How do negative feelings by existing in house security management effect the survey project?
A. These initial misconceptions don’t really have any effect on our work since they are usually dispelled at the commencement. Usually a few minutes spent with a professional security manager convinces him or her that the purpose of the survey is to view the facility and the security procedures objectively without the restraints of office politics they must work under. Our ability to “tell it like it is” without worrying about stepping on the toes of people who may be in a position to grant or refuse promotions or pay increases to security managers is something these folks envy. It is not unusual for our surveys to result in upgrading that was previously recommended by security management, but rejected. This is sometimes because we are often able to show the need for a device or procedure, or project a return on investment. In other cases it is, regrettably, because some executives have more confidence in an outside consultant than in their own security managers. The knowledge of the d
