LICENSING, STANDARDS, AND CERTIFICATION IN THE PRIVATE SECURITY SECTOR

• NCJ Number: 41263
• Journal: Security Management Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Dated: (NOVEMBER 1976) Pages: 34-36,38,44
• Author(s): F W NORWOOD
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Soc for Industrial Security
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AS PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WERE NOT AUTHORIZED NOR IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE SAFEGUARDS FOR THE ASSETS AND PERSONNEL OF BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, A VACUUM WAS CREATED.

Abstract

THIS VACUUM WAS FILLED BY THE GROWTH OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY PROFESSION WHICH, IN TURN, HAS YET TO DEVELOP AND INSTITUTE WIDELY APPLICABLE STANDARDS FOR GUIDANCE OF ALL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, CREATING A SECOND VACUUM. THE PRIVATE SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL WAS ESTABLISHED BY LEAA TO ASSESS THIS PROBLEM AND HAS PROPOSED A SET OF TRAINING, LICENSING, AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN THE FORM OF MODEL LEGISLATION. THE THRUST OF THE MODEL IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFORMITY, RECIPROCITY, AND MINIMUM STANDARDS....ELW