By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 537 Hiring the proper personnel to staff a special event is a unique challenge to any security event company’s recruiting team. An individual that is seemingly perfect for your Tuesday night event, could end
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 732 One of the issues that security companies must be realistic about is the need to discipline their security officers. The industry is such that guards cannot always be fully supervised because they
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 523 Training programs for armed guards in the modern security industry can run the gamut, from non-existent to extensive. In most corporate settings, limitations on the level of training provided to security officers
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 726 In the 2 weeks between Part One and Part Two of this blog there have been 2 more “mass shootings.” On June 17, 2018 at least 17 people were shot at an
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 755 All reputable security companies run background checks before hiring new guards to be certain that both the client and the company itself are protected and represented by reputable individuals. For the
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 572 When the safety and protection of your business, employees and personal property are at stake, is it really in your best interest to hire the lowest priced security provider? We’ve all
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 576 Sales of legal cannabis are growing at an annual rate of 17 percent and are expected to reach $13.3 billion in 2020, according to a report by New Frontier Data1. Clearly, we have
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 600 Over the past several years, we have all witnessed unprecedented volatility in our national politics. To be sure, there is a lot of anger, resentment and finger pointing between members of
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 555 The tragic shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, underscores an unfortunate truth of our current time: places of peace and worship are particularly vulnerable to random violence.
By: Stuart J. Visnov, Chief Executive Officer, Echelon Protection & Surveillance Word count: 498 After the recent Mandalay Bay hotel terrorism attack in Las Vegas, hotel owners, managers and their security teams are forced to take stock of their procedures and security protocols. For the most
