Senator Security is proud to receive their ‘Certificate of Achievement’ following their support of the sponsored walk to support the Demelza Hospice in 2011.

Demelza Hospice Care for Children provides respite care, short breaks, symptom control and end of life care for children and young people with life limited and life threatening conditions including those having treatment for cancer at their two hospices and a community team supporting children, young people and families in Kent, South East London and East Sussex.

Demelza Kent:
Rook Lane, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, Kent. ME9 8DZ

Demelza South East London:
5 Wensley Close, Eltham, London. SE9 5AB

Demelza Community:
Red Lion House, Magham Down, Hailsham, East Sussex. BN27 1PN

Demelza Hospice – Senator Security supports the Lewisham Shopping Centre and staff to raise a total of £40k for the hospice. Senator’s contribution was £500 and we sponsored the t-shirts for the sponsored walk – Sittingbourne to Eltham. Senator continues to have a commitment to supporting local causes and the communities within which we work. Andy Grice, operations Director, Senator Security, added, “We were happy to support the Demelza Hospice and congratulations to our team and all involved for raising a huge amount.”

Four members from Lewisham Shopping Security / Maintenance and Management team took part; Richard Huntley, Andrew Cook, Anthony Rose and Michael Moffat

Following a very successful Charity Golf Day recently, the team at Senator were delighted to present a cheque for £1000 to the Ty Hafan Hospice. Robbie Ryan, Senator Security Director, commented, “This was a very rewarding experience for us at Senator, we had great support for the Golf Day and I thank all those who fought the course, and the weather, for their contributions and involvement. We are delighted we were able to ‘do our bit’ to help with this donation.”

 From left to right: Robbie Ryan, Senator Sales Director; Alison May, Senator; Laura Barlow, Ty Hafan Business & Community Development Officer; Diane Stringer, Business & Community Coordinator and Sean McGranaghan, Managing Director of Senator Security Services

What is Tŷ Hafan?

A team of palliative care specialists with one aim: providing care and being there for your child and your family. Since 1999, Ty Hafan have helped over 400 families and want to help you too. With life-limited children and young people, care is often given over a number of years. Ty Hafan offer short break care to give families desperately needed time-out, which can include accommodation for any family member that wants to stay over. Ty Hafan provide relief and support outside the hospice, at home and in the community to ensure that each child has a comprehensive care programme. Ty Hafan are able to deliver an excellent standard of care through qualified and trained staff. These include children’s nurses, social workers and play workers. Ty Hafan are monitored by Health Inspectorate Wales under regulations set by legislation, through annual and unannounced inspections. The reports of which can be viewed at www.hiw.org.uk

Right now, you may simply want to focus on getting through each day, but when you’re ready to get in touch Ty Hafan will be there for you and your child, every step of the way and for as long as you need us. If you would like to know more about Tŷ Hafan and find out how we can help your family, please contact us on 029 2053 2200 or care@tyhafan.org

Senator Security constantly strive to improve the security services provided to our valued clients – we feel this is enhanced through consistent reviews, KPI meetings, close support and liaison from our management team and firmly believe that communication is key to a proactive and close working relationship. We are proud of our track record and recognise the efforts and performance of our staff & personnel – we can’t always get it exactly right all of the time but, through a collaborative relationship with the client we recognise and respond to change or service improvement; the following demonstrate that our clients feel the same…

“Today two of our visitors who came to site, one from AB the other a Contractor made a point of informing us how impressed they were with Mohan, how courteous and polite he was, that he explained the processes to follow whilst on site including the health and safety. I have fed this back to Mohan. Additionally this morning Mohan presented me with a report from yesterday afternoon raising concerns around a security check completed on a car – this is the first time this has happened, so well done again to Mohan. If this is now an indication of the improvement in service we are now receiving from yourselves and can look forward to in the future, please keep this up.”

“Andrew Amadi was monitoring the CCTV system at The Brunswick Shopping Centre when he noticed a vehicle entering the NCP car park connected to the Centre. The site had been previously informed by the local Police that the occupants of this vehicle had possibly previously involved in credit card fraud. He quickly contacted the local Police who attended site and arrested the vehicle occupants.”

