Flying at an altitude height of 35,000ft to 42,000 ft people need to be more careful while there are on a plane journey about their concerns for safety and security. Most people find it very exciting while taking a plane journey, be it their first time or not. But with the recent trends in the increase of terrorism and their methods to hijack a plane safety and security can be a high priority. Knowing a little self-defense while traveling at a height of 35,000 ft is only going to hurt the hijackers who hijack the plane.
Today together let us know how one can be safe and secured during a plane journey.
While traveling through commercial planes the passengers in the plane during the flight can imagine the various type of scenarios that can cause interruption to their safe and secured environment and lives.
How do you want to be sure that that you are going to be safe and secure during the plane journey?
Technically speaking there can be different kinds of risks involved while taking a plane journey. Turbulence issues can cause the plane to blast in the mid-air, severe weather conditions can change the plane course or destroy the plane scattering the plane into pieces in the middle of an ocean. Some kind of technical glitches during landing the plane can cause accidents. Well, in all these scenarios there isn’t much a passenger can do about it.
We are going to talk about how you can make sure that you are going to be safe and secure during a plane journey that involves yourselves.
Snakes are definitely not going to be a part of this discussion
Let me clear your thoughts first, snakes cannot be a threat for the passengers like in the movie Snakes on a Plane hypothetically speaking only. Well, if snakes are really abroad then the right course of action can be listed out during that emergency. But for now, let us stick to the actual and real threats.
Criminals, sophisticated thieves like in the movies, and the most dangerous ones can be the hijackers. These can be the real threats on a plane with the given space in the plane and well you are obviously in a manner are in the space (atmosphere).
These can be some serious problems to face while you are at high altitudes with some serious less sensitive equipment on the plane. Hijackers mostly have different agendas while they plan to hijack a plane. Hijacking a plane needs some serious planning which can be avoided firsthand by trying to stop them before they board the plane.
Security professionals who are a part of the airport security stay vigilant about the passengers boarding the plane. They try to eliminate the threat by observing all the passengers in the boarding area to spot any unusual activity or unusual behavior of any passenger.
Even the passengers who are ready to board the plane need to observe your surroundings and the co-passengers in the waiting area. If by any chance you find anything suspicious about anyone you need to inform the authorities instead of just ignoring them. Your information can sometimes be easy for the security departments to eliminate threats on the ground level, if not there can be some repercussions.
Nervousness, excess sweating, impatience, often checking the watches and baggage, and noticing the movements of the security professionals can be some signs to identify the culprits who are about to board the plane with no good intentions.
Some first-timers who are boarding the plane can also show the same signs but that will be taken care of by the authorities and security officials after running a background check on them. But your primary goal here should be about you informing the authorities about your suspicions.
By raising suspicion when you find odd behavior from any of the co-passengers you make the job of the airport security officials to identify the threat is real or not.
An Advice for the Cabin Crew and the Passengers
Everyone admires the classy nature and the beauty of the cabin crew. But not in all cases the looks can serve the purpose. Along with the humbleness that is possessed by the cabin crew there are is something else that the cabin crew needs to work on to make a safe and secured flight journey for the passengers.
Self-defense should be taught to all the flight attendants and the cabin crew to ensure safety and security on the plane.
Self-defense can come in very handy in different situations for the flight attendants mainly.
During a flight journey the cabin crew mainly the flight attendants has to deal with different kinds of passengers. The kinds can include sexual predators, abusers, assaulters, and the easily offended short-tempered passengers who pose various kinds of challenges and threats to them. Apart from these kinds of passengers, there is the most dangerous kind the terrorists who might hijack the plane or bomb the plane while in flight.
With a few self-defense classes, the flight attendants would be able to defend themselves from petty issues to serious problems. Maybe not in all situations the threat can be eliminated effectively by the cabin crew and their self-defense lessons. But the least they can do with their self-defense techniques is that they can minimize the threat and the scale of danger it possesses in hijack situations.
While encountering the terrorists or the hijackers who hijacked the plane with your basic self-defense lessons can be hard because the chances of your survival are very low and the stakes are very high, literally very high because your flight is at an altitude of 35,000 ft. But you challenging the hijackers can cause panic in them and their mission and also the passengers can give a hand with the push you gave them by showing courage.
I think there is no need to give an introduction to the deadliest terrorist attack that has ever happened in human history. 9/11 attacks on American soil have created chaos in the infrastructures, the economy, and the 90 different countries that lost their citizens in the attacks.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial planes from different locations were hijacked by 19 terrorists who were divided into four groups. Each group had their own pilot to fly the plane after taking control of the plane.
