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Focus on a Chartered Security
Professional: Paul
Simmons CSyP
Chief Security and
Risk Officer (Australia)
The experience opened my eyes to the need for professional training of security guards. I established a Registered
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n our ongoing series focusing on Chartered Security Professionals, we profile Paul Simmons CSyP who is a seasoned and senior security professional working in Australia. He tells us about his career and about the security sector in Australia.
My life was nearly taken from me a few months after graduating from the police academy in an ambush set up to murder two policemen. Ever since then, I have dedicated my life to the protection of others and to the community in general.
After a twenty-year career in policing, I founded an Australian private security company when I realised my skills and knowledge, along with my philosophy of always providing honest and frank advice, were in high demand in the security industry and was highly valued by clients. I am deeply committed to safety, particularly in the workplace, and can proudly say, that our security company has not experienced a single workplace injury in our 18 years thanks to our extensive planning and faithful execution of our security plans.
One of my first private security roles was back in government, leading the security workforce at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games at Melbourne Park Sporting Precinct. In this role, as the go-between between the police, Australian Army and an 800 strong private security team. I gained valuable insights into the strengths and limitations of the private security industry.
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Training Organisation delivering armed and unarmed guard training to 1,100 students per year. I was a founding executive committee member of the Security Trainers Association, which was established to improve the standard of training and assessment materials available nationally, and promote professionalism in the industry.
Volunteering satisfies my innate need to be of service to the community, and it exposes me to the views and beliefs of a very wide cross section of the community from people with mental illness, young people and police veterans suffering from trauma and disadvantage to senior military and industry leaders and professionals.
Having a fuller understanding of the community and the needs of, and challenges faced by, its constituents helps me to be a better leader.
I applied for CSyP to gain recognition of my skills and knowledge as a security professional, and to benefit from a network of experienced, skilled individuals across the globe who are operating at the highest standards.
I hope, in time, that the CSyP recognition gains more recognition in Australia so we may build a strong network of knowledgeable and skilled professionals closer to home for the benefit of the security industry and the wider community.
was a good fit with my own career. The CSyP application process is an opportunity for reflection on your life and career, and it is very beneficial in that regard. To consider what have been the lessons learned as well as the highlights of a worthy career in the security industry is a worthwhile undertaking. Gaining recognition through the award of CSyP status is personally very satisfying. I hope that my clients gain the same level of satisfaction knowing they are dealing with a professional who has been judged by his peers to be operating at the highest levels of security knowledge and capability.
An insight
into the security profession in
Australia
I first became aware of the CSyP Register after following another security professional on LinkedIn - Tony Ridley, and noted his CSyP post nominal. Being naturally curious, I did some research on the register and realised that it
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The Australian security industry is heavily regulated and these regulations vary from place to place, with each state believing they have the best approach to what's best for the community.
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