This page  is under reconstruction due to staffing and operational changes  following  our  provision of services to alarm installers who were previously served by IBWEST.

On leaving the Police Service our Operations Director felt that he was to young to 'retire' and so worked in the private sector as a security and incident management consultant and trainer.

Commercial and legal developments led to our Principal becoming licenced by the Security Industry Authority with multiple 'front line' licences.

During training for these licences, shortcomings in the trainers, trainees and training became very apparent.  Echelon CIC policy is that an SIA licence is the minimum for employment by the company but  does not qualify individuals for deployment by the company without further preparation. 

The shortcomings identified in SIA Licence training mean that, without  additional preparation of staff, employers do not get a quality service.

Echelon also identified shortcomings in the management of deployed security officers. Operations involving other security providers have revealed a lack of leadership, welfare and basic organisation which is totally unacceptable to us. Having identified this, we will now provide a support package for Security Officers and Security Organisations that lack the 'in house' capability.