The interesting fact in the attacks is that not all the planes were successful in destroying their targets. Only the three planes were able to crash in the locations they wanted to, but the fourth commercial plane which was carrying 33 passengers and 7 cabin crew did not reach the location.
The fourth plane which was hijacked by 4 terrorists was headed to the Capitol building but crashed elsewhere. According to the reports, the fourth plane passengers showed resistance by attempting to subdue the hijackers, in fear of failing the mission the hijacker pilot crash-landed the plane in a field in Pennsylvania.
These attacks claimed nearly 2,973 lives, not including the terrorists who carried out the mission. If the fourth commercial plane was also able to succeed in its mission the toll would have gone up a little. But the restrain and the resistance which was shown by the passengers in the plane averted the attack on the Capitol building. There were no survivors from all the planes but the fourth plane was able to at least avert the danger, not increase any more death count by sacrificing themselves.
The world is in constant need of heroes who can protect others from threats. All the security professionals and the security departments from each sector always tries to keep the people safe and secured. But being safe and secure doesn’t always have to be dependent on the security officials and the law enforcement departments. We also need to look out for ourselves. To be able to do that doesn’t always require becoming trained fighters.
Some simple self-defense techniques can be very helpful in dealing with threats such as mugging, thefts, and assaults on the ground levels from workplace environments to streets. But knowing self-defense techniques during a plane journey can surely help in boosting up your confidence to go face to face with threats.
With the metal detectors and the extensive screening of all the passengers, there won’t be many weapons on the hijackers. Given the fewer weapons, you can take it as an advantage to show your self-defense skills.
Don’t believe what is shown in the movies, it is very difficult to smuggle something into a plane. So terrorists won’t be having AK-47 or automatic weapons for that matter which can make your task simple. They even use fake bombs to scare the passengers which were exactly what happened in the series of 9/11 attacks.
The arrival of commercial drones and unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) has created both opportunities and challenges alike. Giving an explosion of innovation to the industry, it has been tripling its presence across the entire security sphere. With an estimated hype in the operation of drones, the prospect seems to be promising in the drone management sector. Drones have managed to help us in a variety of areas. It is used mainly as a risk mitigation tool along with security teams as an effective auxiliary and cost-effective tool.
The uses of these drones are countless as many organizations rely on drones for various security purposes which include site surveys of large properties, an inspection of the long stretched pipeline of utilities, taking videos or photos of a big gathering, and other endless activities. Security teams and professionals are using the same for monitoring sites and detecting potential threats.
And to its discredit, there are some malicious uses with the same drone such as spying on the business competitors, helping to steal properties especially intellectual property and smuggling prohibited items. It can also be used to inflict physical damages. Though it started as a useful and playful toy operated by non-malicious people, it has been now changed to a much evolved and sophisticated one even making the job of terrorist organizations easier to target and carry out attacks in a more advanced manner.
When the availability and use of drones become widespread, countries are simultaneously worried about the potential danger and are looking forward to taking some actions in that direction. While they are supposed to value freedom, most countries are struggling with the prevalence of such drones. Given the level of benefits and uses, private agencies are extensively relying on drones for many purposes including malicious ones. So, when the future seems to be full of drones, it will be better to discuss the opportunities and uses as well as risks and challenges of drones in the days to come.
What do drones do in the security field?
The availability of drones is pervasive as it is cheaper, environmental-friendly and easy to use, commercial drones can be seen even in marriage functions to take perfect shoots in certain upper angles. It can reach inaccessible places and rescue people strangled in risk-filled areas. Now, drones have been the key player even in the agriculture sector. Farmers use drones to detect any crop failure other than watering and fertilizing thief paddy fields.
In the security field, in addition to enforcing surveillance, drones are being used to deliver relief supplies to those trapped in flood areas or other calamities. It can spot arsenal sites, dangerous developments in the protected areas.
Drones are capable of helping security professionals in a variety of ways as a mitigation tool of significant security issues. Let us consider some of its use as a security deterrence technology.
Cost-effective: many organizations rely on applying drones for monitoring their structures and property. Instead of employing more security personnel at the site, enterprises now save a lot of money by using drones. They don’t have to employ more full-time security personnel or install cameras on all sites if they afford to buy a drone. So, it is reducing the amount the expenditure a company has to spend to secure its security infrastructure. Security personnel equipped with operating drones are being employed in these fields.
