What do you think?
Rate this book
The Essential Security Guide Book
The Essential Security Guide book covers all aspects of security from Personal to Large Business. The only exception is National Security. Written by a Security Expert with 10 years in the Industry the book will help Security Officers, Security Consultants, Security Contractors, individuals with security questions, and more.
Designed to be both comprehensive and understandable The Essential Security Guide Book is a must have for anyone performing security operations or considering a security need!
Note the
I was very honored when Michael asked me to review this manuscript. I have spent 6 years as an LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) and currently work as a Flex Officer with one of the largest Security Firms in the World. I am on call 24/7, 365, and go from site to site when positions need to be filled. I recently obtained my Level III Certification allowing me to carry a weapon on Duty. I have also worked in the Oil and Gas Industry for 25 years, observing the Security measures these companies have to take for the US Government and Countries for which they ship.
Michael touches on every single point possible that anyone needs to know in the Security Industry. Whether you’re an ole pro or a newbie, or wanting to start a Security Firm yourself, this is the book you need to read. His point of views are firsthand knowledge and he makes great points in regards to how we can improve the image of the Modern Day Security Firm and Officer. Does anyone really feel they have a need for Security? Unless your wealthy and can afford a Body Guard, or you’re a large Corporation and your budget allows it, or it’s required in the Industry you are in, Security is a luxury. However, Security is one of the most important areas of Society we can have. Especially since 911. Michael explains what is needed to improve the image of the Security Industry in this day and age. His passion for Security is evident in this book. He offers practical implementations in order to reduce costs, improve your Officer’s day to day life while at work, and give practical life examples that he has lived. He provides ways Security Firms can implement a better method of training – especially on the job training. Without on the job training, you are not only putting your company in harm’s way – not to mention in a huge bind legally should something happen – but your client as well. He offers a simple explanation on reducing costs – which would allow your company to pay their officers better – to reward them when they have done right and even ways of discipline when something goes wrong. Michael offers ways you can secure your Home, your business (whether small or large) as well as your Personal Safety. He explains in detail what steps to take when contracting Security as well as the Fundamentals of Security. There is nothing that he has missed, even down to the smallest of details in regards to a Security Officer’s Uniform!
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have. I hope you learn ways you can help your Company improve in today’s world. I hope that you take this book and require it as reading material for every employee. I feel, with the steps written in this book, the gap between the way the Law Enforcement Community looks on the Security Industry will improve drastically. It has too. We can no longer afford to have a lackadaisical attitude when it comes to our Security and the need for it. Teaching your Employees the basics written within this book will not only help them become better Officer’s, but it just might make them look at what they’re doing as a Career, in lieu of just a Job.
Enjoy!
-Alberta Brett
Designed to be both comprehensive and understandable The Essential Security Guide Book is a must have for anyone performing security operations or considering a security need!
Note the
I was very honored when Michael asked me to review this manuscript. I have spent 6 years as an LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) and currently work as a Flex Officer with one of the largest Security Firms in the World. I am on call 24/7, 365, and go from site to site when positions need to be filled. I recently obtained my Level III Certification allowing me to carry a weapon on Duty. I have also worked in the Oil and Gas Industry for 25 years, observing the Security measures these companies have to take for the US Government and Countries for which they ship.
Michael touches on every single point possible that anyone needs to know in the Security Industry. Whether you’re an ole pro or a newbie, or wanting to start a Security Firm yourself, this is the book you need to read. His point of views are firsthand knowledge and he makes great points in regards to how we can improve the image of the Modern Day Security Firm and Officer. Does anyone really feel they have a need for Security? Unless your wealthy and can afford a Body Guard, or you’re a large Corporation and your budget allows it, or it’s required in the Industry you are in, Security is a luxury. However, Security is one of the most important areas of Society we can have. Especially since 911. Michael explains what is needed to improve the image of the Security Industry in this day and age. His passion for Security is evident in this book. He offers practical implementations in order to reduce costs, improve your Officer’s day to day life while at work, and give practical life examples that he has lived. He provides ways Security Firms can implement a better method of training – especially on the job training. Without on the job training, you are not only putting your company in harm’s way – not to mention in a huge bind legally should something happen – but your client as well. He offers a simple explanation on reducing costs – which would allow your company to pay their officers better – to reward them when they have done right and even ways of discipline when something goes wrong. Michael offers ways you can secure your Home, your business (whether small or large) as well as your Personal Safety. He explains in detail what steps to take when contracting Security as well as the Fundamentals of Security. There is nothing that he has missed, even down to the smallest of details in regards to a Security Officer’s Uniform!
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I have. I hope you learn ways you can help your Company improve in today’s world. I hope that you take this book and require it as reading material for every employee. I feel, with the steps written in this book, the gap between the way the Law Enforcement Community looks on the Security Industry will improve drastically. It has too. We can no longer afford to have a lackadaisical attitude when it comes to our Security and the need for it. Teaching your Employees the basics written within this book will not only help them become better Officer’s, but it just might make them look at what they’re doing as a Career, in lieu of just a Job.
Enjoy!
-Alberta Brett
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2016
6 people are currently reading
4 people want to read
About the author
Michael Harrington
115 books75 followersEdward Michael Harrington was an American democratic socialist, writer, political activist, professor of political science, and radio commentator.
Early life
Harrington was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University High School, College of the Holy Cross, University of Chicago (MA in English Literature), and Yale Law School. As a young man, he was interested in both leftwing politics and Catholicism. Fittingly, he joined Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement, a pacifist group that advocated a radical interpretation of the Gospel. Above all else, Harrington was an intellectual. He loved arguing about culture and politics, preferably over beer, and his Jesuit education made him a fine debater and rhetorician. Harrington was an editor of The Catholic Worker from 1951 to 1953. However, Harrington became disillusioned with religion and, although he would always retain a certain affection for Catholic culture, he ultimately became an atheist.