Senator Security  |  Staff Commendations 2011

Duabo Denni-Fibresima
Lewisham
Saving life of baby who had stopped breathing

Louise Durkin
Lewisham
Keeping mother of above baby as calm as possible

Mohani Ghimire
Walthamstow
First impressions by visitors to site.

Andrew Amadi
Brunswick
Monitoring of cctv to inform Police of known credit card fraudsters using vehicle in car park

Senator is proud of the high standard of services and support delivered to it’s clients by the management and staff – from team leaders and supervisors through to the teams out there who, every day and night, are protecting people, property and assets. Manned guarding is now so much more than the traditional security guard duties… being vigilant, knowing your working environment, liaising within the local community and being constantly alert to suspicious circumstances or movements. Our personnel are always willing and eager to be a vital and valued part of the organisation and operations… the following report extract examples illustrate this better than we could describe and highlight how we consistently ‘go that extra mile’ for our clients:

25th Nov – David was very happy with the whole team who made themselves available to do extra hours and extra shift to make sure we had enough Security Officers for Brunswick Christmas Light Switch (Headline act Dionne Bromfield)

19th Jan – Andy Amadi remembered a City Of London Police CCTV request about a car that had be involved in card fraud (this was on the 17th) Andy checked the car registration and he had just seen it come into the NCP. He called the Police and quoted the Crime Ref number. The results had the police arrive on site and make an arrest and seize the car.

Security Manager - The Brunswick Shopping Centre, London

This comes as another cable theft resulted in rail journeys being delayed last Tuesday. The cut cables were found at Needham Market in Suffolk, just before MPs were expected to hear evidence on the severity of the issue. This latest incident resulted in up to two hours of delays between East Anglia and London on services operated by National Express East Anglia. Passengers were provided with bus replacement services as some train journeys were cancelled altogether. Routes in and of Liverpool Street station were affected the most. Network Rail said that they were still investigating the cause of the damage and aren’t able to say for certain if it was cable theft or not, but they weren’t ruling it out. Engineers were working on repairs, and services weren’t likely to be restored to normal until the afternoon, according to a spokeswoman. Police and rail chiefs later gave evidence to the House of Commons Transport Committee on how severe the cable theft issue has become. This follows several cable thefts hitting train services just this month. In the 2010-11 financial year, nearly 36,000 journeys have been affected, resulting in nearly 4 million passengers being affected by a total of 365,000 minutes of delays. The issue has directly cost Network Rail £43 million in the last three years. An Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) spokesman has said that cable theft is the cause of thousands of disruptive incidents each year. The thoughtless actions of criminals is leading to a substantial amount of delays and cancellations each week. The rail industry is working to tackle the opportunist thieves and organised gangs causing the problems. They need tighter regulations on how scrap metal is sold and stricter sentences for offenders in order to more effectively deal with the issue. Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union general secretary Bob Crow says that the profits of train operators are exposed again as taking priority over security and safety on the tracks. They are calling for more track inspections and patrols to halt the criminal assault on the rail network. Shadow Transport Minister John Woodcock says that the government is out of touch with rail commuters and passengers who are suffering from fare hikes due to Tory cuts in addition to longer delays on services because Tories aren’t taking any action against metal theft. Ministers need to take this problem seriously and address the root cause by making stolen metal much harder to sell. They should listen to calls by Labour for a stricter licensing regime on scrap metal dealers, more powers for police to investigate metal thefts, and a requirement that scrap metal sellers prove their identity.

Lives were put at risk when coastguards’ communications were cut off for a 36-hour period in the latest example of the disruption caused by a spate of metal thefts… but unfortunately these attacks aren’t rare – Lighting from over a mile-long stretch on the way into Leeds on the M1 motorway has been stolen and cable has even been stolen from Stansted airport recently. Electricity sub-stations, BT and road infrastructure are now being targeted by metal thieves in what is reported to cost the UK economy over £1 billion per year.

By John-Paul Rojas – Telegraph.co.uk

Volunteers manned the coastline along the Solent day and night with back-up radios to ensure calls were handled, after thieves cut off aerial signals by stealing cable. Meanwhile in an example of the damaging effect of the thefts, police and ambulances have had to send patrols out to villages whose landlines were cut by criminals. Stranded from 999 services, those needing emergency help were told to flag down the vehicles if they needed help. Gangs have also targeted the Airwave radio communications system used by emergency services across the country. Criminals are in addition believed to be stealing British Telecom vans so they can pose as legitimate telecoms workers and rip out cables overnight.

