light at the end of the tunnel

Kia Ora,

There is a new security company in town & was well impressed because they were doing security.

So maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel. With new service I am looking to launch here in Christchurch, those few companies that pride themselves on trying to provide actual security & the many who want to or want to learn more about the industry it could be time of change.

To get real change though is unfortunately going to have to require legislation from the NZ Government that is robust & actually has imput from those that know security. Not the extra piece of toilet paper that the current bill is. Poorly written, lack of knowledge & poor advice means instead of moving forward 35 years into the future with out new legislation we will be going backwards 40 years.

NZ already has the most out of date security legislation in the Western world & it is 35 years old. Only thing that they haven't done by turning the clock back is re arm the security. NZ security was armed until 1974 & at least a small proportion of it should be now with threat levels.

Again it comes down to lack of a culture of risk assessment. All the talk is of risk management but you can't really risk manae if you don't know how to risk assess. The health & safety legislation doesn't help here because it basically says that if you don't identify the threat then you are OK. But that is a catch 22 because if something happens & you should of identified it then you are for the high jump.

Coming from a military background it is the other way around. You identify the worst scenario you can & come up with actions to counter. This way when something does happen people are mentally prepared even if action is not the right one in hindsight it is more likely to save lives or injuries by being prepared.