Good Security: It does exist!

Kia Ora,

Alot of my security blogs are about the need for the NZ security industry to bring itself up to speed.

But that is not to say there is not good security companies here. Today there was an interview with an operator from a company which I was aware of having good standards.

The operator also naturally had good standards as he comes from outside NZ so understands good security.

There is also one good events security company, but it is good for the NZ environment as I often tell its owner for the Rugby World cup 2011 it is a whole new step up in level & in particular mindset.

There are a lot of good people who have left the industry because they have being punished for actually carrying out security.

So there are individuals, companies that do provide real security, but it needs the powers that be to recognize that the industry as a whole needs to improve & that does not always mean carrying out some recognized course or a course based on how people perform in the class room.

Security is a physical profession that should value experience & skills people bring to it.

Training is of course needed, but as couple of stories from Iraq reminds me, courses are not always the answer.

Two individuals with time in Iraq had to attend a course prior to starting with their new company. The drills taught were the standard body guard drills with national variations, but in one incident they told the story where they stood & laughed.

The Instructor said "I don't like your attitude" or words to that effect, but these two just replied " you do that in Baghdad, just roll out the extra body bags" or words to that effect.

Second story is about a group of higly qualified instructors arriving in Baghdad to take a newly required course & after the first session been basically told to f... off by the staff they were training as it might have its place in some environments, but not in Baghdad.

Bodyguard training as I received from experienced operators in NZ on a formal NZQA course gave you a base, but when you are required to do the real thing it quickly becomes obvious that each situation requires a totally different approach.

On return I was offered an upgrade for free with assessment by an instructor as my level had never being tested on a practical basis.
First issue with NZ training industry was on a couple of courses you were, but most you were not so standards were different. We had been tested to a practical level.

The other issue is having that experience & higher skill level, how does someone without it understand where you are coming from or assess you?

It is something the military in many countries have found over the years when soldiers come back from operations & stay in the military they then go on promotion courses & when told something will not work, calmly reply "well it did in so & so" & it can not be argued that it does not work. But it does cause issues for instructors.

That is why some military courses changed their stance on tactics & you could not fail on tactics. A successful tactic is one that works, no matter how crazy it might seem in the light of day.

We also seen though that systems can be too inflexible if people don't have that wider mindset to see where each fits.

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