Security is a Profession

Kia Ora,

Well with internet issues & other bits & pieces being a while getting back & now there has being another sick murder in Christchurch. After my issue with youths with Iron bars the other week, someone said what most people in Christchurch say "but it is not that bad in Christchurch?". Yeah right. Crime here is so random that you felt safer in Baghdad.

Anyway back to the title. This is probably the crux of the issue here in NZ.

Security is a profession. It is an offshoot of the oldest profession, that is the profession of arms (soldiering).

But it is generally not regarded as that in NZ. It is either viewed as just a job or as unskilled labouring. Done properly it isn't either of these.

Carried out professionally first of all there is where required adequate training. But what training there is in NZ is generally totally inadequate & those with training of a high standard  such as ex military or those immigrants from somewhere like Britian do not have that high standard recognized. In fact the comments are generally "you don't know anything about security".

Next there needs to be SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures). These are virtually non existant in the industry & where they do occur people misunderstand them, using them as the bottom line. That only applies where the law comes into it. You can never write a SOP that covers every situation that a profession like security will cover.

But at least having some gets people thinking in the right direction.

Again the most important issue is the mindset required  & again it is badly missing in NZ.

To plug the hole I see from those issues it was planned to launch a new security service this week in a defined area of Christchurch, but it has being put back due to issues outside my control for the short term. It is designed to make the communities safer by using those skills that the military see as the basics of securty.