Circuit Magazine
News and Stories from the Front Line of the Protection Industry.
Before former soldiers rush to their keyboards to ask the editor why he has let such sacrilege reach your eyes, let me explain. I am the son of a soldier, I have a very high regard for the British Army, which in my opinion has been the best in the world since the days of Oliver Cromwell, who created the first People's Army.
That statement has never been truer then when it comes to staffing an international team. Situation should always dictate the tactics, the tools and the team. I remember coming home from an international trip one day and a fellow associate in the protection business mentioned, "I saw your client's social media posting, you guys were just in Switzerland?
It is common knowledge that one of the favored places for criminals and terrorists to target a victim is when they are in, entering or leaving their residence; RS must be taken very seriously.
Only an industry spawned from the military could give rise to the array of acronyms used to describe security companies. There's PSC - Private Security Companies. PMC - Private Military Companies. And CSC - Commercial Security Companies-the acronym I believe is most accurate because all security companies exist for one reason only.
What is usually not addressed are various issues of the big picture of society and security and how the industry has become McDonaldized. We often ask, "Why do we do things this way" The most common answer is, "Because we have always done it this way!"