The Black Friday shopping weekend will look different in 2020. Pandemic restrictions will impede retailers who rely on increased customer flow at their brick-and-mortar stores after Thanksgiving, and the smaller crowds could create a false sense of security. Even if you anticipate smaller numbers this year, it’s important to keep security guards on the premises to enforce old and new safety parameters alike.
Halloween will be different in 2020. Less ringing of doorbells, more picking up candy bags in driveways. Fewer Halloween parties, more family get-togethers at home. Whatever way you choose to celebrate on October 31, it’s important to keep safety in mind, especially since Halloween 2020c falls on a Saturday, the same night we fall back from Daylight Saving Time. Korner Security offers tips to keep you and your loved ones safe while you have fun.
More so than ever before, schools require extra levels of security to keep their students and staff safe. Now, coronavirus has created additional risks and demands that complicate the established safety measures of educational environments. Rely on Korner Security guards to keep your facilities, grounds, and people secure.
Under normal circumstances, you may not have security guards at your store, office, or establishment. In this time of COVID-19, the norm has changed. It is essential to establish a security presence to ensure that visitors, residents, employees, and guests are following posted guidelines, keep people and premises safe, and minimize your chances of liability.
There are some skills and requirements that are necessary to have on paper to qualify for the role of a Korner Security guard in Michigan. There are also characteristics needed that speak more to a person’s demeanor, abilities, and personality, to ensure that a security guard job is the right position for them.
Security guards have different responsibilities depending on their location, the hours of the day they’re working, and the activity happening around them. They may be keeping watch over a busy car dealership or a quiet office/apartment building. They may be monitoring a construction site or a funeral home. From hospitals to schools to estate security, the possible stations are many. What all security guard jobs have in common, though, is to maintain a safe environment for residents, employees, customers, and visitors at all costs.
Hospitals and medical centers have always been places that warrant around-the-clock security. In the time of COVID-19, there is an even greater need for a uniformed security guard presence to protect patients, visitors, medical staff, and employees from danger, both inside and outside facilities.
People are stuck at home because of COVID-19, and some have begun protesting to show their displeasure. Michigan is a hot spot for disgruntled citizens. Protestors have gathered at the state capitol, making it clear they are no longer tolerant of the measures that have closed non-essential businesses and urged residents to stay home. It’s only a matter of time before these highly charged gatherings become dangerous, frequent, and widespread – armed Korner Security guards are a necessity in such troubled times.
Many office buildings that are usually busy and heavily populated throughout the day have gone dark, or at least have gone very quiet with only a few people milling about. Everyone is following social distancing protocols, working from home, and getting used to a new normal. Thieves and vandals, however, are always on the lookout for opportunities to get what they want as easily as possible, even during coronavirus. It’s more important than ever to have security guards on duty in vacant buildings to avoid problems and keep your business safe.
Business parks are busy places that pull commercial buildings together or combine work-live-play communities. There is activity at all hours in the busiest mixed-use facilities because of varying work schedules and comings and goings of residents and visitors. Whether places are open around the clock or have normal business hours, they are always at risk. Having security guards on site 24/7 maintains order, develops a reputation of safety, and keeps workers, patrons, and inhabitants safe.