Protecting your business and community is more important than ever! It is the owner and manager’s responsibility to keep guests, tenants, customers, and employees safe.
There are many choices when it comes to carrying out your security plan, depending on the type of business. Uniformed security guards and marked patrol vehicles have become the most effective combination to meet the security needs of businesses and communities.
Ensure You Have a successful Security solution
Implementing video surveillance system and security officers for your business are powerful tools to combat crime, but to get the maximum benefits out of each one of them, you should understand their individual roles.
Security cameras and video surveillance deter criminals and are used to solve crimes. But to stop criminals in their tracks or diffuse a volatile situation a security guard is better equipped.
While surveillance cameras and other means of security can be easily bypassed by experienced criminals, a trained security guard, makes it significantly more difficult.
Security guards are also proactive, patrolling the community. Criminals are less likely to commit a crime, break into a home, business, car, or vandalize the neighborhood, if they know a security guard is on watch.
Communication is Key to a Successful Framework
An important facet of any security plan is communication, understanding the flow and how everyone works together to create the most effective security plan. For instance, how to troubleshoot the video surveillance system, the authority of the security guard, reporting a security issue, an ongoing problem with trespassers and criminal activity.
Include your Employees and Residence in the Security Plan
Your security plan should be transparent to your employees and residence. Encourage them to report suspicious behavior and any criminal activity. Showing you are actively participating in the security plan, invested in protecting your business and the environment, allows them to feel safe and deters them from committing crimes themselves.
Does your business have a comprehensive security plan in place? If not, you need to take the next step? If you’re in Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa, contact Curtis Security to get started.
