Chennai: Forty per cent of the private security companies in the state have been found to have imparted zero training to their personnel, which is a concern, said ADGP (operations) Sanjay Arora while speaking at the 3rd state conference of Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) & Association of Private Detectives and Investigators (APDI) held in the city on Friday.
Referring to the recent attacks on security guards, including the murder of a guard at an ATM in Mahabalipuram and that of a private finance firm in Avadi, he noted that surveys by the police department showed that private agencies don’t impart training to their personnel.
Capt Shibu Isacc, chairman TN & Puducherry chapter, CAPSI, said it was high time private security agencies in the state became regulated. The security guards’ welfare and their wages and work safety are to be taken seriously, he added.
The association is putting up demands before the RBI, which includes compulsory installation of CCTVs, decreasing the age limit to 58 against 65 and a minimum wage of Rs 10,000 for security guards. CAPSI chairman Kunwar Vikram Singh said pan-India training of security guards was the need of the hour and the government will soon crack down on those not training their guards.
He said there is a possibility that their licences would be revoked. He lamented the fact that security guards were paid the least in Tamil Nadu – about Rs 5,200 a month.
