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How Private Security has Attained Professional Status Through Professionalisation
Depending upon the state that is administering the standards for professionalisation, there have been a variety of ways that Australian private security personnel have attained professional status; in all cases, however, the process of professionalisation gives every indication of benefiting the customer and the public good through the provision of security services that protect and serve the general public as well as private firms (Mahony, 2003).
Most commonly, private security is given professionalisation through a process of licensing, certification and monitoring by state or local police departments (Australasian Centre for Policing Research, 2006). This makes adherence to regulations and standards, as well as public confidence possible, giving the security worker a professional status through recognition and certification.
On a national basis, the professionalism of private security workers has been aided by legislation. In 1990, the Private Agents Amendment Act was one of the first pieces of Australian law that held the private security business to a higher standard, lending professional status to the occupation at the same time (Wilson, 1989). National legislation also compels the police to actively monitor the private security industry to make sure that the national law is not being broken. The net effect is a professional system of checks and balances for the occupation, holding those within the occupation to levels of professionalism.
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ACPR's annual Report on Government Services, for example, points out areas where continual improvements are needed in the professionalisation of policing resources, among which is the private security sector.
Conclusion
Through a combination of legislation, industry standards and public demands, the Australian private security occupation has risen to a level of professionalisation which has both enhanced the ethics of the business community and promoted public good. Other occupations have done similar activities to promote professionalism, and yet others need to do so. Hopefully, the trend of professionalisation will continue in the future.
References
Australasian Centre for Policing Research. (2006). Overview of Policing Professionalisation. Retrieved September 11, 2006, from ACPR-Australia Web Site: http://www.acpr.gov.au.
Australian Intelligence Centre. (2005). Law Enforcement Structure Against Transactional Organised Crime.
Mahony, K. (2003). The Politics of Professionalisation. Journal of Emergency Primary Care, 3-4(990044),. Retrieved September 11, 2006, at http://www.jehpc.org/990044
Wilson, P. (1989). The Australian Private Security Industry -- the Need for Regulation and Professionalisation. In (Ed.), Australian Policing-Contemporary Issues (pp. 120-131). Sydney: Butterworths Publisher.
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