Much of what this article asserts, I can vouch for personally, as I was a guard for CPP/Pinkerton for about 5 years. The lack of training, background investigation, and the depressingly all too often subpar quality of my coworkers were all too apparent. This is exacerbated by the usually extremely low pay that line officers receive, which is no incentive for decent officers to remain...
the infowarrior
I have to agree with you on that. I used my Military security credentials to work in Private Security/ Executive protection when I first got out of the Navy back in 92. It always amazed me at the low caliber of some of the individuals employed in the field.