Due Diligence – Regulatory Obligations.

An important first step in engaging a security provider is to carry out due diligence around business governance and regulatory obligations. It terms of regulatory obligations, its a very simple process via the PSPLA (Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority) via a public register. Information held in the public register lists whether a company or person holds a Company Security Licence or Certificate of Approval (COA). The register also notes, if licences have expired, if regulatory …

Regulatory training combined with experience and guidance.

It’s become apparent even after security personnel have obtained a Certificate of Approval (COA) and must within a 3 month period complete regulatory training, the basic fundamentals are not being passed onto security personnel new to the security industry via training, pre-deployment or onsite guidance. The lack of guidance offered to new security personnel by some security providers along with experience either via operational management or onsite experience has seen the fundamental basics of the …