SIA issues guide to security door staff
The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has issued a guidance document on good practice to help door staff protect the public and keep themselves safe.The guide comes as the Christmas party season gets into full swing.The SIA says: “When working in the night-time economy you have an important role to identify and support people who may […]
Dorset man guilty of illegal security services
A Dorset man must pay more than £2,000 for providing and supplying illegal security services without a proper licence. On 2 December 2022, Benjamin Peter John Head, of Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court. He pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 17 June 2022 to providing and supplying illegal security at various venues […]
Illegal worker had forged SIA licence
A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol. On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks’ jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court. He was […]
Security provider fined for officer breach by SIA
A supermarket security provider has been fined more than £2,000 for employing an unlicensed security officer. On Friday 11 November 2022, Muhammad Imran was prosecuted in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court for failing to supply information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). Imran, a company director from Maidenhead, was fined £440 and required to […]
Security businessman faces £4,500 court bill
A security business owner has been found guilty of failing to provide information to the industry authority. The case against Usman Raees was heard in his absence at Braford Magistrates Court on November 1. The court fined him £660 and ordered him to pay £3,814 court costs plus a £66 victim surcharge within 28 days […]
Door supervisor worked at club despite suspension
A door supervisor, who worked at a nightclub despite having his licence suspended, has been fined more than £300 plus costs, a court heard. David Dankwa-Smith pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court on September 28 to working as an illegal door supervisor at a Bournemouth venue. He did this while his Security Industry Authority (SIA) […]
Emergency planning exercise to be held at Mosh Club in Leicester
On Tuesday 17 May, the Security Industry Authority (SIA) will be running a safety resilience exercise at the Mosh Club in St Nicholas Place, Leicester, with support from local emergency services. The initiative is a practical demonstration of the ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) Awareness and Security e-learning. The private security industry has an important role […]
Home Office seeks new SIA members
The Home Office has recently published an application request encouraging those with the relevant credentials to become Non-Executive Directors of the Security Industry Authority (SIA), the regulator of the UK’s private security industry. As a member of the authority you will work with the Chair and other authority members in setting the SIA’s strategic direction, […]
Exclusive Interview: Heather Baily QPM, Chair of the SIA
According to figures from its public statistical data set, the number of SIA licence holders in December 2021 was 391,706. Though this data has significantly fluctuated at various points throughout the course of the pandemic, September 2021 – as the SIA prepared to introduce new licence-linked qualifications in October – saw an unexpected surge of […]
SIA Chief Executive’s message to the private security industry for Christmas 2021
Michelle Russell, Chief Executive of the SIA, has made an official end of year statement: “As 2021 ends and much of the country slows down for a holiday break, it is a chance to reflect on the past year and some of its highlights, as well as consider the opportunities ahead for partnership and improvements […]