Personal Security

Kia Ora,

In the last few days I have had words with someone who shares some facilities leased by one of my security companies. The issue that kicked this off basically comes to our differeing views on security.

Their view is it is not that bad here in Christchurch. My view is I actually felt safer in Baghdad as we knew what to expect.

Like most people this person has stuck their head in the sand over security. Not only that in this case it involves the security of my offices which contain items that I have no wish to loose.

But it is time for a reality check. Recently talking to a mate he told me not once but twice about another mate of his who had set up a security company in another part of NZ. He started to have an impact & so the opposition companies started to try to bully him out of industry & police became involved.

In the days leading up to this differing of views, I had being working in office when someone began to slowly open the door. As I was expecting a mate I thought he was playing around so I coughed. The door slammed & someone took off.

The next night I see a vagrant walking past taking a keen interest in the office area.

In the past few months my vehicles have being interferred with & items stolen as well as people trying to & entering the office area before it was set up due to a fault in the doors locking mechanism.

That is just the light stuff.

There was someone working in the industry just after I began who had being investigated for two murders, but no evidence could be gained, was dismissed from a previous job due to a heinous crime (the police were aware but it was taken as an employment matter to cut publicity so no complaints laid). At the time I became aware of him, he was also known to be going around threatening people claiming to be a police officer (a crime he had being convicted of before).

Again though he was not able to be convicted because as soon as people heard he might be connected to a well known crime figure they dropped any complaints.

Under the current legislation the police could do nothing to have his licence revoked.

NZ is not the nice safe place we like to make it out to be.

In the last few days the amount of violent or aggravated crime has risen.

Even a female Maori Warden has being robbed  at knife point. Something I would of never thought would happen. People are becoming desperate & yet the attitude still remains that this is a nice safe place.

Like my friend, because they were in another part of the building they have the attitude that it is OK to leave the door unlocked or open.

Almost weekly if not daily people are burglared by being in the house or out back in the garden & they leave the front door unlocked or open to let the air flow through or their friends in when they arrive.

Basic personal security requires you these days to lock your doors.

My rule is if you are going to be out of visual view for more than 30 seconds then lock it. No good saying " I should of done it after the fact".