“Research into the work of the BSIA’s Police and Public Services Section has revealed that the public sector has embraced the use of private security services with 90 per cent of respondents supplying services to educational establishments and local authorities and 70 per cent providing services to health authorities,” said BSIA Police and Public Services Section chairman, Mick Lee.
However, he said the results show more work can be done with the police.
“Despite many examples of best practice where police forces have successfully entered into partnership with the private sector, only 20 per cent of respondents are actively supplying services to the police.
“A significant aim of the BSIA Police and Public Services section is to further link with police forces in order to promote the many valuable services that security guarding companies can provide.”
Fifty per cent of respondents said they supply services to retail partnerships, while 40 per cent work with town centre management schemes.
Street patrols and public sector CCTV schemes proved the most popular areas for BSIA members, but guarding companies work on a range of projects including warden schemes, drug testing services and evidential property management.
The BSIA’s Police and Public Services section aims to provide support services to the police and other public sector organisations, which are not traditional security guarding roles and form part of the wider policing family. For more information on PPS services, click here.
