WHY THE NEED FOR A SECURITY PROFESSIONAL?
Losses due to all causes continue to represent a pro blem of major proportions for business
and industry. To the extent that the services of security professionals can help in
eliminating, preventing, or reducing a company’s losses, they are needed. At a security
management seminar, Charles A. Sennewald once explained, ‘‘Crime prevention, the
very essence of a security professional’s existence, is another spoke in the wheel of total
loss control. It is the orderly and predictive identification, abatement, and response to
criminal opportunity. It is a managed process which fosters the elimination of the
emotional crisis response to criminal losses and promotes the timely identification of
exposures to crim