Personnel Selection in the Private Security Industry: More than a Résumé

Ira A. Lipman

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1988, vol. 498, issue 1, 83-90

Abstract: Private security is charged with protecting both assets and people—employees, customers, vendors, even passers-by. This responsibility cannot be met without security officers who are honest, trustworthy, law-abiding, and psychologically stable. To guarantee a superior security force, the most stringent screening methods are required. The responsible private security company will use the best means of ensuring that its security guards, as well as all its employees, are of the highest quality. Those means include a combination of background checks, polygraph examinations, checks of criminal records, and drug tests. In addition, a psychological test should be administered to ensure that the person hired is not placed in the wrong job. Recent trends—social, demographic, and legislative—are making the selection process increasingly difficult. As a result, the quality of service provided by the industry as a whole will likely decline in the near future.

Date: 1988
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