Security Officer of the Month Awards

The October Security Officer of the Month was awarded to Helen Stewart who works at a large logistics facility in Aylesbury.  Helen has been a security officer for 20 years and has been with Risk for 7 of them.  Helen always provides excellent service and is well suited to her new supervisory role.  Helen received the award for her consistent high level of performance.  We are proud to have Helen as a member of the Risk Security team.

The November Security Officer of the Month was awarded to Luso De Silva one of our Area Support Officers (ASO).  As an ASO Luso works on a variety of sites and is often required to cover difficult assignments and those where specific duites are required.  He was nominated by the client as she did not see a difference in the first-rate service provided by her usual Guard and stated that "Luso was an excellent replacement for their regular officer".  Well done Luso.

The December Security Officer of the Month was awarded to Damabru Baral at Wycombe Hospital.  He was nominated following an incident on a ward where relatives of a patient were being abusive to nursing staff.  He was faced with 20 relatives causing a problem and issuing threats.  Dambaru used his training to defuse the situation through conversation and eliminated the risk of violence.  Danbaru is a credit to Risk and shows the importance of Conflict Management training.

The January Security Officer of the Month was awarded to Gary Barnes.  Gary took over an existing team at a pharmaceutical company  in Oxford and since then has implemented many new procedures and documentation to facilitate an efficient operation.  He has put training manuals in place and acts as an important link between us and our client.  During the snow earlier this year he was instrumental in obtaining a small digger from a neighbouring company and organised the removal of the snow on site ensuring that business continued as usual.  Following an audit the results came back as excellent and was said by the auditor to be the best he had ever conducted.  Outstanding work Gary.

The Silver Fox Award

The Silver Fox Award was given to Chris Mockett.  Whilst working late at a pharmaceutical company an alarm engineer came to the front door claiming there was a problem with the alarm and tried to gain access through the intercom.  Chris did not let him in even though he was persistent and advised him there was not a problem and to try next door which he did.  He came back 5 minutes later claiming to have tried next door but Chris still refused access to the building and confirmed there was no problem with the alarm.  At this point the auditor gave up and revealed his true identity.  Excellent work Chris.

Chairman's Award

Jordan Rodger who works in our 24hr Control Centre received the Chairman's Award for his excellent observation skills.  In the early hours of the morning Jordan spotted a small disturbance on a CCTV camera at a pharmaceutical premises in Buckinghamshire.  Manipulating the cameras around for a better look he revealed a robbery taking place.  Immediately he alerted the police and our staff and directed them to the incident where they were able to prevent the further items being removed from site. Well done Jordan for this excellent  work.   

Retirement

Having served 30 years in the Thames Valley Police and reaching the rank of Detective Chief Superintendant, Tony Miller joined Risk Management Security Services in August 1995.  Holding roles of Operations Director, Managing Director and for the last 18 months as a Consultant Tony has always brought a logical and pragmatic approach to company matters and any problems that required a swift resolution.  Tony is very much a people person and would often make it his business to meet management and security officers during the silent hours to ensure quality standards were maintained and more importantly so he knew what was going on.  We wish Tony all the very best in his retirement and know that his leisure activities will take up much of his time.