The regional winners of the British Security Industry Association’s Security Officer of the Year Awards for 2005 have been announced. The awards scheme – sponsored by insurer Camberford Law plc – recognises excellence among private sector security officers in the following categories: Service To The Customer, Outstanding Act, Best Newcomer, Best Use of Technology and Best Team.
Speaking about the awards scheme – covered in-depth every year by Security Management Today – BSIA chief executive David Dickinson commented: “Once again, the standard of entries has been outstanding. Those entries have been received from across the guarding sector, and to suggest that the selection of winners from among such excellent nominees was a tough job would be something of an understatement.”
Dickinson added: “With Security Industry Authority licensing now underway, the winners of the 2005 BSIA Awards will act as superb role models for their fellow officers in these increasingly changing times. Their acts of bravery, innovative use of new security technologies and teamwork are commendable. They demonstrate the real value that the private security industry brings, not only to the customers it serves but also the wider community and the police.”
The regional winners now pass through to the national judging phase, which culminates in the presentation of the awards at the BSIA’s Annual Luncheon (see this month’s BSIA Briefing on page 25 for further details). This event takes place on 22 June at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London and is sponsored by SSR Personnel Services.
The BSIA’s regional winners in the Security Officer of the Year Awards 2005 are as follows:
London
- Penny Jones (Wilson James), Service To The Customer
- Martin Horvath (Reliance Security Services), Outstanding Act
- Michael Ferguson (Reliance Security Services), Best Newcomer
- Westminster CCTV Team (Chubb Security Personnel), Best Use of Technology
- Royal Opera House Team (First Security), Best Team
Midlands
- Eileen Kerr (VSG), Service To The Customer
- Mike Buckingham (Securiplan plc), Outstanding Act
- Rosalind Gipp (Chubb Security Personnel), Best Newcomer
- The Gale Company Team (Chubb Security Personnel), Best Use of Technology
- Peterborough Combined Court Team (Securitas Security Services), Best Team
North East
- Metro Centre Team (St James Security), Best Team
North West
- Zain Khan Kiyani (Wilson James), Service To The Customer
- Iorweth Evans (Securicor Cash Services), Outstanding Act
- St Johns Shopping Centre Team (OCS Security Services), Best Team
Northern Ireland
- Peter Lagan (Group 4 Securicor), Outstanding Act
- Samuel Kennedy (Group 4 Securicor), Best Newcomer
- The Odyssey Team (Anchor Security Services), Best Team
Scotland
- Kenneth Morrison (Group 4 Securicor), Service To The Customer
- John Niven (Group 4 Securicor), Outstanding Act
- St James Shopping Centre Team (VSG), Best Team
South East
- Wayne Campbell (Group 4 Securicor), Service To The Customer
- Polycarp Ibegbulem (Reliance Security Services), Outstanding Act
- Matthew Sulley (VSG), Best Newcomer
- Portsmouth CCTV Control Room Team (Initial Security), Best Use of Technology
- Harvey Shopping Centre Team (Reliance Security Services), Best Team
South Wales and the West Country
- Philip Johns (Group 4 Securicor), Service To The Customer
- Robin Axton/Costen Douglas (Reliance Security Services), Outstanding Act
- Daniel Taylor (Group 4 Securicor), Best Newcomer
- Aberafan Shopping Centre Team (OCS Security Services), Best Team
Yorkshire
- Anthony Wells (Britsafe Security), Service To The Customer
- Tim Willan (VSG), Best Newcomer
- Princes Quay Shopping Centre Team (Anchor Security Services), Best Team
This year’s regional winners were chosen by BSIA chairman Jim Harrower, SITO managing director Stefan Hay, BSIA technical director Alex Carmichael, Nigel Blackman (Editor of Security Officer and Team), SMT Editor Brian Sims and Kay Wright, the BSIA’s communications manager.