Comprehensive Guide to Security Personnel Roles & Responsibilities

Posted on Aug 30, 2024 in Law & Jurisprudence

Heads of Security and Safety Managers

Functions:

When No Security Guard, Organizational or Technical Complexity or Other Circumstances Exist:

The Security Chief will be responsible for the operation of the guards and security systems, as well as the organization and delivery of services.

A Security Chief’s Concerns:

  1. Analysis of risk and planning and programming the necessary action for the implementation and realization of security services.
  2. The organization, management, and supervision of personnel and private security services.
  3. The proposed security systems that are relevant and monitoring their use, operation, and maintenance.
  4. Control of the ongoing training of security personnel under their jurisdiction, and propose to the direction of the company to adopt appropriate measures or initiatives to fulfill that purpose.
  5. Coordination of the various security services under their jurisdiction with its own civil protection actions in emergencies, disasters, or public calamity.
  6. Ensure the collaboration of security services with those of the corresponding units FFCCS.
  7. Ensure compliance with applicable safety regulations.
  8. The direction of shooting drills for security personnel to their ranks, if I possessed the necessary skills as shooting instructors.

Security Directors:

A Security Director’s part in the exercise of these functions in the past at para a, b, c, e, f, g.

Existence Assumptions Required:

  1. The security services will be provided under the direction of a chief of security, security firms registered for all or some of the activities.
  2. The control of the security services would be provided for a security director appointed by the entity or business group.

The ups and downs of both shall notify the Police Department within 5 days from the date they occur.

The Private Escorts

The duties of the accompanying private escorts are the defense and protection of specific persons who are not public authorities, preventing them from being subjected to aggression and criminal acts. The defense and protection referred to only provide life and physical integrity and freedom of the protected person.

The guards cannot perform identifications or arrests, or impede the free movement unless it was necessary as a result of an attack or attempted attack on the protected person or escorts, and shall immediately make the detainee available to the FFCCS, without any questioning.

They may carry their weapons when on duty, and the issue of weapons shall be determined by the Ministry of Interior.

Field of Private Guards

The private guards of the field exercise oversight functions in country estates, game farms, and aquaculture facilities and marine areas protected from fishing.

They have the following specialties:

  1. May not act as safe storage, handling, and transporting money, precious objects, and jewelry.
  2. They may develop other functions without being integrated into security companies.
  3. The instruction and examining files relating to his entitlement shall be made to the competent Civil Guard units.
  4. The Ministry of Interior shall determine the right weapon for the provision of each service class.

The gun firearm regulation only allows long guns for monitoring and care.

When the guard belongs to a security company, when off duty, they will deposit the firearm in the dealer concerned, provided they have headquarters in the town where service is provided; otherwise, the weapon will remain in custody.

Only weapons may provide monitoring services of hunting grounds and those authorized by the Government Delegate or Deputy Delegate.

Private Detectives

Private detectives, at the request of natural or legal persons, are responsible for:

  • Obtaining and providing information and evidence on private acts or conducts.
  • Surveillance of fairs, hotels, exhibitions, or similar.
  • Investigation of crimes only at the behest of a party on behalf of the legitimate parties in criminal proceedings.

(Or conduct is considered private facts affecting the economic, commercial work and personal, family, or social life)

They may conduct investigations on crimes prosecuted ex officio but must immediately report it to the competent authority by providing all the information and tools obtained.

They are required to maintain strict secrecy of their investigation and cannot provide more information about these people than they are assigned and law enforcement agencies competent to perform their duties. They may obtain the skills necessary for the exercise of their duties, staff members serving at any Administration at the time of application or during the 2 years prior to it.

The police keep a register of private detectives allowed to open an office, which, in order of inscription, includes their name, address, and associated or dependent detectives.

The General Directorate of Police communicates this information to the competent organ of the Autonomous Community. To start as a private detective, partners and the opening of the office must be on record and have the relevant professional identification card.

The registration in the registry office shall be spread upon instruction of the procedure, initiated at his request, which will be credited as the specific requirements of both Terms & Conditions which are determined in the Regulation of Private Security and be registered in the Tax on Economic Activities.