Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Guarding America : Security Guards and U. S. Critical Infrastructure Protection November 12, 2004

By Parfomak, Paul W.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Guarding America : Security Guards and U. S. Critical Infrastructure Protection November 12, 2004
Author:	Parfomak, Paul W.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Summary: The Bush Administration’s 2003 National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets indicates that security guards are “an important source of protection for critical facilities.” In 2003, approximately one million security guards (including airport screeners) were employed in the United States. Of these guards, analysis indicates that up to 5% protected what have been defined as “critical” infrastructure and assets.

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Issues Facing Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 What is “Critical Infrastructure”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Security Guards and Critical Infrastructure Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Security Guard Police Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Critical Infrastructure Protection Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Guards Deployed at Critical Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Critical Infrastructure Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Contract Guard Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 U.S. Security Guard Employment Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Total U.S. Guard Employment Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Airport Screener Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Nuclear Plant Guard Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Guard Trends in Other Critical Sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Policy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Guard Staffing Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Pay for Critical Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Guard Salaries and Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Higher Pay for Critical Infrastructure Guards? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Background Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Criminal Backgrounds and Terrorism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Background Check Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Counter-Terrorism Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 U.S. and European Guard Training Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Counter-terrorism Curricula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 DHS Guard Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Training Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Counter-Terror Training for Critical Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 DHS Grants for Guard Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Government Oversight of Staff Guards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Other Security Guard Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Contract vs. Staff Guard Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Civilian Guards at Military Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Nuclear Plant Guard Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Foreign-Owned Guard Contractors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Counter-terrorism Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Appendix 1: California Mandatory Security Guard Training Materials — Terrorism Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .