Last Updated on February 10, 2025

Basic security guard training Unit 1 Lesson (G)

Integrity is the most important quality a professional security guard can possess. It is an internal guideline that guides how you react positively to the outside world. A person who possesses integrity is respectful, reliable, honest, and principled.

Key Elements of Integrity

The most important elements of integrity as follows influence your daily duties and how you interact with others.

1. Respectful
2. Reliable
3. Honest
4. Principled

When are you respectful:

When you exercise the following four points on your duty. It brings positive responses and respect from co-workers, employers, and the general public.

1. Like yourself and treat yourself well: being respectful of yourself and your job influences how you carry yourself and how others perceive you.
2. Treat others as you would treat yourself: Show courtesy, kindness, and helpfulness to build positive relationships.
3. Understand the importance of following laws and orders: Adhere to official rules and regulations it demonstrates professional conduct.
4. Respect the property of others: Protecting and caring for the belongings of others is a key part of security work.

When are you Reliable:

A security guard holds one of the most trusted positions in any organization. You are responsible for protecting valuable property, VIPs, and sensitive information. To be seen as reliable, you should:

1. Perform your duties to the best of your ability: Always do your job to the highest standard.
2. Take control of situations and stay calm in emergencies: Responding appropriately under pressure builds trust and confidence.
3. Be punctual when arriving and leaving: Reliability includes respecting time commitments.
4. Share information with guards on other shifts: Good communication ensures continuous and consistent security coverage.

When you are honest:

Honesty is another crucial quality for a security guard. If you are honest, everyone believes in you and expects positive outcomes from your actions. You show honesty by:

1. Telling the truth: Always tell the truth because untrustiness undermines professional relationships.
2. Taking responsibility for your actions instead of blaming others: Be accountable for what you have done it is essential for personal and organizational integrity.
3. Keeping information to yourself when necessary: maintain confidential information rather than leakage.
4. Being sincere with others: When you interact genuinely fosters respect.

When you are principled?

If You are a principled person you have a moral of speaking about the right and wrong with either junior or senior position in an organization. These things show you are principled;

1. You believe in treating everyone fairly

1. You speak out if you see someone being treated unfairly.

Additionally, a professional security guard also has self-control and discipline. Some people may criticize you because of your uniform which represents authority.

If you are angry at that point the situation would go worse beyond the horizon. So, you should stay calm in an emergency that’s the reason the other people who are frightened turn to your guidance.

If you are disciplined.

1.  Show strong self-control, even when challenged

1. Remain calm under stress

2. Follow procedures with little or no supervision

3. You are well-organized a carry out your duties with care

4. Do not become involved in any gossip in your workplace

6. Enforce the rules and procedures at your site no matter who is involved

ACCEPTING FAVORS

“Accepting favor or a security courtesy” means a security guard obtains something from a third party free of charge.

Someone or businesses out of your company can offer you gifts, money, food, goods, or other property for partisan services.

Consequences of Accepting Favour

• Harms your decision-making ability:
  • Accepting anything from a third party will damage the security guard’s decision-making ability when it comes to the individual or business from whom they had received the gift or any other things.
• May compromise your impartiality and create bias:
  • This can make it very difficult for the security guard to act with impartiality without the favor of someone or bias.
• Damages public trust in the security industry:
  • Cause of that public trust and support toward the entire security industry can be affected in general.
• Reflects poorly on you, and your colleagues:
  • A wrong decision not only blames the particular security officer but also your fellow officer, your company, and the whole security industry in the eyes of the public.

Hence, stay away from these types of activities in your workplace which can cause the damaging reputation of the security industry as a whole.

Summary

A security guard demonstrates integrity by doing the following:

1. Obeying all work-site rules and regulations.
2. Respecting all laws (federal and provincial/state).
3. Being reliable, punctual, and professional at all times.
4. Carrying out all duties in a professional manner.
5. Completing assigned tasks on time.

Upholding these standards will help ensure you represent yourself, your employer, and the security profession with dignity and professionalism

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