Assessing the potential risks: Security personnel use drones to detect vulnerabilities and fragile areas. They will be able to find gaps in their works and proceed to fix them. They can sense the risks and loopholes easily with the help of drones. They don’t need to go to the roof to know if there is any security risk hiding behind the top. Personnel uses it with the thermal camera even at night to monitor campuses, auditoriums, and large gatherings. With this process, they can control the whole area and prevent any possible danger from happening.
Securing remote assets: drones are the most effective tool if you are looking for securing large areas of land, animals, plants, and other valuable asset. For example, if you have a large plot of hundreds of acres with valuable trees and food items in it; you can use drones to prevent theft and other fraud activities across the area.
Drones with the capacity of analyzing images and audio-video sensors can assess the situation more effectively than a security officer does. It can sense the danger and simultaneously inform the authority that there is an immediate situation at the given place.
Emergency relief: Assessing the intensity of emergencies and providing the required help in the process of the rescue operation is what makes the drone unique. It is doing well in terms of finding people isolated in flood or fire or earthquake or inside the collapsing building and helping them to escape the situation.
How drones turn into a challenge
Drones can turn into a nightmare in multiple ways. Apart from being in the hand of malicious people, the drone can simply turn dangerous if the operator loses control. It can happen when the operator is an untrained one or when someone hacks the system. And as a technology, it is viable to system failures. So, without any intention of harming, it can inflict injuries and it will be bigger if someone malicious takes control of the drone through hacking and make a deliberate movement. It has now become a trend that people buy a drone fly it like a toy without receiving any training or standard. Such untrained operators pose enormous risks to their lives and properties. Ryan Hendricks, the Managing partner at Dronuspher, says “there are not enough trained drone operators to meet the demand right now”. This is why the news of drone accidents is not a surprise these days.
Data theft: a big challenge
Drones as a technology vulnerable to hacking can manipulate the manufacturing process and can be used to steal information. The recent example of the department of home security of the USA warning companies about the Chinese-made drones being used to send sensitive data to its manufacturers in China has shown the gaps and loopholes hiding behind the droned security requirements. As most of the drones used in America are manufactured in China, they can manipulate and steal data from the clients.
Collision is yet another big challenge that the drone is susceptible to. As even a bird can make a plane’s journey difficult and sometimes takes it down, the possibility of collision and subsequent injuries are going to be a reality when the skies are all over the world with commercial drones. It can claim thousands of lives if it touches a plane or helicopters that flee below 500 feet.
So, all things considered, an operator of a drone must be liable for the activities it does. And he should take responsibility for any loss caused by the drone.
How drones affect the national security
This article discussed how the drone itself is a boon and threat at the same time. Last but not least, here we are considering the larger security concerns about the continuous advancement of aerial vehicle technology. The drones have paved a new road for military attacks and war requirements. America uses thousands of drones for various military requirements which include capturing imageries of illegal and malicious practices. As of now, the evolving drones with its shapes, size, capacities, and strengths reflects the demands and the needs it is going to carry out in the near future. Jet-powered drones can fly as fast as commercial flight and can be deployed to any site. Drones are already using in militaries across the world.
Despite the advantages that drones can provide to the various requirements, it could be an unforeseeable threat if it is in the hand of an irresponsible militia group instead of a responsible one. Besides, there are many utilities across the world capable of manufacturing sophisticated drones. Varied types of drones already exist in the market in immeasurable amounts. So, the easy availability of the drones makes it extra-advantageous to the terrorist and other malicious groups. The instance of insurgency using drones for attacking their enemy is already there as the Colombian group FARC carried out a Tokyo subway attack in Japan in 1995. And there has been news of their terrorist outfits considering the uses of commercial drones for carrying out attacks.
As there are no significant efforts so far from the governments and international community towards the non-proliferation of commercial drones, the future looks uncertain with the drones are each day taking different shapes, sophistication, and power. As they can be equipped with many arsenals, the threat they pose will be unimaginable.
To conclude, drones with all their advantages can cause various damages in multiple spheres. Ranging from the terrorist organizations designing it packed with explosive materials to attack their target, accidental falling of drones on the crowd in large venues to the use of an ordinary individual with basic know-how in order to inflict another one. So, the time demands effective measures and professional experts in the field.
Newton would have not had the time to discover the gravitational force or the three Newton laws if he was born in the 21st century.
Times of a great era in which we are living now, humans are excelling in every aspect that they are setting foot in. Rocket sciences to miniature gadgets, humans have a tendency to always keep pushing the scope and boundaries to achieve success in every field.
The main reason for these impossible achievements to be achieved possibly is because of the technology and technological advancements. Inducing cutting-edge technology in every field and sector in the corporate world has seen no bounds in the matters of upgrading.
