Don't break private security - defenceWeb

Don't break private security - The Home Of Great South African News

Author: Nicholas Woode-Smith (Free Market Foundation) (This is a substantially edited version, with some of my own additions, for full article press@fmsa.co.za) Attempts by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) to amend the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (the Act) need to be completely and utterly condemned. The private security industry employs over 580,000 security guards,(ratio 1 Guard: 103 citizens) with a furt…

Don't break private security - defenceWeb

Attempts by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) to amend the Private Security Industry Regulation Act (the Act) need to be completely and utterly condemned. In a country where over 85 people are murdered per a day – not to mention thousands of robberies, carjackings, assaults and attempted murder – we should not be toying with our last (and often) only line of defence against lawlessness. The private security industry empl…