Vice Views

Fellow members of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter:

I am writing to you this month from the Annual Seminar and Exhibits in Philadelphia, PA. I arrived on Saturday and played in the ASIS Foundation Golf Tournament out at Blue Heron Pines near Atlantic City, NJ. It was a beautiful golf course and beautiful weather as well, but the turnout to the tournament was not so great, only 74 players. Coming on the heels of the SFBA Annual Larry Marshall Golf Tournament, which was a sell-out at 144 players and a complete success, I was a little disappointed. Some good news though, Keith Barna from Barna PI and Security was also at the Foundation tournament, and actually placed third! Keith’s foursome won the SFBA Chapter tournament with an impressive –13 score.

I want to spend a few lines this month and talk about the Security Officer Appreciation event coming up in October.

Criteria for selecting an outstanding security officer to be recognized at the event has been revised, and is now posted on the web page. What we are looking for is for In-House Security Managers and Contract Security Managers to use this event as a way to recognize and reward their star performers. Star Performers, in my opinion, are not those who do one good thing a year, only because an incident happened while they were on duty. Star Performers are those who strive to do an outstanding job, day in and day out. They are the ones who take care of the issues so their supervisors or managers don’t have to, and they are the ones that learn about your company or site, and strive to be the best they can be. They are the ones working to be professionals.

As security practitioners, we all know that a security officer’s performance can either can either make us look really good, and they can also make us look really bad. We often are the first people to point out when they screw up, but many times do not mention or even overlook when security officers do a great job. Plus, those officers who are consistent performers, show up to work on time every day, do their jobs well, and nothing happens, so nobody notices. This is your opportunity to recognize and reward them.

We have an outstanding event scheduled, with an outstanding speaker. We need everyone to pull their officers together and bring them to the event. I will be there with mine, and look forward to seeing you there with yours.

As always, your feedback and comments are appreciated.

Sincerely,
Brad Minnis CPP
Vice Chair SFBA Chapter
vicechair@sfasis.org