Serious manpower shortage in security industry

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"The Security industry faces a serious manpower shortage, a point that security agencies, buyers of security services and the industry regulator all agree. Normally, when something is in short supply, the price goes up. But the typical basic wages of security officers (@$700 to $800) have not gone up for years, even though allowances and built-in overtime (12-hour days, 6-day weeks) bring typical gross monthly pay to around $1800 to $2000. The result is high worker attrition and turnover, lack of motivation and incentive to invest in technology and systems improvement, and operational capabilities and standards that become harder and harder to maintain or raise. To escape this trap, security agencies, security workers, buyers of security services, the industry union and the regulator must join hands to achieve sustained improvement in skills, productivity, outcome-based tendering, career progression, image as well as wages. We can also learn from better practices elsewhere to transform the industry. Only by committing to doing things differently can one rationally expect to get to a different result. And getting to a different result is a must. - Heng Chee How.

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