Today's Officers: Above and Beyond

For many enterprises, the best security systems turn out to be people

Dazzled by analytics, video, smart card, biometrics? For many enterprises, the best security systems turn out to be people, multi-tasking, open system, interoperable, scalable male and female security officers who are first responders, ambassadors, system operators, security eyes and ears. And, when it comes to their metrics, the bottom line is continuing value for the enterprises that employ officers or contract their service.

“You have to have quality people and give them the advantages of appropriate technology,” says Chauncey Bowers, executive director, security and emergency management for North Carolina’s Central Piedmont Community College.

Chauncey Bowers of Central Piedmont Community College in North Carolina oversaw a smooth transition to a new security contract that includes armed law enforcement officers in addition to unarmed security officers, all supplied by G4S Secure Solutions USA.

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