Company Guard Hired directly under the payroll of an employer to

protect the employer's property Also called “in-house” guards Considered employee of the company More loyal, more motivated due to promotion

possibilities, more knowledgeable of the specific operations and personnel of the organization, more courteous and do better recognizing VIPs, more amenable to training and supervision, seen as a status symbol, less turn-over

Costs more, lack of flexibility, administration burden, familiarity which results to ineffectivity and corruption

Contract Guard

Security guard on contract basis provided by an outside firms—private security agencies specializing in providing trained security guards

Employees of the agency Guard services, investigative services, armored

car services and courier services Less cost, more flexibility, more objective High turnover, frequently reassigned, less job

security and personal satisfaction, conflict of loyalties

Private Policing

Profit-oriented industry that provides personnel, equipment and procedures to prevent losses caused by human error or natural phenomena, emergencies or disasters or criminal actions

Serving specific private clients Not under the authority of the police

Public Policing

Non-profit governmental enterprise serving the general public to combat crime, enforce laws, and apprehend offenders

Police employed, trained and paid by the government, whose purpose is to serve the general interest of all citizens through enforcement of democratically developed laws

PADPAO

Philippine Association of Detectives and Protection Agency Operators Inc

Aggregation of security practitioners Organized on May 30, 1958 Self-governing, self-regulation and self-policing

association Consultative arm of the Chief, Philippine

National Police in effective implementation of RA 5487

SAGSD

Unit to perform in behalf of CG, PC the supervision and control of the organization and operation of the private agency and detective agencies nationwide

C, PNP mandated a unit which will be performing purely regulatory and supervisory mission which is separate and distinct from the routine and basic military and police or law enforcement duties and responsibilities

Mission of SAGSD

To provide services and general supervision and management and operation of all organized private security, detectives, watchmen, guards, agencies, company security forces

Functions of SAGSD To effectively implement the laws, rules and

regulations pertaining to the organization, administration, and operation of all private security agencies, private detective and investigative agencies, company security forces including all government-owned corporations and agencies or instrumentalities of government

To issue individual licenses to private security guards, private detectives, private security officers, and security consultants, and process all applications for licenses to operate private security and investigation agencies and company guard forces