Luke Beeson, head of BT’s security, told the Times: “They are following existing BT operations, where we set up roadworks [during the day]. They would come in overnight and continue working under the cover of existing operations. “That’s why we know that [the problem] has moved into the serious organised crime arena, because it’s seen as a low risk and lucrative crime. “They are moving from holding up banks to nicking copper because the penalties are lower.” Mr Beeson said the phone outages were also causing “quite frequent” disruption to the 999 emergency system. Earlier this year, villagers in Wiltshire whose landlines were cut off were advised to flag down an emergency vehicle if they needed urgent help. The crime spree is also causing chaos on the rail network, with up to eight attacks every day, which have caused about 240,000 minutes of delays so far this year. Detective Sergeant Chris Hearn, of the British Transport Police metal task force, which is leading the response to the crisis, warned that lives were being put at risk. He told the Times: “The more of this sort of incident we get, then ultimately, it becomes a percentage game. They are obviously endangering lives.” Increasingly sophisticated gangs are turning to the internet for intelligence, using Google Maps and Google Earth to locate sources of metal. Some are even believed to be using the advance warning given to train passengers of engineering work to see where cable might be left. The Serious Organised Crime Agency has begun to investigate whether criminals are exporting stolen metal abroad, with soaring demand on the international market pushing up the price of copper and other commodities in recent months.

Thieves have also been targeting war memorials for their metal plaques. Police have been stepping up measures to tackle the problem. Last month officers in Lincolnshire threw a “ring of steel” around Horncastle after the market town was blighted by metal thieves targeting churches, village halls, nurseries, schools, and isolated homes and businesses.

wales over 45 football team

Over 45s Wales International game looked to be going Northern Ireland’s way in the early stages when Northern Ireland’s, former Luton Town player, Seamus Heath’s superb 40 yard free kick found the top corner of Martin Lloyd’s goal. The Wales team pushed full backs Nick Lukaris and Dave Murray on to take the game to the Irish, but had to wait until the second half before Llantrisant’s Pepe Mele came on as a substitute and immediately made his mark when he met a cross from the left to slide home the equalizer from close range. Wales were now pressing for the winner and were fortunate when another cross caused problems in the penalty area and under pressure from Pepe Mele a Northern Ireland defender bundled the ball past his own goalkeeper. Wales held on for their first win in 5 attempts against their talented opponents and hopefully will be travelling to Northern Ireland in March to meet again.

An increasing number of burglaries and break-ins are being detected and reported where thieves and vandals are breaking and entering vacant and void possession properties in order to then break or cut through adjoining walls; which sometimes can be little more than a breeze-block or stud partition, to gain entry to retail or residential properties. This activity can go unnoticed as the thieves prepare and often gives the perpetrators an ‘easy’ escape route that is undetected or protected. Senator Security has a cost effective security solution for the property owners and landlords – a key holding service with regular mobile patrols is a visible deterrent if the property is a likely target – in addition, Senator can provide technology, such as sensors and tremblers, that can alert our 24/7 national control room if there is trespass taking place which, in turn, triggers our Alarm Response service which again is delivered via a mobile or foot patrol security officer. This technology has value added benefits such as warning if there is a flood which could limit or avoid expensive repairs, neighbour disputes and insurance costs.

These types of criminal attacks where raiders break into vacant buildings that are unsecured is becoming a serious problem in cities around the UK – in London alone there are multiple attacks every week – in the last few days four raids have occurred using this entry technique – one being an off-license where the raiders targeted cigarettes, champagne and whiskey… and with Christmas and New Year approaching this is likely to increase with items targeted that can be sold on quickly. The raiders squeezed through a hole in the wall less than 16 inches across… and frighteningly the raiders returned three hours later to pick up the safe they had had to abandon on the first attempt!

