The scope and reach of event security guards

Security guards come in many different shapes, sizes, and job details. When looking at event security guards, there is a vast range of events that a guard could provide security for and each job description varies depending on the scope and reach of the security service and event.

Security guard services are present to provide top-of-the-notch security for all parties involved. In most cases, their services are used for events and the events that these services are often provided for are limitless. Let’s take a look further at events that require security services.

1.   Sport Events
Whether it happens to be a football (soccer) game or a basketball game, having security present throughout the game is of extreme importance. Security is not only there to protect the athletes from being targeted by crazy crowds or threats, but security is also present to protect the crowd from threats such as hostage situations, a terror attack, and even from natural disasters such as a fire or a flood.

In sports events, you will often see security poised at the different entrances and exits of the arena/stadium, near bars (to prevent against underage drinking), near VIP boxes, and towards the entrance to the player’s locker rooms.

2.   Concerts and Music Festivals
With the incident that happened at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, United Kingdom, having tight security at a concert and a music festival is extremely important. Having just the local police force and local security guards might not be enough to protect both the crowd and the artist from threats such as a bomb threat, a terror threat, or disasters.

With the case of music festivals, private security is there to maintain order in the case of protecting the crowd from individuals who consume illegal substances and protect the crowd from going overboard.

3.   Art exhibitions
Curating and displaying priceless art in artsy venues can be really risky, and this is why security services can often be seen being used at these types of events. Having security present at an art exhibition is important to protect both the artist and the art from threats such as stealing or vandalism.

Art can be very subjective, and not everyone will agree with the subject of the painting. With security present, it can prevent people from getting physically outraged at the piece of art and prevent people from vandalizing the art.

Weddings
Weddings, especially Indian weddings, often require some level of security. The security present there isn’t to deter guests but mainly to protect the event against “wedding-crashers”.

The security at these events is often situated outside the hall, at the entrance to the venue, and does a good job of double-checking who is invited and who isn’t.

You could say that this type of security resembles bouncers because they maintain order for an event and protect the host/hostess from unwanted guests. With their support, a major event such as a wedding can easily be completed without hiccups. 

Get a grip of the crowd with crowd control services in Perth

Whether it’s a political gathering, an outdoor movie night, a rally, a festival, or a concert, maintaining order and discipline is important to ensure that the crowd size does not exceed the capacity of the venue, nor does the crowd go out of control. Being able to control the crowd requires proper security, and you can do that with crowd control services in Perth.

What is crowd control?
Crowd control refers to security, deployed to ensure that the large group of crowds in a particular place are behaving in an orderly fashion and are not creating riots or havoc.

For example, at political gatherings or rallies, police officers or security guards are often stationed between the crowd and the political party to ensure that the crowd does not become violent, or become too out of control.

When not being used in the context of political parties or rallies, crowd control refers to making sure that the crowd is not participating in illegal activities such as the consumption of illegal drugs or the use of illegal weapons. Crowd control in this context can be managed by installing metal detectors/x-ray scans, and even by having sniffer dogs.

Crowd control at music festivals
For most cases, music festivals use the assistance of security officials to deal with massive crowds. Such professionals are well equipped with dealing with large crowds, and can control unlawful activities that are often witnessed at such events.

Crowd control at sport events
Crowd control at sports events is really important, and this is why many sports teams hire additional private security services. Several famous personalities are likely to turn up at sporting events, and there are also high chances of terrorist threats here. In such a scenario, it becomes essential to hire security services from a reputed agency.

The crowd can become wild if the team they support loses, or if a player has played badly. Crowd control security is specifically trained and knows how to hold off the crowd while maintaining a sense of professionalism by not brutally attacking the crowds that behave in a disorderly fashion. The professionals make sure that not only is the entire team safe, but also safety for all attendees of any match is ensured.

The need for private security

Private security in Perth, as the name sounds, is meant for specific individuals. Reputed security agencies provide highly trained professionals to handle the security of famous people, including wealthy businessmen. Body guards are available, who are trained to handle different situations and people. 

The professionals available for private security are trained in combat and come from diverse backgrounds, including police and military. Some of the services available here include:

·       Client risk assessment

·       Forward movement

·       Planning extraction and insertion

·       Professional driving

This is not the only list of services on offer from private security. Other services would mostly depend on the type of people at risk. Close protection officers would be responsible for private security.