Editorial
Rising incidences of security breaches
Private providers should be brought under strict regulatory supervision
With the steady growth of various commercial enterprises in the private sector, including national and international offices and institutions, more and more private security providers have been engaged in looking after their safety needs for the past two decades or so. The state run security setup was neither expected nor had the capacity to meet this growing need for security. We are however greatly concerned of late at the rising incidences of security breaches including robbery at a number of jewellery shops in some shopping malls in the city. There were also allegations of involvement of the guards themselves in particular instances. In one of the incidents apparently the guards responsible for providing security to the premises were found directly involved and are now absconding. On the other hand till date not a single case has either been solved or the culprits identified, arrested and brought to justice. Surely, this state of affair cannot be allowed to continue. Although some of the security companies are manned by trained, honest personnel but many continue to operate somehow to meet their commercial interests. It is therefore imperative that a set of statutory rules of procedures be put in place by the government to ensure that the companies do operate under given directives aimed at putting a halt to these security breaches causing huge financial losses to traders and business houses. However mere regulatory directives on the part of the administration alone will not suffice, the security companies also must take a number of steps on their part, like recruiting personnel after strict verification of their qualifications and background. Furthermore, once recruited they should undergo extensive training on the various aspects of security matters including also the moral and ethical.
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