back on what happened in the past. Without a trained officer / guard watching the camera system it is completely useless and will take several hours to look back on to find when that door got kicked in or who kicked it in. They are a GREAT tool for the security officers / guards. But without the guard / officer there watching them then they too are useless.
Alarm Systems: A lot of companies have an alarm system installed in their property now a days. Whether it is a pharmacy, car lot, medical facility, factory or jewelry shop. Looking back on my experience with alarm systems. Again I will agree that they are a great tool for businesses to have. In recent weeks while working a morning shift at a site where there is an alarm system I found out the following. It took nearly 15 minutes for the police to arrive on site. The alarm went off twice during the night and I believe they only did perimeter checks both times. It kind of opened my eyes that even when offered to check the inside of the building with me the officer refused and left the area. Why put your money at such great risk??? You have an alarm system that will go off immediately but at 0620 it took the police until 0635 to even respond to the location. And then to top it all off refused to check the interior of the property for possible intruders. Just didn't make sense to me one bit.
Well I Just wanted to talk about those four little things to put the ideas out there. I think people should be able to do their jobs and be "pro-active" in their work. Another thing that came up while reading this is the fact that a lot of businesses do not understand that having security on-site 24/7 can lower their insurance rates significantly to the point where having security is cheaper than not having security. Even after the cost of paying a company to come in and be security at your property. Check it out business owners.
Another little fun fact for the day: There are more private security officers (Nearly 1 million) than there are sworn police officers (nearly 600 thousand). Not sure how those stats are for today but I just read it the other day and found it very interesting.
Have a nice day
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