An Assessment of the New York State Enhanced Security Guard Training Legislation and Its Efficacy on Security Officer Preparedness

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the results of a survey instrument administered to a random sample of New York City security officers in order to understand the relationship between job training and turnover and, in turn, the effect of high turnover on the preparedness and effectiveness of that population in performing its duties. Replicating a 2004 survey sponsored by the New York City Public Advocate Office, which exposed poor training and rampant turnover among security guards and resulted in the August 2005 New York State Enhanced Security Guard Training legislation, this thesis seeks to determine changes in and correlations among those phenomena by employing bivariate analysis, independent t-test, and Cronbach's Alpha methods. The data analysis reveals correlations between employment conditions-including training and advancement opportunities-and retention, and thus contributes to the discourse surrounding the role of private-sector and nonsworn personnel in the Homeland Security Enterprise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556576

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Scollan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Counterterrorism
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • First Responders
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Science
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Security Personnel
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • Terrorism
  • United States

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.