When it comes to reducing your spending on security you have to change your mentality
and move away from the idea that quantity over quality is the way to go, instead invest your money in a company that utilises staff with emergency service backgrounds.
Whatever reasons you may have for hiring a security detail you will find that given the option of hiring two security staff or a highly skilled single operative, at a cost that may be similar, you will have an automatic impulse to go with the increased numbers.
But that would be a mistake and the reasoning behind this statement is that the right, highly skilled single security person can do much more than two.
As stated at the beginning of this article the person who can fulfil this requirement has to come from the emergency services, as their core skills of trauma management, advanced driver training and experience garnered from daily incidents not only compliments but enhances the security side perfectly.
Admittedly you may not immediately see the relevance of such skills but remember that many run of the mill events have the potential for far greater consequences and hiring someone with their knowledge and experience gives you the option of dealing with any and all possible eventualities.
You have to ask yourself this; can run of the mill security operatives deal with the outbreak of a fire or implement triage should there be a need or can they be trusted to drive a client about should they require it?
In a nutshell, with the right security officer in place you will have an ambassador for your company and event who will come across as being capable, professional and dedicated.