Along with the others, Physical Security is a field where cool and breakthrough gadgets and technology are bringing efficiency and effectiveness to provide safety and security.
What would Iron Man’s reaction be?
Who doesn’t love upgrades? If the Stark industry and Iron Man were real he would say that humans are evolving and that he is very proud of us for all the technology that we are investing in in the real world.
Every corner of the world is somewhat aware of at least a few of the technologies that are present in this world.
Video surveillance, motion detectors, facial recognition, drones, sensor cameras, tracking devices many more of such tech and gadgets are being used nowadays to avoid and detect all kinds of threats.
Wide range of tech and gadgets in Physical security
The rise of violent crimes and increase in threats has become the concern of public safety in most unexpected ways, places, and times demanded the developments and upgrades in aspects of physical security everywhere. Physical security has proven to be more effective and improved its approach towards security measures with the vast increase in surveillance.
There are many threats that intimidate humans on major levels. Mankind was always assisted by technology mostly in recent times to overcome these threats.
Advantages of Technology in Physical Security
Enough upgrades are always necessary for most of our daily activities. Not because people don’t like monotony it is just that human desires are unlimited.
Likewise, physical security personnel and their departments in the compound itself cannot assure safety and security measures. Security personnel also needs assurance and motivation to perform their duties. Introducing the technology into physical security can boost the chances of containing 90% of threats in the initial stages itself.
With the help of technology, it is very easy to maintain all the security-related data in cloud databases. All the footage, even the footage which contains the criminal activities that are recorded stored in the cloud databases. Warning about cautions through alarms or sending out alert notifications in case of security breaches to the security personnel can enable them to take swift action with all the proofs.
People can retrieve and secure the data in the databases allowing access to the authorized personnel only. Databases store all the required footage of the criminal activities to provide it as a piece of evidence when necessary.
The usage of technology in physical security has made it possible to use innovative solutions like advanced AI (Artificial Intelligence), embedded automatic facial recognition software systems, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, and many more of such technology has enhanced the physical security and made their ways into the global markets unfolding the wonders they can achieve.
Market availability
No matter how many cutting-edge techs are invented, unless and until they are available in markets for public safety they are of no use.
In the below, we will gather all the information that we can about all the technology that is available in the market for physical security.
Video Surveillance
Security Cameras are found around most of the places in almost every place in the cities and even in some villages. People started believing in themselves that they are safe when being alone in the presence of CCTVs. And some people started believing the same but in a different perspective, that they are being watched while committing an offense.
Video surveillance is being used to monitor all kinds of acts. Any act of violent criminal activity or a small theft are all captured on the video surveillance to be used as proof of violations, unlawful activities, and atrocities on video.
New introductions are made to the video surveillance to enhance the performance. Video surveillance is built-in with few extra features using other technology. These additions are very helpful in motion detection, audio detection, etc.
Video surveillance allows the security department’s personnel to identify unlawful acts or criminal activity by examining the footage that is recorded and lets them stay updated about the situations on the premises.
Perimeter Security
Additions like motion sensor detectors, lightings, radio-wave technology, and RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, and other security measures ensure the entry of authorized only.
These integrated IoT (Internet of Things) technology gives an advantage for the security personnel by sending warnings and cautions about the systems breaches and encroachments and approaching threats in advance.
Perimeter protection has become an easy task with the provided technology at their disposal
Motion Sensor Cameras
Motion sensor cameras give you an extra advantage acting like a shield for the compound.
These cameras are quick in action, they capture everything in the vicinity even with a slight motion. Escaping from these can be a tough task. Motion sensor cameras are very sophisticated objects while performing their tasks.
Upon detecting any motion or movements in the premises the cameras send out an alarm or alert notification of security breach to the security personnel on duty.
Motor Vehicle Tracking
Tracking and tracing can help the security personnel in real-time. This technology allows you to predict the movements of the oncoming threats
Telematics is installed in motor vehicles can help in tracking the movements which makes the effectiveness of physical security department. Tracking devices can be placed in any objects to
comply well track them by following the signals. Tracking devices are very effective for long distances too without any trouble.
Not only reducing the theft of the assets they with security monitoring.
Facial recognition
Sometimes words are not enough to describe few things. Facial recognition is a software technology that is hard to elaborate on the capabilities it can function and perform.
Facial recognition technology is a breakthrough technology that assists the security department in identifying real threats. Through this software, the security department can identify certain individuals who can be a possible threat to the institution.
