Security Guides for Madhya Pradesh Facilities
Working notes from 30+ years of guarding factories, hospitals, schools, warehouses and government sites across Madhya Pradesh. Written for the people who sign the contract and then have to live with it.
Why hiring a gunman is usually a mistake
The armed guard costs you two to three times more, and by law he is allowed to do almost exactly what an unarmed guard can do. Here is what the weapon actually buys you, and what it does not.
Read guide Law and complianceFour papers to see before you sign a security contract
Anyone can print a uniform and call themselves a security agency. These four documents separate a licensed agency from a labour contractor with a logo — and all four can be checked in an afternoon.
Read guide MoneyWhat you are actually paying for in a guard's monthly bill
The cheapest quote is not a better deal, it is a different deal. Here is how a guarding rate is built, and why the agency that is twenty per cent under everyone else is taking it out of somebody.
Read guide OperationsYour gate register is the only evidence you will have
When something goes missing, the CCTV has usually overwritten and nobody remembers the truck. The register is the one record that survives — if anyone has been filling it in. Here is how to audit yours in ten minutes.
Read guide OperationsCCTV will not stop a theft, it will only tell you who did it
Cameras are excellent at explaining what happened and almost useless at preventing it. If your losses are continuing despite a full DVR, the problem is that nobody is watching in real time — and nobody ever will be.
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