- British Retail Consortium (BRC) crime survey 2021
- 51% of Security Guards are Attacked Every Time They Work
- Working The Doors Security Study Reveals Frontline Security Staff Facing Unacceptable Levels of Physical and Verbal Abuse
- Research on violence reduction report – Prepared for The Security Industry Authority May 2015
- April 2020-New research shows that thousands of security guards in the UK are suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), having been exposed to frequent episodes of verbal and physical abuse
News Stories of note
- Security firm with uniformed ‘bobbies’ on the streets launches UK’s first private prosecutions against shoplifters and pickpockets after police fail to bring charges: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7847029/Security-firm-uniformed-bobbies-launches-private-prosecutions.html
- NTIA calls for Gov to protect security workers from violence 23-Jun-2023 By Amelie Maurice-Jones
Trade bodies have called for Government to take action to protect security workers against violence, after a new BBC report drew attention to the high levels of abuse they face in the workplace: HTTPS://WWW.MORNINGADVERTISER.CO.UK/ARTICLE/2023/06/23/NTIA-CALLS-FOR-PROTECTION-OF-SECURITY-STAFF-FROM-VIOLENCE - Tesco workers offered body cameras as violent attacks against employees soar: Tesco’s boss is calling for changes to the laws as company says more than 200 of its employees are victims of serious physical assaults each month:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tesco-staff-body-cameras-violence-b2403998.html