| As the demand for rent-a-cops and armed guards | | | | that federal and state regulations are not far behind. |
| rises, the armed personal security industry booms. Only | | | | National labor statistics experts claim that this industry |
| 50 years ago, were gated communities in the United | | | | will be the largest employer in the next decade. |
| States (and most of them in Beverly Hills), but | | | | The public voices certain concerns: that this mostly |
| nowadays, they're more prevalent than ever. | | | | unregulated private sector does a poor job of training, |
| Some people with money demand security for their | | | | paying, and screening these uniformed and armed |
| family 24/7. Rather than keeping a weapon in their | | | | guards. |
| home for armed personal security, which might end up | | | | While most security guards cannot use force or make |
| being misused, they live in a gated community that | | | | arrests, people usually stop their criminal behavior upon |
| provide armed personal security guards. | | | | the sight of them. As such, observing, reporting, and |
| Big Money | | | | attempting to stop crime can suffice as the guards' |
| The world's third fastest growing sector, the armed | | | | authorized activities. |
| personal security industry was triggered by public | | | | Briefly stated, the industry started out with barons |
| outcry on violent crime. In fact, the industry is | | | | trying to wipe out unions using guards provided by the |
| measured in the trillions of dollars. | | | | nation's oldest security firm, Pinkerton. |
| In fact, there are more than 20,000 armed personal | | | | The firepower used to strike workers at Carnegie's |
| security companies located around the world. | | | | Homestead steel plant in 1892 was provided by |
| Regulation | | | | Pinkerton. |
| With an industry rapidly expanding, you can be sure | | | | |