What To Ask Before You Hire Security Services For Your BusinessWritten by Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for Ezine’s. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to secuone@aol.com Thank you.“What to Ask Before You Hire Security Services for Your Business” © 2004 Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O. C&M Consulting Services ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE Most business owners never think about what they security need for, they just want to know how much it will cost them! This has a variety of adverse affects on your business right away! First old cliché, “You get what you pay for” has never been more appropriate than when you hire security at a low rate per hour! When you take lowest bidder to provide security for your business, then you are asking for trouble, you will usually get lowest service possible. When security has no real stake in your business, then they have no reason to protect it like it was their own. They know that if they loss this job, there will be another one to go to. That is why you really need to look at security when hiring a service and ask some pointed questions before you pay lowest price. This can save you a large law suit if they do something wrong while working for you. This can occur through security negligence, failure to protect or failure to properly train their staffs. Any way you look at it, they can cost you a lot of money if they make a mistake and you get sued for it, after all, you are liable for all that happens on your property. So let’s look at main questions you should be asking before getting a low ball price quote for security services. How are security officers trained? Who trains them? Are their instructors certified to train them? How many refresher hours of training do they get a year? Are they certified in unarmed defensive tactics? Are they background checked before hiring? Are they insured? Are they bondable? What security associations do they belong to? Are they supervised on shift? Do they know how to write reports? Do they know what to do in case of an emergency? Do they have any medical training? If armed, do they qualify quarterly? Who certifies them to be armed?
| | Why Business Owners Need SecurityWritten by Gary L. Cunningham, C.P.O.
Publishing Guidelines: You are welcome to publish this article in its entirety, electronically, or in print, free of charge, as long as you include my full signature file for Ezine’s. Please send a courtesy link or email where you publish to secuone@aol.com Thank you.“Why Business Owners Need Security” ©2004 Gary L. Cunningham C&M Consulting Services All Rights Reserved Worldwide The main reason is to stop any potential lawsuits from happening! But do you know how many individuals I have talked to about this very thing? Many! Do you know what majority have told me? They have locks and cameras, so they don’t need anymore security than that! This is a mess waiting to happen, reason is as follows. This attitude is reason things happen in business establishments that prompt major lawsuits from those that get hurt in some way while on premises or by someone on premises. The reasons are as follows: Hiring/Retention Negligence Security Negligence Premises Liability Fail to Protect Fail to Provide Security This starts off with very first thing you do in business, hire employees without doing background checks on them! One of fastest ways to get sued today in business is to not check backgrounds of employees and they turn out to be criminals! Not only can this mean they are stealing from your business, but they can also be stealing information from your clients. They may even be waiting to attack one of your clients; this is where you become liable!
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