Private Security Industry

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 22 MARCH
2007 PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority

• OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
• Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
• Legal basis for the existence of the private
  security industry
• Statistical Information
• Role of the private security industry
• Objects of regulating the security industry

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
What is the Private Security Industry Regulatory
Authority in a legal sense?

• It is a -
• 1. Statutory
• 2. Semi-Autonomous
• 3. Self-Funding
• 4. Organ of State
• 5. With the status of a juristic person
• (it exists independently from its members or
  personnel)
• Charged with executive responsibility to exercise
  control over the private security industry, as
  represented by security service providers, in
  terms of its statutory objects and by using its
  statutory powers

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
PRIMARY STATUTORY REGULATORY FUNCTIONS

• The registration of applicant security service
  providers and maintenance of a computerized data
  base consisting of all registered security
  officers and security businesses.
• As part of this process the screening of all
  persons wanting to enter into the private
  security industry both as employers and
  employees.
• The overseeing of quality assurance of training
  standards.
• The inspection of security service providers in
  order to determine the level of compliance with
  all statutory and common laws applicable to the
  occupation of security service providers.

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
General legal basis for the existence of the
private security industry

• South African Bill of Rights, inter alia,
  provides for fundamental rights to human dignity,
  life, freedom and security, privacy and the right
  not to be deprived of property
• Protection afforded to these rights by State
  agencies as well as legitimate self-protection
• Security service providers has become an
  instrument for lawful individual and corporate
  self-protection
• Its strategic importance in the fight against
  crime is self-evident

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY
INDUSTRY ?
It is (at 13 per annum) one of the fastest
growing industries in our country from a human
resources point of view It has an estimated
annual turnover in excess of R30 billion  gives
employment to hundreds of thousands of
people Presents lucrative opportunities for
entrepreneurs and investors to be involved in
marketing a service for which there is a
significant demand and Provides protection to
assets and economic resources worth hundreds of
billions of Rands.
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
STATISTICAL INFORMATION Security Businesses
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
STATISTICAL INFORMATION Employee Security
Officers
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY

• The main function of the industry is to provide
  increased protection for the rights to property
  and to person.
• Profit motive and is accountable to its clients
  only.
• The industry generally seeks to prevent crime in
  a pro-active manner (problem avoidance rather
  than apprehension and prosecution).

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
PREVENTING AND COMBATING CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA

• Private security industrys security services
  should supplement those of the State Police and
  not act as a mere alternative source of
  protection.
• Co-operation and working partnerships between
  S.A.P.S. and private security industry.
• Security industry to comply with statutory
  obligations towards the security services and
  organs of State.

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
OBJECTS OF REGULATING THE SECURITY INDUSTRY

• Regulation is intended to ensure a legitimate,
  trustworthy and competent security industry which
  is optimally capable on contributing to the
  achievement and maintenance of sufficient levels
  of safety and security in our country.
• Ensure that the industry act in the public and
  national interest.
• Promote a security industry which is
  characterised by professionalism, transparency,
  accountability, equity and accessibility.
• Promote high standards in the training of
  security service providers.
• Regulation generally intends to cause the private
  security industry to become and remain a valuable
  partner to the public police in dealing with crime

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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority
THANK YOU