Upon identifying the nature of risks facial recognition software sends out a warning of a potential breach or unusual confrontations. Also generates a warning alarm or an alert notification to the security department for quick emergency response.
Let the Boon Prevail not the Bane
“Every coin has two faces” well I didn’t coin or frame those words and yet it felt right to use them in this situation to explain the pros and cons of the technology in physical security.
The advantages and resourceful nature of the technology can add a much-needed value to physical security in many ways. The extent to which we use them can determine the efficiency of the security personnel and humankind.
Sometimes, while on duty with all the technological supplements security personnel tend to be in a relaxed state which might lead to the incompetence of the security department on the premises. In few cases, this high-end technology can be hacked by hacker organizations without proper maintenance and updates.
Monitoring video surveillance is an essential task for any security personnel who is in charge of that duty. But with all the advanced technology available it is not an ideal option to leave everything in the hands of a manmade technology, not because the technology is defective. Technology can sometimes identify threats in a better way compared to humans but the security personnel can assess and respond very quickly according to the situation instead of just sending out a signal.
Keeping all your trust in the technology can bring you a downfall on few occasions.
Innovations and inventions are a boon given to the great minds of humankind to achieve the surprises, surprises that are meant to become wonders, wonders that happen to be engaging, engaging the human establishments. Establishing new technology for the coming generations is important, but enforcing them to do all of your works is very unprofessional.
Times are changing, present situations around the world are very different from the times when the world was under the rule of kings and kingdoms.
With no technology and large armies at their disposal to protect them from outside threats, the only threats people faced during those periods were natural calamities and invasions. Times are not the same, the present world we live in is not the same anymore like good old days.
Civilization advancements in the process of evolution in the last couple of centuries gave rise to new threats. Terrorism and crime have a strong grip on many societies. Violent crimes, drug-related criminal activities, theft of valuable assets you can make a list of such rapidly growing crimes in a few minutes itself. And there are many other crimes that we are not aware of and different kinds of ways in which we can come face to face with a threat.
Many such reasons surround us, which is why security is never to be a neglected area.
Different from Public security
Unlike public security, which has access restrictions to many things and many protocols to follow with insufficient manpower can be a big headache to concentrate on the job and handle the situation well.
But the private security industry is a growth promising sector with more manpower and fewer protocols to follow. Being a private player in the security department your sole purpose will be to protect your clients and fulfill your duty. Private security professionals will always be in the forward positions while performing their duties.
Starting at the entrance, they are very vigilant on what is entering the compounds which are supposed to be under their protection detail. By checking and registering all the entries, not allowing any intruders or trespassers in their sight, taking their job descriptions very seriously private security professionals can be the right choice of security department that you want to lay your hands on.
Public security departments with very limited resources can only deal with security threats on small scale and take action mostly after the crime has taken place.
Monitoring and Maintaining order
Threats are of many kinds with many different shades, you can never guess from which direction that you are about to face a real threat that can put your life in danger. To prevent such threats and protect yourself from them everyone needs the best security department that they can lay their hands on.
There are many commercial places such as airports, hospitals, auditoriums, stadiums, schools, movie halls, shopping complexes, warehouses that need round-the-clock security supervision to avoid any kind of loss of life, property, and assets.
The public security department is not equipped with enough resources and the required manpower which makes it difficult to depend on them for all safety measures and security-related matters.
This allowed the private security industry to build its empires in all places around the world.
Characteristics of Private Security personnel
Many private security professionals are well-experienced players in the field of security. The main reason for this is that most of the private security industry employees are from military backgrounds or police departments or hard-core corporate security professionals.
The characteristics they possess make them a very potential candidate for the security profession to face any kind of potential threats. Traits present in them in the line of duty make them special. Few traits among them are, they are honest, hardworking, good judgment, and observance.
Honest is a trait that can be rare, not everyone is capable of focusing on work and deliver whatever they are asked of. Experience in the military makes them very loyal and honest towards the work they do.
Hardworking Their previous service itself proves to us how hard working they are. These private security professional are very focused while they are working making them best suitable for the role of security personnel.
Good judgmental Serving in the field for a long time helps the security professionals with an inbuilt gene to guess the kinds of threats that might occur. They are very at good at judging the crisis even before it takes place letting no harm come to the assets they protect on many occasions.
Observant With the kind of training they have already in the military and as police officers, they have the instincts of natural predators making them very lethal. Even in their sleep, they react very quickly to the slightest sounds they listen imagine how good they can be at observing the surroundings while they are fully awake and attentive to the work detail.
