In the United States, there are hundreds of thousands of security officers – some say 900,000 to 1.2 million people employed. Some years ago, dress was typically police or military look. Today the look varies depending on the assignment, location, corporate culture and depending on the contracted security firm.
A couple of years ago, Jim Costello, CPO, CPP, CHPA, writing in the Protection Officer News, reported on a survey of healthcare officers. The Protection Officer News is a publication of the International Foundation for Protection Officers, Naples, Fla.