Becoming a socialist
This estrangement from religion was accompanied by a growing interest in Marxism and a drift toward secular socialism. After leaving The Catholic Worker Harrington became a member of the Independent Socialist League, a small organization associated with the former Trotskyist leader Max Shachtman. Harrington and Shachtman believed that socialism, the promise of a just and fully democratic society, could not be realized under authoritarian Communism and they were both fiercely critical of the "bureaucratic collectivist" states in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
Harrington became a member of Norman Thomas's Socialist Party when the SP agreed to absorb Shachtman's organization. Harrington backed the Shachtmanite realignment strategy of working within the Democratic Party rather than running candidates on a Socialist ticket.
Socialist leader
During this period Harrington wrote The Other America: Poverty in the United States, a book that had an impact on the Kennedy administration, and on Lyndon B. Johnson's subsequent War on Poverty. Harrington became a widely read intellectual and political writer. He would frequently debate noted conservatives but would also clash with the younger radicals in the New Left movements. He was present at the 1962 SDS conference that led to the creation of the Port Huron Statement, where he argued that the final draft was insufficiently anti-Communist. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. referred to Harrington as the "only responsible radical" in America, a somewhat dubious distinction among those on the political left. His high profile landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
By early 1970s Shachtman's anti-Communism had become a hawkish Cold War liberalism. Shachtman and the governing faction of the Socialist Party effectively supported the Vietnam War and changed the organization's name to Social Democrats, USA. In protest Harrington led a number of Norman Thomas-era Socialists, younger activists and ex-Shachtmanites into the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. A smaller faction associated with peace activist David McReynolds formed the Socialist Party USA.
In the early 1980s The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee merged with the New American Movement, an organization of New Left veterans, forming Democratic Socialists of America. This organization remains the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, which includes socialist parties as diverse as the Swedish and German Social Democrats, Nicaragua's FSLN, and the British Labour Party.
Academician and public intellectual
Harrington was appointed a professor of political science at Queens College in 1972 and was designated a distinguished professor in 1988. During the 1980s he contributed commentaries to National Public Radio. Harrington died in 1989 of cancer. He was the most well-known socialist in the United States during his lifetime.
Early life
Harrington was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended St. Louis University High School, College of the Holy Cross, University of Chicago (MA in English Literature), and Yale Law School. As a young man, he was interested in both leftwing politics and Catholicism. Fittingly, he joined Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement, a pacifist group that advocated a radical interpretation of the Gospel. Above all else, Harrington was an intellectual. He loved arguing about culture and politics, preferably over beer, and his Jesuit education made him a fine debater and rhetorician. Harrington was an editor of The Catholic Worker from 1951 to 1953. However, Harrington became disillusioned with religion and, although he would always retain a certain affection for Catholic culture, he ultimately became an atheist.
Becoming a socialist
This estrangement from religion was accompanied by a growing interest in Marxism and a drift toward secular socialism. After leaving The Catholic Worker Harrington became a member of the Independent Socialist League, a small organization associated with the former Trotskyist leader Max Shachtman. Harrington and Shachtman believed that socialism, the promise of a just and fully democratic society, could not be realized under authoritarian Communism and they were both fiercely critical of the "bureaucratic collectivist" states in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
Harrington became a member of Norman Thomas's Socialist Party when the SP agreed to absorb Shachtman's organization. Harrington backed the Shachtmanite realignment strategy of working within the Democratic Party rather than running candidates on a Socialist ticket.
Socialist leader
During this period Harrington wrote The Other America: Poverty in the United States, a book that had an impact on the Kennedy administration, and on Lyndon B. Johnson's subsequent War on Poverty. Harrington became a widely read intellectual and political writer. He would frequently debate noted conservatives but would also clash with the younger radicals in the New Left movements. He was present at the 1962 SDS conference that led to the creation of the Port Huron Statement, where he argued that the final draft was insufficiently anti-Communist. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. referred to Harrington as the "only responsible radical" in America, a somewhat dubious distinction among those on the political left. His high profile landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents.
By early 1970s Shachtman's anti-Communism had become a hawkish Cold War liberalism. Shachtman and the governing faction of the Socialist Party effectively supported the Vietnam War and changed the organization's name to Social Democrats, USA. In protest Harrington led a number of Norman Thomas-era Socialists, younger activists and ex-Shachtmanites into the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee. A smaller faction associated with peace activist David McReynolds formed the Socialist Party USA.
In the early 1980s The Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee merged with the New American Movement, an organization of New Left veterans, forming Democratic Socialists of America. This organization remains the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International, which includes socialist parties as diverse as the Swedish and German Social Democrats, Nicaragua's FSLN, and the British Labour Party.
Academician and public intellectual
Harrington was appointed a professor of political science at Queens College in 1972 and was designated a distinguished professor in 1988. During the 1980s he contributed commentaries to National Public Radio. Harrington died in 1989 of cancer. He was the most well-known socialist in the United States during his lifetime.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
May 18, 2020
What Gem
This small book is filled with excellent information. It's one that you will pull out to reference when needed. As a former Peace officer I wish I had this resource years ago.
This small book is filled with excellent information. It's one that you will pull out to reference when needed. As a former Peace officer I wish I had this resource years ago.
January 17, 2021
Good information for both current & new security officers
The author touches on all aspects of what security officers both current and those seeking to become a security officer may be subject to while employed at a client site. A good read to better your knowledge in Security.
The author touches on all aspects of what security officers both current and those seeking to become a security officer may be subject to while employed at a client site. A good read to better your knowledge in Security.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews