Fifty-five private security agencies have been blacklisted for failing to get themselves registered with the Haryana police despite several extension of deadlines. The agencies include some of the reputed private agencies operating in Gurgaon.
Sources said the city police would make the list public and appeal to people not to engage these agencies for any work. The police have prepared the list of errant security agencies after conducting a 15-day survey in Gurgaon.
Police
commissioner S S Deswal said that those who had already applied would
get one month's time to complete all the formalities. "All those who
fail to meet the requirement and complete the registration will be out
of business in the district," he said.
According to the Haryana Private Security Agencies Rules, 2009, it's mandatory for all such entities to be registered with the state police to operate in Haryana. A government spokesperson said all security agencies operating in Gurgaon had been advised for almost two years to obtain licences from the police, but many security agencies in the city had not even applied for it.
"Several RWAs and companies have been complaining about inadequate services by several such agencies. There are instances where private security agency guards have been found indulging in acts of thefts, burglaries and even murders on the premises protected by such guards," said the spokesperson.
A senior police officer said these agencies were not complying with standards of training, education and verification of security guards. However, Kunwar Vikram Singh, the chairman of the Central Association of Private Security Industry, assured Deswal during a meeting that all those firms who had applied for licences would complete the process by this month-end.
Earlier, additional DGP (law & order) B S Sandhu had told TOI that it would be impossible for security agencies to work in Haryana if they failed to get the necessary licence within the given timeframe.
According to estimates, over 250 security agencies have deployed their guards in the NCR cities of Haryana. Only in Gurgaon, the number of private guards is 10 times more than that of police personnel. About 35,000 private security guards work in Gurgaon while the total deployment cops in the city is around 3,100.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-04/gurgaon/30242456_1_security-agencies-private-security-industry-number-of-private-guards
According to the Haryana Private Security Agencies Rules, 2009, it's mandatory for all such entities to be registered with the state police to operate in Haryana. A government spokesperson said all security agencies operating in Gurgaon had been advised for almost two years to obtain licences from the police, but many security agencies in the city had not even applied for it.
"Several RWAs and companies have been complaining about inadequate services by several such agencies. There are instances where private security agency guards have been found indulging in acts of thefts, burglaries and even murders on the premises protected by such guards," said the spokesperson.
A senior police officer said these agencies were not complying with standards of training, education and verification of security guards. However, Kunwar Vikram Singh, the chairman of the Central Association of Private Security Industry, assured Deswal during a meeting that all those firms who had applied for licences would complete the process by this month-end.
Earlier, additional DGP (law & order) B S Sandhu had told TOI that it would be impossible for security agencies to work in Haryana if they failed to get the necessary licence within the given timeframe.
According to estimates, over 250 security agencies have deployed their guards in the NCR cities of Haryana. Only in Gurgaon, the number of private guards is 10 times more than that of police personnel. About 35,000 private security guards work in Gurgaon while the total deployment cops in the city is around 3,100.
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-04/gurgaon/30242456_1_security-agencies-private-security-industry-number-of-private-guards
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