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1 results foundAuthor: Sheppard, Jill E. Title: Undertrained, Underpaid, and Unprepared: Security Officers Report Deficient Safety Standards in Manhattan Office Buildings Summary: Standards for New York City’s private security officers are alarmingly low. Despite the heightened orange security alert that the City has been under since 9/11, neither City leaders nor private building owners have taken the initiative to train security officers to respond to terrorism, interface with police, or work with firefighters during an emergency. Upon interviewing over 100 privately-contracted security officers who work in 39 major Class A commercial buildings, the Public Advocate’s Office finds that minimal training and limited enforcement of training requirements, combined with low pay, has left New York with a private security force that is ill-prepared to protect its public. At a time when the Department of Homeland Security has kept New York City at a code orange terror alert, the City, businesses and building owners should have utmost concern for the public’s security. Many officers report having much less training than the state requires or none at all, and have little to no background in pertinent areas such as antiterrorism protection. 25% of officers surveyed have less than a year of experience at the building where they work. This report will demonstrate why current security officer training standards and enforcement practices need to be improved, compare New York’s security standards to other large domestic and international cities, and explain why the City’s Class A building owners need to play a more prominent role in developing and maintaining a professional security force. Details: New York: Public Advocate for the City of New York, 2005. 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 1, 2011 at: http://publicadvocategotbaum.com/policy/pdfs/securityofficersreport.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United States URL: http://publicadvocategotbaum.com/policy/pdfs/securityofficersreport.pdf Shelf Number: 121212 Keywords: Building SecurityPrivate SecuritySecurity Guards (New York City) |