Strength of Endurance
To forge an object from a metal involves ore extraction, heating at high temperatures in a furnace, and hammering it hard to give a shape. When you look at an object obtained from a mineral you can see its elegance and also notice the hard work.
Private security professionals in a way are like those metal objects. Their strength to endure any kind of pain can be very remarkable. Security professionals who served in the Special Forces division are truly hardcore trained specialists.
They are extracted, melted in every way, and then hammered in all possible manners to obtain their true potentials like no common man can be able to relate to them.
Their strength of endurance can not only promise the best security, they can shine upon you like a ray of hope to face any kind of obstacles if you listen to their experiences in the field.
They can be your protection and also an inspiration in life.
What suits you best?
When the security professionals are on duty they perform it with utmost precautions. They plan everything for you. They lay the best-suited plan for your safety and security and they decide which can be the best route possible for you to move from place to place. They even select the type of transport vehicle that will be best for your safety and security measures.
Cars, Woah! Aren’t they really incredible? Private security personnel is very daring in the action. Provide them with cool gadgets and enough resources, even Achilles won’t be able to attack you with the private security personnel guarding you 24/7.
Let us get back to the cars, the automobiles in this generation are customized with everything that can provide you safety.
Bulletproofed windows that can withstand small handheld guns to armor-piercing rounds.
Very thick inch armored plating (1000 lbs bulletproof protection) around the car which is almost 10 times stronger than the ballistic steel.
Sealed cabins which don’t allow any kind of chemical attacks inside the cars
Foam surrounded fuels tasks which lower the risks of explosion
Reinforced tries which can even run on flat tires with a maximum speed of 60 mph to escape from the dangers
Electric shock door handles set up with copper wires which electrocutes anyone who tries to open the door by force
Smokescreen dispensers to escape from the chasers by blocking their view
A personal bodyguard with physical features, fighting techniques, and driving skills like Jason Statham in real-life driving you around in a customized car-like above can boost your chances of survival even in a war zone.
Many world-famous personalities and celebrities are mostly in need of security on many occasions, even in their homes sometimes. To make them feel safe and secure private security industry chooses the best professionals who can deliver their duties with utmost priority.
They are very driven and focused on protecting any kind of asset they are provided with.
Private security personnel are either hard-core corporate security professionals or mostly from the military and law enforcement background, this helps them to sustain themselves in harsh conditions too. Trusting the private security personnel for your security and protection in today’s world can bring you baskets bearing gifts in the form of peace and safe environments around you.
The glimpse of a beautiful girl can convey a lot of meanings and directs you with many confusing signals. To understand those signals you have to be the Cupid- the love god.
Like the gods who are immortal, normal people will not be able to do those kinds of celestial things, which are very impossible. As mortal beings, we will talk about few possible things which we can achieve possibly.
When you go shopping or to watch a movie at a commercial complex, the first person to greet you at the entrance is the designated security guard positioned at the entry of the complex.
Have you ever wondered, how does anyone come to a conclusion on how to station your guards in the correct positions?
What would be the best strategy for the security department to post their manned guards on the premises for security purposes?
Need for security
An increase in violent crimes and rapidly growing threats and risks are the unannounced hosts that are preying on human lives for many years. Many people still believe that their governments have enough manpower and resources with them to ensure the safety of the public. The reality is completely different in this globalized and technologically advanced world. Security and safety are a major concern for many nations because the governments’ manpower and resources are not sufficient.
These loopholes are encouraging many organized crimes in form of terrorism, security breaches, drug cartels, and other violent crimes. Just to make sure that all the public is in safe hands the private security industry saw the purpose, need, and demand. With the establishments of private security departments available it can be an easy task to ensure safety and security in many places.
But how well can these private security departments deliver their services be known are from their security staff positioning and stationed guards.
Best ways to secure any place
While planning on how to secure any place in the most effective way, the security department which is assigned with the security duty must always predict the possible outcomes. Try to predict all kinds of threats that might happen or occur on the premises. A good god-like prediction can lead the security department to plan the unpredictable necessary actions that can be taken in case of any emergencies.
The first step in the following process can be achieved by planning the best strategy to position your security guards.
After the technology has clouded in many areas and roles with their performances being good compared to humans, people started believing by installing the CCTV and remote sensors alone can make a place secured enough to avoid all kinds of threats.
CCTV installation on the premises can be a wise idea, but you cannot just ignore the fact that the things which can be performed by humankind cannot be made possible with the help of technology, well at least for now I suppose.
Instead of keeping your all hopes and investing everything in the technology to make you feel safe, try to assign those duties to a qualified professional who can deliver the work very sincerely and keep you safe and sound all the time.
