New to the forum; concerned industry issues for decades

Hello all! I am new here, I am not sure how to introduce myself
but my name is Lisa and I am hoping to meet like-minded folks here on the forum.
I have been in the industry for twelve years and still counting!
It all first started when I joined a cadet program and graduated through a law enforcement academy and decided to make a turn to the security industry.
Over the past decade while working in the industry, I have noticed a lot of problems and issues that seem to be uncontrollable by different security companies. 1. major problem is that security guards do not make anything worthwhile to stay in the industry and then you have a lot of fall backs.
2. There are companies out there that just hire people to fill in the holes,
they don't take the time to look for the right people.
3. Armored transportation people fall through the system and things go haywire. I used to work for Brinks in Oakland Ca and I had a driver as a convicted felon and didn't even know it!
There are just lots of issues like these that has bothered me and I want to be able to change it more positive so that security is a positive place to work.
I only know that I can't change the world of security just the company I work for.

unknownlite119 in bay area, California said: Hello all! I am new here, I am not sure how to introduce myself
but my name is Lisa and I am hoping to meet like-minded folks here on the forum.
I have been in the industry for twelve years and still counting!
It all first started when I joined a cadet program and graduated through a law enforcement academy and decided to make a turn to the security industry.
Over the past decade while working in the industry, I have noticed a lot of problems and issues that seem to be uncontrollable by different security companies. 1. major problem is that security guards do not make anything worthwhile to stay in the industry and then you have a lot of fall backs.
2. There are companies out there that just hire people to fill in the holes,
they don't take the time to look for the right people.
3. Armored transportation people fall through the system and things go haywire. I used to work for Brinks in Oakland Ca and I had a driver as a convicted felon and didn't even know it!
There are just lots of issues like these that has bothered me and I want to be able to change it more positive so that security is a positive place to work.
I only know that I can't change the world of security just the company I work for.

One fo the problems in the security industry is the nature of the bidding process...with so many potential suppliers, it drives down prices to a point where we sometimes can't pay the officers enough. If a client is paying us $16 an hour for a guard, we can't pay them $17 an hour can we? It is always a fine line between maintaining a slim profit margin and compensating quality officers enough to retain them.

www.legionsecurityservice.com/

I completely agree with you, that this bidding process is the key to why a lot of us do not make
that much in the field. Unfortunately it depends
on how much the client is willing to pay that is based on our salaries etc. That's how it has always been for decades and I will be shocked if it ever changes.

unknownlite119 in bay area, California said: Hello all! I am new here, I am not sure how to introduce myself
but my name is Lisa and I am hoping to meet like-minded folks here on the forum.
I have been in the industry for twelve years and still counting!
It all first started when I joined a cadet program and graduated through a law enforcement academy and decided to make a turn to the security industry.
Over the past decade while working in the industry, I have noticed a lot of problems and issues that seem to be uncontrollable by different security companies. 1. major problem is that security guards do not make anything worthwhile to stay in the industry and then you have a lot of fall backs.
2. There are companies out there that just hire people to fill in the holes,
they don't take the time to look for the right people.
3. Armored transportation people fall through the system and things go haywire. I used to work for Brinks in Oakland Ca and I had a driver as a convicted felon and didn't even know it!
There are just lots of issues like these that has bothered me and I want to be able to change it more positive so that security is a positive place to work.
I only know that I can't change the world of security just the company I work for.[/QUOTEYOUR