Provident Security’s Mike Jagger also expects at least a 10% increase in staff leading up to the Games. But unlike some other firms, Jagger is increasing staff and improving the company’s operating efficiency to mitigate the changes affecting the city during the Olympics instead of attracting Olympics-related business.
Mike Jagger, founder and president of Vancouver-based security firm Provident Security Corp., says such legislation will probably do little to deter criminals or solve the problem.
“You’re talking about a group of people who make their living importing and distributing illegal drugs and shoot at rival gang members with illegal guns,” he says. “I fail to see how regulating the sale of body armour does anything to impact that other than getting in the way of regular people.”
Provident Security owner Mike Jagger has become a popular guy to ask security-related questions on Twitter. About 10 times this year, inquisitive tweeters who asked for security advice eventually decided to hire Jagger’s company to protect their premises.
Licensed security guards can be had for $20 an hour, and a typical home electronic security system sold by ADT costs $7,000 to $15,000. But McKinney says ADT installed a $300,000 system for the CEO of an unidentified NFL football team a few years ago, and Provident Security of Vancouver, Canada, recently completed two residential camera systems in the $250,000 range, says company President Michael Jagger.