45-year-old Fairfield was found working illegally as a security officer last autumn at Erewash Indoor Bowling Club. He is due to be sentenced next month.
James Turner – director of Stealth Security Services – also appeared before magistrates in relation to offences under Section 5 (deploying unlicensed operatives) and Section 19 (obstructing an SIA official exercising powers of entry and inspection) of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The hearing is scheduled for next month.
The maximum penalty for committing an offence such as working without a licence or supplying unlicensed staff is six months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to GB pound 5,000 (or trial on indictment to Crown Court, whereby an unlimited fine and/or five years’ imprisonment could be imposed).
Investigators check out Chesterfield
SIA investigators have visited licensed premises in
North Derbyshire as part of a two-day intelligence gathering exercise. The team visited 37 licensed premises across Chesterfield town centre, Clowne and Bolsover.
Jacqueline Parker, an SIA head of investigation said: “While the majority of licensed premises were adhering to the law, we did find some non-compliance. We will be contacting the company directors deploying door staff to work with them on improving their compliance levels.”
Parker continued: “We also encourage licensees to be certain that they are operating within the law when employing door staff for their own, their customers and the public’s benefit, and recommend that they use the SIA’s Register of Licence Holders to check the validity of licences.”
In conclusion, Parker told info4security.com: “We’re planning future operations with Derbyshire Constabulary and the Chesterfield Borough Council to ensure that door staff and licensees are operating legally.”
Register of Licence Holders
The status of SIA licences can be checked through the Register of Licence Holders, which is available 24-hours per day on the Regulator’s web site (see the panel to the right of this page for our dedicated link).