British Government to adopt PSC1
Courtesy FCO
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mark Simmonds (above), emphasised the government’s aim to raise the global standards of private security companies.
The Security in Complex Environments Group (SCEG) - a special interest group within ADS which works in partnership with the British government to improve standards across the private security industry - welcomes the announcement by the FCO that it is to publish ANSI/ASIS PSC1 as the applicable standard for UK based land private security companies working in complex environments overseas, and that the UK Accreditation Service will take steps to accredit Certification Bodies to enable them to audit PSCs against this standard. SCEG members have contributed to the development of this important standard and recommended it to the British government.
The standard gives full effect to the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Companies which they have signed, and they are keen to seek formal certification against that standard responding to the Government’s declared aim to have a single internationally agreed standard. PSC1 was recently submitted to the International Standards Organisation (ISO) to be considered for adoption as an international standard for private security companies working in complex environments.
