Though still a minority, both of these agencies do employ women along with men. Both of these jobs use uniforms to show people who they are, deter crime, and show their authority. Both private security and public policing perform duties that uphold the law and keep the community and organizations crime-free. The leadership roles of both of the private and public sectors are fairly similar. They both have a paramilitary ranking system. Within the public policing ranking system there are officers, detectives, and sergeants. Each rank reports to the highest position with their rank. The officers report to the highest ranking officer within the government agency. Within the private sector, the positions are similar to public with a sergeant, corporal, and senior patrol officer. The company owner would be the highest rank within the private sector. Public policing and private security both play important roles in the criminal justice system. Both roles deter crime with their presence. Both roles can make an arrest, investigate crimes, and prevent crimes. Public policing and private security help keep members of the community safe. Another similarity of public policing and private security is that both sectors need to have training. Depending on the duty, private security may not need as much training as public policing but both need training to perform …show more content…
The physical aspect of the security plan is building design, fences, locks, lighting, and alarm systems. Another aspect of physical security is security personnel. The physical aspect of the security plan may be the main focus on protecting and deterring crime. The personnel aspect of a security plan is protecting people within a company or organization and this comes from the presence of the security guard. Another aspect of personnel security is identification badges. Identification badges allow security officers to check the identity and the security clearance of individuals who come into the company. The information aspect of a comprehensive security plan has background checks. Another aspect of information security would be to put certain papers through a shredder and dispose important documents properly. One more aspect of information security would be to encrypt messages and codes. Encrypting files would provide security, so that no one would be able to access