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Summary of the DayDave Humphries, Director of Compliance, Intelligence and Communication welcomeddelegates to the SIA Conference: Commitment to Regulation. Dave stressed theimportance of industry input as we develop plans for the future of regulation for the privatesecurity industry.SIA Chair, Baroness Ruth Henig opened the conference with a speech to delegates. Ruthoutlined the achievements of the SIA so far – such as compliance and enforcement activityand excluding unfit individuals from the industry, and the success of the ApprovedContractor Scheme – and gave an overview of intentions for the future. The full speech isavailable on our website.Website link:• www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/conferenceFollowing Ruth’s speech Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone reinforced Ruth’scomments in a video message and said that the conference presented "a fantasticopportunity for you, the members of the private security industry, to come together todiscuss the challenges, and contribute to the shaping of, the future of, your industry”.An overview of plans for the transition was delivered by Hazel Russell, SIA Director ofTransition, in her presentation 'SIA Proposals for the Future'. She explained the keycomponents of future regulation: a new regulatory body outside government, the licensingof businesses, and a register of individuals who are fit and proper to work in the privatesecurity industry, underpinned by effective compliance and enforcement.Website link:• www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/conferenceStephen McCormick, SIA Director of Service Delivery, then spoke on 'Designing ServicesFit for the Future'. He said that with future regulation being developed to be businessfocussed and to achieve reduced burden and cost, there would need to be changes andimprovements to service delivery. He described current plans to continue to improve thelicensing and customer service, such as website improvements, a better bulk applicationprocess, and electronic contact and payment methods.Website link:• www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/conferenceJames Kelly, Chief Executive of the British Security Industry Association (BSIA) andChairman of the Security Regulation Alliance, introduced the Security Alliance’s new namethe Security Regulation Alliance to the conference. He talked about the history of theSecurity Regulation Alliance, the aims and objectives of the Alliance, the members andtheir strategic principles. James told delegates about the progress the Alliance has made todate and what it hopes to achieve in the future.Alastair Thomas, CCTV Policy Lead, Home Office, discussed surveillance camera systemsand the regulation affecting the surveillance camera systems. Alastair discussed the needfor regulation and what regulation is proposed for the future.Ian Thomas, Head of Security and Resilience at the London Organising Committee forOlympic Games (LOCOG), discussed security requirements for the Olympics andParalympics Games in London 2012. Ian spoke about the key elements of LOCOG'ssecurity strategy.Page 4 of 19
Paul Evans from KPMG, previously Director of Interventions at the Serious and OrganisedCrime Agency (SOCA), discussed organised crime. Paul talked about the diversity oforganised crime, from narcotics to mass marketing fraud initiatives. He also spoke abouttechniques that can be used to tackle organised crime, and how SOCA can share data withother government agencies.Website link:• www.soca.gov.ukBill Butler, Chief Executive of the SIA, closed the conference by thanking the day’sspeakers and drawing out the key messages.Bill highlighted that there was still general support for where the SIA is going but there wassome concern about how and why. Bill told delegates that now – from a position ofstrength, when regulation is working – is the time for regulation and the way the SIAregulates to move on. The risks the industry and the regulator face are significantly differentto those that the regulatory regime was introduced to address in 2001. There is terrorism,technology, there is greater importance for the industry to be reliable in a new environmentwhere the police are dependent on the standards of the industry, and there is a role interms of helping to tackle organised crime. Bill also reflected on Stephen McCormick’sassessment of the current system, the length of time it takes applicants to apply for alicence and the cost of posting the application forms (over £300,000 a year). The biggestchange, Bill told delegates, is that there will no longer be a renewal cycle for licences,which means the number of people who go through the application system will be halved.Bill told delegates that proposed changes are in the interest of the industry: they reducecosts and allow the regulator to focus on standards within the industry.Bill talked about the pace of change this time last year when it was thought that the SIAmight be abolished, and the SIA and the industry did not know what the future of regulationwas going to be. Bill told delegates that the pace of change needs to be measured and theindustry echoed that it must not be rushed. There is now a clear vision for the proposednew regulatory regime. Bill told the conference that although dependent on the legislativetimescale there are things that the SIA can and will seek to do in advance of formallegislation including the modernising of systems for licensing.Bill welcomed colleagues from the Scottish and Northern Ireland governments, who are akey part of the thinking and discussions to date, and encouraged delegates who workacross boundaries in the UK, in Scotland and in Northern Ireland to engage with thegovernments there to make sure their views are reflected in the decisions being made.Bill closed the conference by reflecting on the passion and interest in the industry to getregulation of the private security industry right. Bill encouraged delegates to keep talking tothe SIA and asked delegates to keep talking to their staff. Bill talked about the future ofregulation roadshows that are talking place across the UK. They are designed to keepindividual licence holders informed. He asked delegates to encourage their staff to attendone of these roadshows to allay any uncertainty amongst individuals working in theindustry.Page 5 of 19
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