Private Security Officer Case Study

Chapter l
Introduction
In this study, this researcher used qualitative research to explore the phenomenon - the degree of respect. This degree of respect is what a Private Security Officer (PSO) who work for a Private Security Company (PSC) expects from the client. The PSO provide private security to protect the client as in this case the populations, that is student, visitors and administrators of that institution. PSOs protect the population on two of the campuses of Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies (CCLCS) that are in Valsayn, St. Joseph and Pleasantville in San Fernando in Trinidad. CCLCS is a tertiary institution, it is also referred to as the College in this study.

A sample for this study was purposively selected
PSOs both inhouse and contracted are used to provide the private security on the College campuses. PSOs are to guard against threats of losses to the population and public property from disorder that can disrupt the business of the College by crime that is likely to impact public safety on the campuses. Hess (2009) and Dempsey (2013) claim that PSOs are to provide protection against disasters, and assets from external interventions by criminals. The need for private security on the College campuses grew out of need to provide security for the population in the absence of public police to do
Such traditional police duties accounted for PPOs providing safety and security at colleges; escorting money to banks and commercial businesses or transporting prisoners to court; securing air and seaports; and providing executive protection for government officials and those assignment have not changed up to today (Seelal 2008 and 2012).
The decision made by law enforcement administrators to focus PPOs’ attention upon the increase in crime across the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago prepared a path for PSOs to be the alternative for PPOs releasing them of private security roles (Bishop 2013). Exponential growth of the PSI to perform the roles that PPOs once performed and could no longer provide for private citizens made PSOs the choice for citizens’ security (Darwall 1977) and (Hess 2009). PPOs in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) formerly the Trinidad and Tobago Police Force (TTPS) had to concentrated policing in crime prevention to enhance crime fighting from as far back as the 1980s (Hill 2010), and (Bishop 2013). The situation outlined above allowed PSOs to be more readily available for hire by the College for its safety and security