Hiring Off duty & Retired law enforcement officers:

Managing this process, is harder than it looks

IGC Protection specializes in the use of Active OFF DUTY and RETIRED law enforcement officers to provide security and traffic control. Our OFF DUTY and RETIRED officers are the highest levels of private security available. We have a large database of officers to place 24 hours a day when your need calls for an OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER. IGC Protection will place an officer with the temperament and experience to effectively work in your location or a construction zone. We try and match each officer’s experience and personality with your unique protection needs of the situation they will be placed in.

Why hire a OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER?

You’re considering hiring some type of security personnel for your business. Have you asked yourself, “who should I hire?  Security vs. Off-Duty”?  Depending on the type of security needed, you can hire either a security guard (i.e., a person unaffiliated with law enforcement that is experienced in unarmed/armed security matters) or an off-duty or retired police officer.

IGC Protection provides only active sworn and certified retired law enforcement officers with the temperament and experience to effectively work at location. We try and match an officer’s experience and personality to the unique protection needs of the situation they will be working in. Our officers arrive on time in a clean professional law enforcement uniform, IGCP does not allow our officer to work in T-Shirts with POLICE or SHERIFF printed on shirt. REMEMBER…YOU are hiring a OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICER so they will look like a ON DUTY POLICE OFFICER!

Our OFF DUTY and RETIRED law enforcement personal are the highest level of private security available, far exceeding any security guard’s capabilities. Most officers have received well over 700 hours of academy training comparable to security officers 12 hours of training.    IGC Protection Inc. also offers highly trained armed and unarmed security officers.

Regardless of the particular situation, you’re hiring for, it’s critical to understand the individual’s qualifications and skill set. As a general rule, security guards can acquire a license with 4-12 hours of training. Because of the relative ease of acquiring a license, security guards can be a great option for a low-key event or a specific job. Security guards can specialize in offering security for special events (e.g. concerts) and low-risk patrols of shopping centers and residential areas.

On the other hand, police officers tend to have more extensive training backgrounds. On average, they spend 6-9 months in an academy, with 40+ hours of in-service training every year throughout their career. Maintaining a high skill level in all aspects of law enforcement is part and parcel of their job. Their extensive training makes off-duty and Retired officers particularly capable of handling high-pressure situations such as employee terminations, workplace threats, executive and dignitary protection scenarios,  or domestic violence situations to name a few.

In addition to having extensive training, police officers also have significant experience handling a myriad of types of critical situations. This combination of training and field experience can be comforting for a business owner. In particularly serious security scenarios, companies can employ off-duty and retired police officers that have been a part of hostage team or executive protection detail.