Are ‘rent-a-cops’ threatening security?
Mar 9, 2005 | 5:44 pm
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Are ‘rent-a-cops’ threatening security?
Experts: guards are ill-trained, ill-equipped to handle threats
WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of 9/11, private security officers are being asked to step into the breach and fill gaps in the nation's homeland security plans.* But experts warn that most of this 2 million person workforce receives little or no training, aren’t subjected to rigorous background checks for previous criminal behavior and are paid so poorly that many quickly leave for better paying jobs.
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Gotbaum’s report notes that a New York cosmetologist is required to have 40 times more training hours than a security guard.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7092909
WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of 9/11, private security officers are being asked to step into the breach and fill gaps in the nation's homeland security plans.* But experts warn that most of this 2 million person workforce receives little or no training, aren’t subjected to rigorous background checks for previous criminal behavior and are paid so poorly that many quickly leave for better paying jobs.
(snip)
Gotbaum’s report notes that a New York cosmetologist is required to have 40 times more training hours than a security guard.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7092909
Mar 9, 2005 | 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by HeHateY
Experts: guards are ill-trained, ill-equipped to handle threats
WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of 9/11, private security officers are being asked to step into the breach and fill gaps in the nation's homeland security plans.* But experts warn that most of this 2 million person workforce receives little or no training, aren’t subjected to rigorous background checks for previous criminal behavior and are paid so poorly that many quickly leave for better paying jobs.
WASHINGTON - In the aftermath of 9/11, private security officers are being asked to step into the breach and fill gaps in the nation's homeland security plans.* But experts warn that most of this 2 million person workforce receives little or no training, aren’t subjected to rigorous background checks for previous criminal behavior and are paid so poorly that many quickly leave for better paying jobs.
It'll happen to the TSA too. Maybe not this year, 2006 or 2007....it'll eventually happen. It always does in aviation.