Success tips for hiring security services for business premises

Running a security management firm goes beyond simply gathering a group of men and women together, putting uniforms on them and dispatching them to guard the premises of clients. Individuals and organisations that need security personnel must also be careful to contract them from professionally run security management firms.  Security in its right sense deals with the protection of lives and property. A security guard therefore, should be one who can be trusted to safeguard the lives and property of the employer and their clients.

In a fast growing economy like Nigeria, where businesses are fast growing – there is need for the aid of security personnel to assist in ensuring a safe environment to conduct business for both client and staff.

Below are five tips to assist in running a security services firm or choosing the right one for your environment:

Presentation: The importance of a properly uniformed security guard cannot be over emphasised. Having a presentable uniformed security guard at a business environment can scare criminals away because a typical guard is trained to stop at nothing to protect the lives and property of both staff and clients and ultimately gives the environment a good image.

Professionalism: Guards that are professional in carrying out their duties always give customers the right impression about the company that they are representing. A trained professional guard gives a positive impression of the company.

Customer service: A courteous guard is always an advert for his or her employer. As the saying goes ‘customer is king’ and if this is depicted by the guards, it serves as an unpaid advert for the company as Mr ‘A’ will also tell Mr ‘B’ of how nicely or otherwise he or she was treated. He would also most likely readily give any tip off to the guard on security threats in the neighbourhood.

 Alertness: Alert security guards are able to sense any threat to lives and property and they are very good in guarding against losses, big or small to the business.

Security gadgets: In securing your business, security gadgets aid in monitoring activities within and outside the business perimeter. These gadgets could be surveillance cameras (CCTV), alarms, batons, walkie talkies to mention but a few.

Any business offering security services which ensures the points above are paramount business policies