Qualified professionals in the security department to secure a place are the manned guards or security guards you can say. They can be the most trustworthy security detail you can get to do the work. They are trained, they are qualified, they have skills, they can act according to the situations, they can improvise, they are quick to respond.
What more qualities does any technology can add to replace them?
Where and how?
According to researchers, there is a 34% of high chance that the threats can knock on your front doors mostly, and a 24% of chance from the first-floor windows. With the help of the given data, you can get an idea of where to station your guards in more numbers and the places where to concentrate more.
Main entrance
Most professional security guards are trained and physically fit. You can pick among them based on their effective ways, methods to approach a threat, and importantly their skills in accessing the situation well. Security staff possessing these skills can be effective at guarding the main entrance. With the CCTV already placed on the premises, it can help you to pick the areas that are not being monitored by the technology and places that can be secured by the guards on duty.
Rest of the premises
There is another very effective way to make your security system more successful at performing its roles and duties. Instead of just making the guards be a standstill at one position, employ some security professional who can act as mobile patrol guards. These patrol guards can cover more ground by making rounds from one place to other.
Stationing your security staff at one place can do no good because threats don’t announce themselves before coming. They are just like other trespassers who are unwanted and uninvited guests trying to enter the campus. You need to be ready to counterattack them and send them back to their nests.
Checkpoints
Properly organized security patrols with checkpoints at appropriate places can reduce risk exposure to a greater extent. All the checkpoints that are present must have easy access for the security guards and patrol guards only. Any intruder who thinks of entering the place must get an idea of how tight the security system is and they will be deterred by the system.
To be more successful
Safety of the security department
The security department should ensure not only the place is secured, but also the security guards and patrols guards are safe. What good would it be if you have a strong security system with able professionals but no gear or equipment provided to them? Safety of the security guards and patrol guards is also a key way to make your place more safe and secure. Install security tracking systems on the premises to ensure the safety of the security department. Provide them with necessary equipment which can motivate them.
Compromising the security system at any place with more footfall or no footfall can be a foolish way to make people know that you are ignorant about the current situations around the world. Making smart choices is easy for everyone, you just have to be wise about your choices and the chances you are willing to take to make sure that you are safe and also the place around you is secure enough for every individual on that premises.
People assume that nothing bad is going to happen to them as long as there is the presence of God in our world. You are always right about the things that you think are right. Nobody has the right to prove that your statements are wrong. But remember this, even “God helps those who help themselves.”
Assessment is key:
The best way is to position your guards should be based on the risks that you need to reduce. So, involve security experts to carry out an assessment of the security risks of the premises/facility/business. The security experts can give you accurate risk exposure of your facility, which helps you determine the security guarding staff you need. You can also compliment the guarding deployment with technological measures for better results.
Neither nature which made human life possible nor, the almighty who created mankind would surely not be happy with the state the world is now. Their reasons for the creation of human-life kind have not been serving its purpose in the right path, I think.
Evolution, civilization, modernization, and globalization different transformations through eons have witnessed many major changes both geographically and demographically.
Even after all this, even after mankind performed many splendors, invented many wonders, developed many infrastructures, we are just trying to crumble everything apart with our differences in different ideologies and opposed propagandas.
Ideologies against regions, religions, economic and socio-political communions, habitual compulsions have all led the nations around the world to face different kinds of terrorism in different regions from many different periodicals throughout history, till today.
Terrorism, the word which you think you know a lot about, yet you belittle the dangers and chaos it is causing.
What is terrorism defined as?
An act of violent force used to exploit and threaten the harmony and structural living of people, the ideologies and beliefs they believe in, to achieve various propagandas with the use of various methods and strategies which is and which has caused harm to the living and stumbling the non-living.
According to the experts from the defense and security departments around the world, the term terrorism is a classified division into four major groups based on their ideologies and propaganda.
In India, we have all the four major groups bases and which are functioning for long periods throughout history.
Ethno-Nationalism Terrorism
Ethno-nationalism terrorism groups are formed and engaged in violent acts of terror with the agenda of acquiring the status of a separate state within India, the status of an independent state from India. There are tensions raised between the states from North-East India (seven sister states) among themselves and with the central government. Many disputes have erupted between these parties to satisfy their propaganda since the independence. Even in the south region of India, we have Tamil- Nationalists who also believe in the same ideology of ethno-nationalism terrorism.
BLT (Bodo Liberation Tigers) and ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) are two of the major ethno-nationalism groups found in the northeast region of our nation.
