R-E-S-P-E-C-T For Security Professionals


R-E-S-P-E-C-T For Security Professionals

More than 50 years ago, Aretha Franklin gave many people a new way of thinking about respect. This year, Jennifer Hudson continued The Queen of Soul’s legacy in a film about her life.

For more than two decades, I’ve heard security professionals, especially guards, complain about how often people do not respect them. They get laughed at, ignored, and called rent-a-cops.

I wrote Rent-A-Cop Reboot to help change that type of thinking. Private security officers deserve better treatment—respect—from those they serve, and themselves.

The public needs to know that in many cases, especially at stores and apartment complexes, a security guard is the first person on the scene when they need help.

Security guards need to remember that they provide a valuable service, even if they only do the work for a short time. They should be proud of that. Guards must make sure their pride shows up in everything from their professional appearance to their updated training.

In this week’s video (above) I talk more about why it’s important to give guards some r-e-s-p-e-c-t, and how they can show the public that they deserve it.

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