Private Security Research Paper
Surveys of Justice and SecurityTracy WebbOctober 12, 2009AbstractThere are many differences between the private and public security sector. Private securities have the ability to pick and choose the tasks and duties that are performed. This is one of the main advantages that private policing has over public policing.
Private security personnel differ from police officers in a number of ways. Private security personnel work for clients who pay them for services rendered, while police officers are responsible for serving and protecting the public. Minimum requirements and trainingare considerably less for private security than for police officer.
Public and private policing are major components in the criminal justice field. It would be impossible …show more content…
These require constant surveillance for the safety of shoppers and residents. In fact, adequate security has become one of those value-added extras that attract customers and residents. Technological advances, such as high-tech video surveillance cameras, computers, mobile phones, and satellites have increased the need an increase of security personnel for monitoring, investigating and analyzing. Private policing has been described in many different aspects such as, policing activity of crime prevention; detection and apprehension carried out by private organizations or agents for commercial purpose. It is described to include those people who work for a security company or are employed by an individual or firm to carry out security work, crowd control or private investigations. Private policing is provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by a public body or the state like public policing …show more content…
The public police cannot be expected, based on taxpayer dollars, to provide the enhanced safety and security presence that some environments demand.
Accepting that security professionals, while not meant to replace public police, do have a role to play in the safety and security of the community in privately-owned public places is a first step. Formalizing industry standards and invoking best practices for security practitioners will result in professional standards and an enhancement of the safety and security services our citizens receive in public areas. It will also result in the recognition that professionalism exists in both the public and private provision of these services.
Private and public security has shared skills, experiences and security technologies such as video and training that bring them together. Both sectors share the same goal and that is to protect the people and their property. Police recruits are to go through training requirements to ensure that they are suitable for the job; however, public police go through a more standardized training at colleges and academies while private police differ depending on company and offer minimum training
Private security personnel differ from police officers in a number of ways. Private security personnel work for clients who pay them for services rendered, while police officers are responsible for serving and protecting the public. Minimum requirements and trainingare considerably less for private security than for police officer.
Public and private policing are major components in the criminal justice field. It would be impossible …show more content…
These require constant surveillance for the safety of shoppers and residents. In fact, adequate security has become one of those value-added extras that attract customers and residents. Technological advances, such as high-tech video surveillance cameras, computers, mobile phones, and satellites have increased the need an increase of security personnel for monitoring, investigating and analyzing. Private policing has been described in many different aspects such as, policing activity of crime prevention; detection and apprehension carried out by private organizations or agents for commercial purpose. It is described to include those people who work for a security company or are employed by an individual or firm to carry out security work, crowd control or private investigations. Private policing is provided by a private individual or organization, rather than by a public body or the state like public policing …show more content…
The public police cannot be expected, based on taxpayer dollars, to provide the enhanced safety and security presence that some environments demand.
Accepting that security professionals, while not meant to replace public police, do have a role to play in the safety and security of the community in privately-owned public places is a first step. Formalizing industry standards and invoking best practices for security practitioners will result in professional standards and an enhancement of the safety and security services our citizens receive in public areas. It will also result in the recognition that professionalism exists in both the public and private provision of these services.
Private and public security has shared skills, experiences and security technologies such as video and training that bring them together. Both sectors share the same goal and that is to protect the people and their property. Police recruits are to go through training requirements to ensure that they are suitable for the job; however, public police go through a more standardized training at colleges and academies while private police differ depending on company and offer minimum training