Physical Security

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Business Policing in Victoria

Physical Security

Physical security covers some of the most effective measures any business can put in place to protect its staff and commercial operation from criminal activity. The most obvious are uniformed security staff, good quality well-maintained digital CC TV recording system, grills, shutters and barriers, that offer a range of deterrents. The Policing Teams can help plan business security requirements absolutely free of charge, whether in the planning stages of making new security arrangements or reviewing existing security needs.

Crime Prevention Design Advisor

The Police teams have a CPDA who conducts site visits and can recommend ideas on how to reduce crime and the risk of crime associated with your business.

Community Safety Accreditation Scheme

CSAS involves providing recognised standards of accreditation of existing security staff with limited police powers within a clearly defined zone of operation in order to deal with low-level anti-social behaviour. CSAS adds an extra tier of support that compliments existing policing patrols providing a very visible presence in a specific setting.

Volunteer Special Constables

Employer supported policing is a scheme introduced to local business aimed at employers and their staff encouraging them to put themselves forward for selection as Volunteer special Constables to police their local community.

The Met Volunteer Programme

The programme seeks volunteers from the business community who can bring their skills to assist in supplementing administrative roles at the Metropolitan Police.

Safer Socialising Award

Setting standards and establishing security procedures within the hotel, pub, club and restaurant industry. This scheme will appeal to hospitality and leisure businesses interested in becoming accredited and wanting to engage with the visitor influx during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Games.

Street Pastors

Street Pastors provide a supportive mechanism to emerging social problems including the homeless community and pub or club goers, while acting as extra eyes and ears within the community.

Overt Patrols

High visibility uniformed patrols and multi-agency operations using specialist units like passive drugs dog initiatives.

Covert Patrols

Intelligence led plain-clothes patrols, including decoy bag initiatives and surveillance to detect and disrupt crime and deal with types of anti-social behaviour.