Security Organizations: Goals and Objectives
Security Organizations: Goals and Objectives
Regardless of what or where a security organization is or safe guards, their goals and objectives are all similar. Security organizations all have a certain structure when it comes to how the company does business. Like every type of business, reputation is and always be the key to success. It is extremely important to security companies to have positive reputation. Negative reputation results in loss of clients, loss of work, and even loss of the company itself.
Security companies have many benefits depending on what type of security service they provide. As there are various types of security companies out there, each has its own set of service area. Government contracted security companies are generally have more experience and resources than those companies that provide civilian security services. With high value security however, come threats as well. As the ranges of services differ from company to company, equipment used, techniques, and culture tends to vary as well.
The value of having private security provide heavily depends on the area of where the security is being provided. There are a few areas which can heavily benefit security companies. Dock security can ensure no shipping containers go missing in a port, and mall security ensures that there is no shoplifting and ensure that there is assistance to civilians in case of an emergency. Whenever an incident occurs, regardless of what went missing or where from, if it is not recovered, the company who lost the merchandise will suffer and that will in turn reflect on a price increase to the consumer to recover lost revenue. Of course, if the security company handles such shipments they would be liable for that merchandise until it is recovered or something is worked out with the client. All these values benefit both the businesses and security companies as one directly needs the other. So in a way both either grow in success or fail.
Like law enforcement officers, security officers have to stay within the scope of the law when it is conducting business. Failing to adhere to laws and regulations can result in criminal prosecution and hefty fines to the company. On top of that, negative reputation will follow. While security companies do not work for the police department, they do however work with them in investigations. Both police and security companies have many resources they share to complete their investigations and other work. What many do not think about is that most private security companies hire experts in certain fields like fraud, investigations and forensics, information technology, and many more just to name a few examples. It is not uncommon for security companies to have police officers on their roster of active employees (Limbaugh, 2010). Private security firms spend more money than federal and state law enforcement combined in one year on products and services (United States Department of Justice, n.d).
Just like law enforcement officers, security companies can be held liable when something happens on their watch. If an emergency situation comes up and the officer is not trained properly to handle the situation, the company can be sued. Many reasons can lead to lawsuits like incompetence of the officer, negligence of the officer, deviating from protocol, and more. Civilians have to be able to trust the company that has been hired, otherwise there will be conflict.