Robbie Ryan, a Director of Senator Security, added, “Estate Agents should also be alerted to this trend in burglary led crime – vacant houses, flats, retail and commercial property are now targets for these criminals; using the vacant property as an undetected entry point. Even using a derelict part of an empty property to watch neighbours so as to ensure when deliveries are made or which days the ‘bank run’ is done. If a Landlord or Estate Agent would like to talk to one of our security specialists please get in touch; I’m sure we can help you to protect your people, property and assets.”

The staff and Directors of Senator Security, the Bridgend based Security company, are sponsoring the Senator Charity Golf Day on 5th October 2011 at the St Mary’s Hotel Golf & Country Club in Pencoed. Ty Hafan offers comfort, care and support for life-limited children and young people and is dedicated to improving the quality of life of their whole family. Robbie Ryan, Senator Security Director, added from their Bridgend office, “This is such a worthy cause and we are proud to be able to do our little bit to support Ty Hafan; our manned guarding and security business is growing here in South Wales and with that comes challenges and stresses but what these people do puts everything in perspective and it is really quite humbling. We have a good turn-out for the 5th and we hope it all goes well, we raise some money and that the weather is kind!”

The checks were carried out in September under Operation Amalgam – an initiative by the force and its partners to cut metal and cable thefts, working with the business community. The initiative saw numerous vehicles stopped on the A449 at Wombourne. The South Staffordshire Local Policing team worked together with environmental enforcement officers from South Staffordshire Council. Several drivers were fined or warned on a number of offences. Local Policing Team Commander,  Insp Pat Shannaghan, who co-ordinated the operation, said: “Operation Amalgam was launched over two years ago to specifically tackle the problem of metal theft and it is paying dividends. Metal theft is an international problem that can have significant repercussions on the local economy.”

Businesses are encouraged to follow these Operation Amalgam crime prevention tips:

* review the security of perimeter fencing and gates on a regular basis, checking for holes or weak spots that might allow access to your site.

* consider your existing security measures. Do Intruder Alarms, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and adequate lighting cover the site?

* review the position of skips and storage units. Where possible have secure skips and increase the security around them using cages or compounds.

* try and park company vehicles or business vehicles inside premises or in secure compounds overnight. If that is not possible consider how the vehicles are parked.

* make your metal as difficult to steal as possible.

* mark metal using products such as Smartwater, Red Web grease or Retaina Group for catalytic converters and use high visibility signage to deter thieves.

* remove Catalytic converters from long-term storage vehicles. Use signage to state that they are removed from the vehicles.

And in Manchester, police in Tameside have been targeting metal thieves in a force-wide day of action – again in September. The operation saw police officers visiting scrap yards across Tameside for stolen metals and perform roadside stop searches on vehicles suspected of transporting stolen metals. The day of action was part of Operation Alloy, a force-wide initiative to reduce metal thefts and bring offenders to justice and builds on the success of local operations to tackle this growing crime. Sergeant Lawrence Dixon from the Tameside Division of Greater Manchester Police said: “Metal theft is not a victimless crime, and although we have seen a 29 per cent reduction in metal theft in the past three months across the borough it is still something we are actively targeting. The day of action was a success and we will continue to act on the information we got today. Another initiative is already being planned for the near future. Two men were arrested, on suspicion of handling stolen metal at one of the yards, and a large quantity of scrap was seized during the day including copper and communications cable. Superintendent John Graves of Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Division said: “Theft of metal from utility companies, schools and transport services causes severe disruptions to vital services, and through Operation Alloy we will continue to track thieves down and make it much harder for scrap yards to accept stolen metals.”

And in Wales, Gwent officers working with colleagues from British Transport Police are doing a week of public engagement meetings around Gwent to raise awareness about metal thefts. Chief Inspector Glyn Fernquest who leads Operation Ignite, which is targeting the theft and sale of metals in Gwent, commented: “As well as the enforcement work our officers and colleagues from other agencies are doing it’s very important that we keep the public informed about the best ways of deterring metal thieves and keeping their property safe.Officers will also be encouraging residents to report suspicious activity in and around rail tracks, churches, industrial units, social clubs other building which are often targeted by the thieves by ringing 101. If we are provided with the information we can, and will take action. Gwent Police is working with Caerphilly County Borough Council to introduce a ‘NO ID-NO CASH’ scheme whereby scrap yards will only accept scrap from registered collectors with photo-identification.

Source: http://www.staffordshire.police.uk