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Introducing our newest

Special Interest Groups:

The Frontline Operators SIG

The Frontline Operators SIG is the latest special interest group to
launch from the Security Institute, with Rollo Davies MSyI and Karol
Doherty MSyI leading as Co-Chairs with John Sephton FSyI as the
sponsoring Director.
Rollo Davies has been in the security industry for over 30 years in one
form or another, since joining the Metropolitan Police in 1990. He is
the Managing Editor of The Professional Security Officer magazine, an
international online publication that has rapidly become one of the
biggest physical security focussed, publications in the world.

In 2020 he became the co-founder of the Guild of Security Industry
Professionals, a peer support network established to increase
standards at the coal face of the UK security industry, and finally
provide a voice for nearly 400,000 previously unrepresented workers.
In 2019 he was ranked world #2 for security industry “Thought
Leadership” by the IFSEC Global Organisation and was named winner Rollo Davies MSyI
of the Security Institute’s George Van Schalkwyk award for FLO SIG Co-Chair
outstanding contribution to the UK security Industry.

Speaking on the new SIG Rollo said:

‘I hope that the front line professional development SIG grows to
address issues including: The future and content of mandatory
training, The public image of the industry, Ways to engage front line
professionals, The professionalisation of the industry. Problems and
issues faced by front line operatives and more.....’

Karol Doherty currently works in the security industry as a security
specialist officer for a major retail brand on behalf of a man guarding
security company. He has worked on the front line of the security
sector for almost 19 years, in numerous different roles from security
officer to management level and everything in between. He has
worked in all sorts of environment from corporate offices to door
supervisor in clubs and events like Glastonbury Festival. Karol Doherty MSyI

Speaking on his hopes for the new Frontline Operators SIG Karol FLO SIG Co-Chair
said:

‘My goals for the SIG are to get the security officers on the frontline
more respect by promoting CPD for the frontline security officer,
then to promote the security industry to the security officer as a
career and not just a job as most security officers on the frontline
see it as.’

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