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Classmate 1 Question

Businesses often want trained security staff that can protect their property, personnel, and equipment from threats such as assault, burglary, and vandalism. Companies can either choose to develop their own proprietary security staff, which are in-house services performed by people employed directly by the organization, or they can sign a contract with a security agency. Some corporations and businesses use a combination of proprietary security staff and contract security staff.

When a corporation uses proprietary security, the staff works as internal employees within a company rather than external contractors. The directors of the corporation can decide and control the policies and procedures for the security staff to follow. Some of the benefits of having a proprietary security staff are higher quality because the staff is paid more, loyalty because the staff only work for the corporations they are hired by, stability within the employees within a corporation leads to more effective security work, respect, and high morale levels. With a proprietary security staff, the corporations also have the ability to decide the requirements for experience and training based on the security needs of the corporation. Using proprietary security staff allows companies and the directors of the company to have more control over the security staff and how they should handle situations.

Instead of having a proprietary security staff, a corporation can work with security that provides the security services the corporation is in need of. Contract security services offered by security agencies often include patrol, alarm systems, pre-employment screening, drug testing, and investigative services. Using contract security can save the company the expense of recruiting, screening, and training its own security staff. Furthermore, the corporations are not responsible for the process of hiring, training, supervising, or terminating the security agents. Contract security services also offer more flexibility than proprietary security. A corporation can work with the security agency to easily increase or decrease the number of security agents they are in need of. If a corporation is unsure of the security services they need, they can hire a security agency to perform an assessment and they can figure out the details together.

Some corporation finds it more useful to use a combination of proprietary security services and contract security services to take advantage of the benefits each of them offers. In addition to an existing proprietary security staff within a corporation, a contract security organization can be hired to supplement with some services. Some corporations have a proprietary security staff that has a variety of knowledge and skills within specific security areas, and then contract personnel is hired to deal with more general services such as screening visitors and patrolling the property.

Classmate 2 Question

Proprietary security or in-house security refers to the security officer's direct workers of the parent agency, corporation, or institution. A third-party company or agency does not employ In-house security staff. The following are some of the benefits of proprietary security: Higher quality, training, loyalty, lower attrition rates, stability, respect, direct control and supervision of the security force has been strengthened, and lastly, elevated levels of motivation and morale (Johnson & Ortmeier, 2018). Hiring proprietary security staff has several drawbacks, including more extraordinary expenses since the employer is responsible for some benefits, long disciplinary and termination procedures, and the administrative load of human resource management.

Businesses that provide contract security services to other persons or institutions for a charge are known as contract security services. Personnel, surveillance, burglar alarms, armored transport, consultants, executive security, data security, pre-employment screening, drug screening, and investigative services are among the security services supplied under contract (Johnson & Ortmeier, 2018). Contractors may offer services such as criminal defense, personal injury, monitoring, expert testimony, workers' compensation and insurance deception, undercover investigations, trademark violation, and private security in the context of investigations alone. The following benefits: lower cost, flexibility, administrative unburdening, fewer direct personal issues, expertise and objectivity. Higher turnover, poor training, and the contractor's inability to do complete background investigations on workers are the disadvantages of using contract security staff.

Some businesses use both contract and proprietary employees, permitting them to reap the benefits of both. Contract security professionals are used to augment in-house proprietary security activities in a hybrid security organization. Most major corporations, for instance, possess a behind-the-scenes in-house security team that may specialize in a specific security issue, like data security (Johnson & Ortmeier, 2018). They also hire outside contractors to keep an eye on surveillance equipment, check guests, and patrol parking lots.