Looking for Armed Personal Security in Your Neighborhood?
June 12, 2008
The armed personal security industry is booming, as companies hire rent-a-cops to protect their assets and employees. In the United States, gated communities with armed security are common nowadays, but 50 years ago they were only found in Beverly Hills.
Certain people in this world need security for their family. And instead of keeping a firearm with them, they have opted to hire professional armed personal security. Furthermore, they live in gated communities to enhance the security.
Money
The armed personal security industry’s growth is the world’s top third fastest growing industry. Triggered by public outcry on violent crime, this sector is measured in the trillions.
In fact, there are more than 20,000 armed personal security companies located around the world.
Regulation
As expected, government regulations will soon follow. And a smart move at that, seeing as how this industry will hire the most number of people within the next ten years.
The public voices certain concerns: that this mostly unregulated private sector does a poor job of training, paying, and screening these uniformed and armed guards.
In addition, most guards can only observe, report, and attempt to deter crime; they cannot, however, use force or make arrest. The public, however, usually change their behavior upon the sight of armed security personnel.
Briefly stated, the industry started out with barons trying to wipe out unions using guards provided by the nation’s oldest security firm, Pinkerton.
Pinkerton provided the firepower when Ford Frick issued the order to gun down striking workers at Andrew Carnegie’s Homestead steel plant in 1892.
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