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07/09/2008 |
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A very unusual visitor in
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This weekend, Liverpool got
invaded by a gigantic 50
foot mechanical spider
called La Princesse.
The spider was part of a
piece of exceptional street
theatre, marking Liverpool's
status of European Capital
of Culture this year.
Thousands of people came
out to look at the spider
which made its first
appearance in a building
due for demolition.
Controlled by a team of
scientists and accompanied
by 26 musicians, La
Princesse finally took
refuge in the Birkenhead
tunnel to disappear
forever.
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The whole event took more
than a year to prepare and
was all about team work.
From a small team of
producers and directors to
the technical team building
the spider, to the people
dealing with accomodation
and hosting the event.
Even some of our guards were
involved in the
preperations! Weeks
before the event was due, La
Princesse was secretly
brought into the country
from France, her place of
origin. Our Liverpool
guards were guarding her
closely while she was being
assembled. The unusual
piece of work was given to
us by Unusual Services, the
technical brain behind the
event.
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29.08.2008: Video evidence
helps abused taxi driver.
Sometimes even we can help
outside our normal working
duties. This was the
case when our security
officer Paul McPherson was
able to provide CCTV
evidence which showed a
racially motivated attack on
a taxi driver. The
incident happened outside
the multistory car park on
Princes Dock where the taxi
driver was both verbally and
physically abused by his
passengers. The couple have been
taken to court, where they
admitted to charges.
Our team at the car park are
vigilant at all times and
their accurate monitoring
and correct usage of the
CCTV equipment has brought a
swift conclusion to an
unpleasant incident. |
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07.07.2008: Rewards for
delivering outstanding work.
Security officer,
Norman Bates, received
a well deserved reward from
the Port of Liverpool Police
for delivering a superb job. Coming back from his
break at Cargill's RSCT one
day in July, Norman spotted
two intruders running across
the rails. He didn't
hesitate and after alerting
his colleagues began to
closely track the men.
"I was the one who
spotted them, but more
people were involved with
following them"
explained Norman.
"Tracy Brooks informed the
Port of Liverpool Police
from our cabin and both dog
handler Gill Newman and bus
driver Mark provided back
up" Due to his
quick and efficient
reactions, the Port of
Liverpool Police managed to
catch the stowaways.
Had they managed to get onto
a ship it could have cost
the shipping company a find
of around £30,000 for each
person. |
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06.07.2008: Dog Handler
saves day.
Last week another one of
our dog handlers came up
trumps! Matthew
Foulkes spotted movement
amongst containers on the
Docks, close to ACL.
After informing the Port of
Liverpool Police he
then carried out a thorough
search of the area and
discovered two stowaways
hidden in the drums and
another hiding amongst the
containers. As above,
had these stowaways managed
to get onto the ACL vessel,
our client might have been
heavily fined.
Both Norman Bates and
Matthew Foulkes received
rewards for their vigilence
and a special thank you from
us! |
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20.06.2008 : On a roll with
Roll Call :
The 18th June was a
memorable day for our
company. That day we
wnet live with the new
software system Roll Call.
Since then all our security
officers make their check
calls directly into Roll
Call, with their own
personal number and site
specific number. From
these calls we run the
monthly pay roll, invoices
and management reports.
Roll Call is a unique
system, developed and tailor
made in partnership with
Sefton Security in
Liverpool. It brings
together all aspects of our
business. From the
rostering, check calls, site
details to detailed client
and employee information.
Because the system brigs all
aspects together it was of
the utmost importance the
transition on the 18th June
would go smoothly - and it
did! We only
experienced a few minor set
up problems, which by now
have been dealt with.
Slowly everyone working with
the system is getting used
to it and learning more of
the endless possibilities
with this state of the art
system. |
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10.06.2008 : Partnership NSS
& Pertemps creates new jobs
: A new
business partnership between
our company and employment
experts, Pertemps, has
resulted in jobs for six
local people with our
company. Alan Allman,
Christopher Corkhill,
William Naismith, Mark
Fenna, Beverley Jones and
John Hogan were recruited
after successfully
completing the SIA Level 2
Training Program run by
Carlisle Training.
They are now based at the
Port of Liverpool and
undertake various aspects of
security work such as gate
house security, traffic flow
management and static
security. The
supervisors are very
satisfied with their new
staff. Currently
another 15 people are being
interviewed to assess their
suitability - because both
parties agreed that a
successful partnership like
this should be continued.
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