A 4 page paper. The security guard industry is one that is highly fragmented with more than 10,000 companies. This essay provides a SWOT analysis of one company, Command Security Corporation. The analysis attests to the company's adaptability, strong fiscal position and the challenges it has faced as well as trends in the industry. Statistical data included.
Name of Research Paper File: MM12_PGCSCsec.rtf
Unformatted Sample Text from the Research Paper:
access information on insurance, bonding, number of vehicles or other equipment. We even went over the number of pages requested in order to incorporate a more comprehensive SWOT.) Command Security
Corporation (CSC), with headquarters in LaGrangeville, New York, employs more than 2,900 security guards who protect retail, government, financial, industrial and commercial clients in both the United States and Canada
(Taylor, 2004; Wall Street Research, 2004). The specific tasks guards perform include in-house security, surveillance, access control and crowd control (Taylor, 2004). Command provides guards who may be uniformed or
in plain clothes, who may or may not be armed, who patrol in marked radio cars or who may stand duty on the premises, depending on the needs of the
client (Command Security Corporation, About, 2002). Guards might also monitor video monitors (Command Security Corporation, About, 2002). Guards maintain contact with supervisors and/or with headquarters by hand-held radios and/or car
radios (Command Security Corporation, About, 2002). Guards also respond to emergency situations and then, report to the appropriate authority, such as natural disasters, fires, accidents at work, medical crises and
strikes (Command Security Corporation, About, 2002). Specialized vehicle patrol and inspection services are also provides as well as personal protection for high profile persons, such as high-ranking executives (Command Security
Corporation, About, 2002). Prior to September 11, 2001, CSC provided pre-board screening services for numerous airlines but this function has since been taken over by federal government agencies (Taylor, 2004).
Nonetheless, the company still provides specific uniformed guard services for airport clients (Taylor, 2004). Reliance Security Group, which is a security management company in the United Kingdom owns more than
half the company (Taylor, 2004). To provide the most comprehensive analysis of this company in the least space, a SWOT (internal Strengths and Weaknesses, external Opportunities and Threats) analysis is