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Welcome back to Episode 16 of Diary of a Security Consultant. In this episode we talk about real risk and risk perception and the difference between the two. 

We discuss:

 1. What is risk perception

 2. The factors affecting perception of risk 

3. Bounded rationality 

4. Why understanding risk perception is important to security professionals 

 We also discuss the different between managing risk at a higher level of preventative control and not lower level or responsive controls  

Links (not affiliate) to the books mentioned in the video:  

Risk (Dan Gardner) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Risk-Science... 

Thinking Fast and Slow (  Daniel Kahneman) : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fas...

Welcome to Episode 18 of Diary of a Security Consultant. The show where we talk all things security consultancy.  

In this episode I talk about he subject of Toolbox thinking. Toolbox Thinking is the concept of building a professional mindset and skill set. It based on a concept I use in training to develop mindsets and skills sets for security professionals. The professional is the crafts person, the toolbox is the mindset upon which they build their profession. The tools are the skills and knowledge contained within.  As mentioned in the video this episode was influenced by two discussions I listened to recently . 

Firstly was Andrew Protheroe and his concept of the Grab Bag mentality which I really like and secondly Chris Story,  and his interview with Greg Schneider in which he talks about being a multi-tool practitioner. These are all concepts I believe security professionals should aspire to.

Welcome Back to Episode 15 of Diary of a Security Consultant. This is the second part of our arrest procedure series for retail security operatives.   In this video we discuss: 

Approaching the suspect outside of the store 

The wording used to effect the arrest 

Escorting the suspect 

The holding room 

Post arrest procedure 

Calling the Gardaí 

Arrest Variables  

As always thank you for listening and feel free to get in touch with your comments or questions.

Welcome back to Episode 13. In this episode we talk about something thats come up very often over the past few weeks. That is the new role for security operatives of  carrying out temperature and thermal screening checks during and after the current pandemic.  I talk about: 

1. Thermal and temperature screening as a tool and not a solution 

2.The supprting policies and procedures for these tasks 

3. Self care for security staff 

4. Recording and reporting  

As always comments and feedback are welcome

A slightly different video this week where I give an overview of the ASCONE theft detection model for retail security operatives. This video is based on legislation in Ireland but the principles will be of value to retail security working in any common law country where the law on theft is similar.   

Anybody with suggestions for further video presentations please feel free to get in touch.

Welcome back to Episode 11 of Diary of a Security Consultant. This week is a little different. The guys over on the Security Jobs Ireland Facebook page asked me to do a Questions and Answers video for their followers. So this week in addition to our usual conversation about what we have been up to and this weeks article we are also going to answer the following questions sent in: 

1. Rights of door supervisors to remove patrons 

2. Can security detain somebody for refusing to self isolate under the new emergency measures? 

3. Dealing with groups of children shoplifting  

4. Fagins law 

5. Should security operatives outside staff be  issued with mask and gloves 

6. Will the new security licences have an end date of 3 months or how will it end. 

7. Do I still need a SafePass to work security in a construction site  now that it is all closed down.  

Disclaimer I’ve done a lot of legal training and have experience in all of these areas but please don’t take this as legal advice from some guy on the internet. I don’t know you and your particular circumstances so if you have a legal issue go check with a solicitor. This my opinion only.

Welcome back to Episode 10 of Dairy of a Security Consultant. In this episode I discuss: 

1. Dealing with retail security arrests during the COVID-19 Crisis 

2. Update on the Irish security industry emergency licencing arrangements during the crisis 

3. Hygiene and PPE arrangements for security staff 

4. Some good online CPD courses for security staff and our resource list 

5. A good cyber security awareness programme ran by Elysium Risk Mamagement 

6. A really good webinar hosted by Scott Taylor over on Linkedin 7. An upcoming webinar on Retail Security Resilience hosted by Irish security consultant Terry Conlon 

8. Our upcoming plans to convert the Nightclub Security Manual into a series of webinars as a how to guide.   

Latest blog on retail security arrests: https://securityoperative.ie/retail-security-arrests-covid-19/

Our online training resource list : https://securityoperative.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Free-Online-Training-Programmes.pdf

Our security document packages: https://securityoperative.ie/shop/

Scott Taylor’s recent webinar: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/scotttaylorcpp_linkedinlive-security-ugcPost-6647765365285801984-RmRq

Retail Resilience webinar by Terry Conlon: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/retail-security-resilience-and-preparedness-in-the-aftermath-of-covid-19-tickets-101240314506

New week, new video and a new reality. We wake up this week to a pandemic that some have been talking about for many weeks and some are only just realising is serious this week. I talk about reacting during a crisis, the impact of the pandemic on the security industry and the risks of working from home

This weeks article: https://securityoperative.ie/working-from-home-security-risks/

Government Action Plan: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/47b727-government-publishes-national-action-plan-on-covid-19/

As always feel free to get in touch on any of our social channels: Website: www.securityoperative.ie

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/secopsireland/

Twitter: @securityoperat3

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Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/security_operative/channel/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvC3DxKO7cMQW5d1t_1auBw?view_as=subscriber

As always thank you for watching or listening and we hope to see you next week

Welcome back to Diary of a Security Consultant Episode 8. 

In this episode we discuss the concept of the close protection grab bag. 

I reference our recent blog post on the topic and go through the contents of my own bag.   

Read the grab bag article here :  https://securityoperative.ie/close-pr... 

As always feel free to get in touch on any of our social channels:  

Website: www.securityoperative.ie  

Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/secopsireland/ 

Twitter: @securityoperat3  

Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-... 

Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/security_op... 

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As always thank you for watching or listening and we hope to see you next week

Welcome back to Diary of a Security Consultant video series and podcast. This is the show where we talk all things security, security consulting and risk management. On this weeks episode we talk about: 

1. Recent events including the Coronavirus outbreak and work we have done in the past week 

2. Risk registers and why I think all company's should have one 

3. The close protection industry in Ireland 

4. A product review on the LifeSystem Trek first aid kit 

5. Launch our new competition  

As always feel free to get in touch on any of our social channels: 

Website: www.securityoperative.ie 

Facebook :  https://www.facebook.com/secopsireland/

Twitter: @securityoperat3 

Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-...

Instagram :  https://www.instagram.com/security_op...

Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvC3...