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As a business owner, you are keen to ensure your bottom line is as solid as it can be. Understandably, if you forked out extra expenses during the holidays, come January 2nd, you’re eager to calculate how you can scale back to a budget which reflects the non-holiday months. As such, you find yourself wondering if you need a private security guard, now that the rush is over. Can’t your staff handle security just fine at this point?
Maybe. As we wrote last week, each business benefits from taking stock via their own “Security New Year’s Resolutions” – assessing where they stand on their level of security. The following two questions will help assess whether it is viable for your business to go without a private security guard after the holidays are over.
1) How will it look? You had a private security guard, front and center, protecting your business for the last few weeks. If a guard is no longer present, what message might that give onlookers? For customers, it might make them feel less secure about entering, and for perpetrators, it might signify a security breech they can now avail themselves of easily.
2) Can you, and your staff, really handle it? A private security guard is a specialized, professionally-trained, position. Businesses hire private security guards in large part because they do not have qualified staff to fill these positions. As well, a private security guard firm takes on the responsibility of its own employees, taking the load off of your shoulders. Do you really have the time and energy to manage your own staff doubling as private security guards? Will they really be qualified to handle illicit intruders, thieves, or worse? And will they be able to do two jobs at once.
Calculate Cost-Benefit
After honestly answering the above two questions, you will be able to come to a better comprehension of your private security needs. Calculate the cost of hiring a private security guard versus having to deal with the risks of not doing so. By making a truthful calculation, you can rest assured your business is on the right track, both security-wise and budget-wise.
For more detailed information on figuring out your security threat, check out our article, “Assessing Private Security: Threat Risk.“
