Dorset security boss fined while working without licen

[WtD_Oracle]

From the SIA

A former Dorset security director yesterday [22 December] pleaded guilty to supplying unlicensed security operatives, and to not holding an SIA licence.

Andrew Mark Lee, 40, who ran Trade Secret Security, was given a 12-month conditional discharge for supplying unlicensed door staff.

He was also fined £1,000 plus a victim surcharge of £15 and ordered to pay costs of £500 for working without an SIA licence, during the hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court.

By law, anyone working as a door supervisor must have and display a valid SIA licence. This means they have passed an approved training qualification and undergone vetting such as criminal record and identity checks. Directors and managers must have at least a non-front line licence.

During routine checks by Dorset Police licensing officers in Bournemouth in May this
year, a door supervisor, who had been supplied to one venue by Lee, was found working with an expired SIA licence. The door supervisor later received a police caution.

Lee, of Holly Close, Ferndown, was found working as a door supervisor without an SIA licence at Hero’s bar in Christchurch Road. Lee was arrested at the scene and later admitted to police that he had never held a licence.

Rachel White, an SIA Head of Investigation, said:

“Lee admitted that he had never held an SIA licence – demonstrating little regard
for the law or for the public’s safety.

“This case demonstrates the police and SIA commitment to ensuring door staff are
working legally, and have shown that they are fit and proper persons to act in security
roles by undergoing training and vetting in obtaining the SIA licence.”

PC Dave Fish, of Dorset Police’s Licensing Team, said:

“This is an excellent result and is the first conviction of its kind in Dorset. While the majority of door supervisors working in Bournemouth are licensed, we hope that this conviction will send out a strong message to the very small minority who don’t have a licence.

“We take the safety of pub and club-goers very seriously and will continue to work with the Security Industry Authority and local Safer Neighbourhood Teams to carry out regular checks on door supervisors.”

[Theclickersarefkd]

What an idiot. Without the ability to diffuse all conflict using hand gestures and the offer of a win/win situation based on calling a taxi for the more violent members of society, and knowledge of when children can and cant enter a pub, the emotional and physical risk he has exposed the public to by avoiding SIA training is just diabolical. I bet the pratt just thought his first aid, fire prevention, and drugs awareness training delivered back in the day by his local council would be more use, what a naieve fool.