Security staff

Atticus Risk can provide security staff to fulfil all your requirements, whether it’s one person for a single event or a team for a longer period. Our aim is to “raise the bar” when it comes to providing security personnel. All our staff are correctly licensed by the SIA, trained and highly experienced and will be given site training and orientation before starting to work for you.

We recruit officers who are intelligent, extremely well-presented, whether in civilian clothes or uniform, and can communicate knowledgeably and, more important articulately with the client and their visitors. 

There may be times when you wish to have a less obvious security presence at your premises or event. This is no problem for Atticus Risk who can provide discreet, well-mannered, plain clothes personnel. Your guests may not even realise “security” is there yet you will have the reassurance knowing that your security and safety is being looked after.

 We pride ourselves on looking only at the security ability and potential of a member of staff and on ensuring that our culture of the unrelenting pursuit of excellence is part of their make-up.

Examples of our range of expertise

In the past year Atticus Risk personnel have provided security at:

·         A Unesco Listed World Heritage Site

·         A number of high profile equestrian sporting events and the attendant social functions

·         European tour by a well-known orchestra

·         A fine arts and antiques auction

·         Visit of a very high ranking US member of government to UK seminar

·         Private hospital site whilst a member of foreign royalty was undergoing treatment 

How we ensure the best possible service is provided

Staff

First of all, all our staff are vetted, trained and licensed to the UK Security Industry Authority standard. However, we take that basic requirement a stage further and ensure that our staff are intelligent and articulate. Where possible we select more mature individuals who have experience in police or military backgrounds and are aware of how to deal with the public in a non-confrontational way.

Knowledge

Our staff are also knowledgeable in the area of the event they are covering; for instance we have introduced a one-day training programme of horse and stable management for our personnel covering equestrian events. We also regularly monitor web-sites covering the world of arts and antiques. We also maintain close and regular liaison with police and other organisations and individuals dealing with rural affairs and countryside matters.

Preparation

Before any of our staff are deployed to your site or event, a member of the management team will visit the location and discuss requirements with you. This may include such matters as how visible you want security to be, how do you want certain incidents dealt with, your level of tolerance to “high spirits” or anti-social behaviour etc.

The manager will also carry out a threat/risk assessment of the site or event and outline a security plan for you to agree. There will also be a health and safety assessment carried out and for bigger and long-term tasks a set of assignment instructions will be drawn up for you to read and agree.

The assignment instructions or the plan will then form the basis of the site briefing given to all personnel before deployment.  

Uniform and your desired image

Atticus Risk will discuss with you and agree the type of image you wish your security staff to portray. For a dinner engagement, party or other entertainment held in-doors where the weather is not factor you may  wish to have very low profile security. In this case it may be that Atticus Risk staff wear black tie or lounge suit with our female operators wearing a suitable equivalent.

In other cases we can provide various uniform options from blazer, shirt and tie and slacks to a more robust outdoor form of dress consisting of weatherproof jacket, fleece, trousers and boots.

In all cases Atticus Risk conforms to staff welfare and Health and Safety requirements.