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NGS opens door to Southern Hemisphere
posted on 30/10/2001

NGS GROUP, A DOOR supervision provider, is expanding to Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. NGS directors are travelling to Australia and New Zealand this month to pilot a scheme whereby security staff can be trained locally for the UK marketplace. NGS envisages that the target market would be individuals with intention to relocate and/or travel to the UK within the next three to six months. NGS is also exploring the possibility of training door supervisors through a nationally recognised course. NGS Group operates at more than 65 licensed venues throughout the UK providing registered door operatives to public houses and nightclubs. Links Walker leaves police for Capes UK... [more]

Manned security sector plans way forward
posted on 29/10/2001

THE FIRST 'WAY FORWARD Group' meeting for the manned security sector, aimed at helping the Government to implement the Private Security Industry Act, has taken place. BSIA chairman David Cowden chaired the "Way Forward Group" sub-committee meeting, which was attended by representatives from SITO, Inspectorate of the Security Industry (ISI), The Security Watchdog and the National Association of Security Dog Users (NASDU). The BSIA's new Transport Section chairman, Mel Scott of Securitas, also attended. Cowden said: "We discussed a number of areas that needed clarification and looked at the practical issues regarding implementation. It was a very constructive meeting, and we gave a positive progress report to the main Way Forward Group on 11 September." The areas discussed were: licensing criteria; licensing costs; training standards; role of inspectorates; in-house officers; industry representation on the Security Industry Authority (SIA); and timetables for implementation... [more]

Walker leaves police for Capes UK
posted on 19/10/2001

CAPES UK SECURITY SERVICES, a leading UK door supervision provider, has appointed Andy Walker to its main board of directors. Walker, 37, renowned for his efforts to drive up door supervision standards through the Safer Doors Project, is leaving the police and joining the private security industry. He is leaving Humberside Police this month to join Capes UK as its new operations director to the north of England and Scotland, and to oversee the company's national training programme. A police officer for 15 years, Walker first became involved in the leisure security industry when he launched London's first door supervisor registration scheme back in 1990. Since then he has worked with all of the awarding bodies relating to this sector of the private security industry, and was involved with writing the new British Standards for the door supervision industry. Home Office Walker will concentrate his efforts on Capes UK's portfolio in the north of England and Scotland, but wi... [more]

Airports must put security before speed
posted on 19/10/2001

IN THE AFTERMATH OF the terrorist attack on America, two UK-based security consultants gave their views on airport security screening and how it can be improved. John Wyatt, director for security consultancy SDS Group and former bomb disposal expert for the British Army: The US aviation industry needs to radically change its attitude to security for internal flights if it is to prevent similar hijackings in the future. Well-trained airport security staff should be able to detect weapons whether they are plastic-coated or not.John WyattMaybe it will now pay a... [more]

Crime doesn't pay, says cash-in-transit sector
posted on 18/10/2001

SUCCESSFUL ARRESTS OF ROBBERS and the recovery of stolen money means that cash-in-transit (CIT) crime no longer pays, the BSIA has said. Earlier this year one of the BSIA’s CIT members, Securicor Cash Services, reported a rise in attacks on its vehicles and staff, but the industry appears to have struck back in the fight against criminals. The Association’s latest CIT report shows that from January to June 2001 there have been 319 CIT attacks (attacks on cash handling services) in the UK, with a net loss of £6 million. However, during this time at least 47 men have been arrested nationwide and at least another 22 have been convicted, according to BSIA intelligence. The prison sentences handed out to these criminals amount to over 155 years in jail plus three life sentences. In London there is a high incidence of attacks on cash handling services, but due to close partnership work between the industry and the Metropolitan Police Flying Squad, a number of large armed gangs have bee... [more]

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