Functions of Security Officers

1. Functions of Security Officers • Gathering information • Controlling access to and maintaining order on private property • Protecting persons and property against crime and disaster

2. Types of Security Officers • Security guards • Common and lightly visible type of security officer • Control access to private property • Maintain order on the premises • Enforce rules and regulations of employers • Protect loss from fire or equipment failure • Help to prevent and/or detect criminal acts on private property

3. Private Detectives • Criminal investigation • Background checks for employment, insurance and credit application • Civil litigation matters on assignment from private attorneys • Investigation of insurance or workmen's compensation claims • detect employee dishonesty, pilferage or shoplifting

4. Armored Vehicle Escorts • Uniformed and armed • Protection of money, goods, documents or people as they are transported

5. Security Supervisors • Implementation of viable security education program • Directing the work and observing the behavior performance of men under his unit

6. Security Consultants • Specialists who provide consultation in areas such as electronic surveillance, protective lighting, fencing and barricading, alarm systems, access controls, key control and security training • Advise on risk management, loss prevention, and crime prevention design and evaluation, architectural liason and security ordinance compliance