SECURITY: MICHAEL McGRANAGHAN
The new…
CCTV Systems, both permanent and temporary, with the ability to remote monitor. Security alarms (permanent, temporary and cable) with the facility to monitor and react to activations. Introduction and evaluation of emerging technology contributes to successful security operations - such as detection devices (e.g.Bull Finch), permanent and temporary lighting, thermal imaging equipment and GPS tracking.
The old…
The Mark 1 eyeball - Manned security service with SIA licensed personnel plus PTS, IWA and COSS qualified teams. Access to core planning staff is key for the production of SSWP, lone worker support and the ability to produce and monitor security and patrol programs. Continuity of staff is essential, strong management and good communications, backed-up by training and duty-of-care provision such as Samaritan trained staff.
The different… To coordinate, develop and implement a search policy. To utilise the staff time in assisting the client in areas of environmental, traffic management, stores control, Banks man, community liaison and gathering of local intelligence and information. To plan accordingly, for example; plan and mount covert or high visibility deterrent operations. The key is one point of contact that
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It is vital that the procuring of security services encompasses a full understanding of the requirement and ‘real life’ experience of the circumstances and tasks faced by security in such hostile and challenging environments.
understands and can best use all the above elements to maintain a safe, secure environment, allowing the client and their staff to do their work. The real differential would be a cultural shift to embrace the value-added benefits of a security operation, valued as a strategic asset utilised to secure people, property and the safe, uninterrupted running of the railway and related infrastructure. A security company’s biggest
problem is that the result is not always visible. You have security, nothing happens, therefore do I /did we need security? The answer is yes. The real question is how do we work together to make security effective and ensure that looking after the pennies doesn’t allow the loss of pounds. Engaging with an ACS security company at the earliest stage of planning can both reduce the risk AND reduce the cost. It is a fact of life that due to the layout and location of the infrastructure, it is always going to be a target for various forms of criminality. In the current and foreseeable future the economic climate has two effects; more
incentive to steal and fewer resources from the Police and BTP to tackle the problem BEFORE it happens. However, with information, intelligence, ‘real life’ experience and forward planning the effects on the rail operation (and the on-going cost) can be reduced by proactively engaging with an ACS security company at an early stage. Security is vital for the safe
and secure operations of the UK’s passenger and freight rail infrastructure and ACS security companies are the only option, but maybe the real difference would be a change in the process of selection. When the perceived value of security is measured in the secure knowledge that your security provider is a peer to your tier one suppliers and that securing your people and property is not a gamble; an ACS security company is an investment in your project, not an unnecessary cost that delivers little value. Whoever would consider employing an unqualified, part time and inexperienced project manager, civil engineer or architect?
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