In January of 2007, ULFA killed 62 Hindi-speaking migrants from Bihar. There are many instances where the ULFA has killed people from Bihar, but this one seemed a more notorious crime committed by the ULFA.
Religious terrorism
These are commonly known terrorism groups for all people across the globe because of their violent crimes on regular basis all around the planet. This group focuses on forming religious imperatives, one specific religious group against one or more religious groups. People believe that only Islamic religious groups are part of this type of terrorism. Well, at present that might be a true acknowledgment on some basis, but in fact, other such religious groups have practiced religious terrorism.
Most of the nations across the globe feel that they are the major targets and victims of violent acts of terror against them. Many terrorist organizations took birth following the ideology of religious terrorism. ISIS, JeM, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Al-Qaeda, LRA (The Lord’s Resistance Army) many names, many regions, many organizations, all with the same use and methods of force to intimidate the normalcy.
9/11 terrorist attack on American soil were a series of attacks by hijacking four commercial planes. Two of them were crashed into World Trade Centre and one flight was crash-landed at Pentagon and the last which was believed to be targeting the Capitol building was crash-landed in the fields. This operation was planned and carried out by the Al-Qaeda terror group.
26/11 terrorist attack in Mumbai was also a series of attacks that were carried out by 10 members of the Let terrorist organization. The attacks lasted for four days at 12 different locations in Mumbai with shooting and bombing few places killing 174 people and wounding 300 persons. These two attacks are considered as the major impacted terrorist attacks in their respective nations.
Left-Wing Terrorism
A terror group that follows the ideology of communism. Left-Wing terrorism or what you call Naxalism or Maoism believes that economic ideologies and socio-political structures are exploiting humankind, which is why they use revolution as a means to commit violent crimes to restore the socialist state in the regions.
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, some parts of Telangana are major hubs for these groups.
Maoist attack on former CM of Andhra Pradesh N.Chandra Babu Naidu is an example of Left-Wing Terrorism presence in India.
Narco-terrorism
Narco-terrorism is proving to be a major concern for India. Narco-terrorism is a group that creates illegal narcotic contrabands like heroin, cocaine, opium to supply and the money that is procured by selling these contrabands is used for funding the terrorist organizations to carry out various operations and missions.
Although there is high security across the borders the smugglers are finding new routes to transport the drugs. Pakistan is currently playing a major role in making and supplying drugs into the Indian borders from Gujarat, Punjab, before the Uri bomb blast from Kashmir and Srinagar too.
Indian politicians in power also feel that narco-terrorism is growing its methods and becoming a major threat to the youth of our nation. In a recent press meet, Central Home Minister of India said that the Pakistan terror groups are targeting the local backward Muslim youth for their operations in circulating the drugs in India and misleading them to join the terror groups.
The drug cartels from Pakistan and Afghanistan are using the coastal line of Gujarat to enter the drugs into India. In the last year about 2,000 kgs of heroin worth 6000 crores were seized by the Indian officials at the coastal borders.
Is there a solution to contain terrorism?
Many nations face this serious problem of terrorism in their own backyards. Terrorism is spreading its operations and grip over many major cities in the world like a plague or like the recent pandemic (Covid-19).
SATP – South Asia Terrorism Portal has listed around 180 terrorist organizations which were operating for the past 20 years from Trans-National terror networks. Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan are among the terror networks that are focused on attacking the stability and harmony in India. Currently, India has a ban on 38 terrorist organizations under the first schedule of the UAPA Act (Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment Act), 1967.
As of 2012, many listed terror groups in the SATP list were also banned by America and European Union.
Although this has been a major concern for many societies, to eradicate terrorism, they are finding it very difficult to find the right plan of action that can put an end to terror groups and their operations. In the short while, there is none, it can be hard to achieve that target but in the long run, all nations altogether can find a solution to stop them. All the powerful nations can see to it by cutting their resources and stopping their means of funds, tracking, tracing, and destroying their bases.
For many decades terrorism has claimed many human lives, destroyed many people’s dreams.
With all the business expansions, easy means of transportation, students going aboard for everywhere higher education, migration for jobs have given plenty of reasons to enter a country’s borders without raising suspicion in the eyes of security departments at the cross border checking.
People must realize that threats are present, nobody can be very sure of their safety and security all the time. All that we can do is be prepared for the worst. There is a lifeline in this too although the manpower of the government security department is not sufficient the rise of the private security industry and its enough manpower can be a viable option to protect the treats, at least internally.
Along with the changing world, we also need to change our ways of approaching a solution that can keep us safe. Because of the private security industry proving its worth in the field of security, internal threats can be minimized on a large scale.
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