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Friday 8 February, 2008Security industry willing to engage wholeheartedly in the future of policingFollowing the publication of yesterday's review of policing by Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the British Security Industry Association is highlighting the vital role that the private security industry can play in supporting the modern police service and its willingness to engage wholeheartedly in the future of policing.
BSIA Chief Executive, David Dickinson, comments: "It is good to see this report placing emphasis on police officers carrying out frontline duties which only they are uniquely qualified to perform. The report also states that 'policing is much to important and too impactive on all our lives to be left to the police alone'. This is an ethos that the private security industry has long embraced and over the past decade we have seen the private sector moving more and more into a support role for the police service. However, we are keen to stress that the industry has no ambitions to provide second class police officers, but rather to offer a first class support service."
"There is capacity within the private security industry to carry out a range of functions without detracting from the efficiency and effectiveness of the police service. We are already providing services such as prisoner escorting, custody suite management, and running public space surveillance CCTV operating rooms, to name but a few. History shows that several thousand police officers have already been returned to frontline activity because of our involvement. We look forward to continuing to play our part in the crime fighting family in the coming months and years."
For more information on the work of the BSIA's Police and Public Services Section, click here.
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