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Copiers Pose Huge Security Risk for Business

lborgens@deltaprotectiveservices.com (L. D. Borgens) — Sat, 22 May 2010 01:00:07 GMT

We recently became aware of a news item that has potential staggering implication for the safety & security of your business information including personnel & financial records; literally anything that has ever been run through your copier.

The risk comes from the hard drive that is an integral part of any digital copier. Typically, an image of each and every document that has been run through the machine may be stored on this hard drive. This includes documents that were copied, printed, faxed or scanned.

At the end of your lease when the machine leaves your possession these document images remain on the hard drive within the copier and are easily accessed by anyone with the correct software, available for free on the internet. This information is potentially damaging to your business and a boon for anyone involved in information theft. In cases of protected information like medical records & credit reports your business may be in violation of statues and subject to fines.

Delta Protective Services is taking the necessary steps to ensure that your information on our business machines is properly protected and will NEVER be released accidentally.

For more information about this subject please see the news segment which aired on

The Winter Olympics – Eight Years Later

lborgens@deltaprotectiveservices.com (L. D. Borgens) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:32:37 GMT

In February of 2002 I was hired to provide uniformed & plain clothed, armed & unarmed private security services during the 2002 Salt Lake City (SLC) Olympic Winter Games. While I was away for 30 days my wife, Kimberley, ran our California based private security & investigative business, Delta Protective Services.

I arrived in SLC on January 28th, about a week before the Olympics were to begin. This week prior to the beginning of the Olympics was spent receiving mandated State of Utah security and firearm training and performing advance work on our assigned jobsites. I also worked with our team to help determine the best way to organized and deploy our team of approximately 50 uniformed and plain clothed private security personnel.

The first assignment that I worked on was for the Utah Department of

Five Years Later – Our “One Year” Commitment Continues

lborgens@deltaprotectiveservices.com (L. D. Borgens) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:09:15 GMT

On February 1st, 2005 Delta Protective Services made the decision to “adopt” Weber Park at the corner of Park and Van Buren Streets, near downtown Stockton. Three times each night between the hours of 9pm and 5am uniformed officers employed by Delta Protective Services conduct vehicle patrols of the park property.

Although Delta Protective Services is not contracted by the City of Stockton to provide these patrols we voluntarily chose to adopt Weber Park after the murder of Louise DeBarrows at a North Stockton park in late 2004. At the time this murder occurred we felt strongly that Delta Protective Services should give back a measure of protection and safety to the residents of this community that has so richly blessed us over the years.

We are now celebrating the five year anniversary of the decision to adopt Weber Park. In looking through our records I found the following facts:

5475 – Individual patrols conducted at Weber Park
10,950 – Miles driven during patrols of Weber Park
312 – Gallons of fuel used during these vehicle patrols
1,368.75 – Hours of payroll allocated for patrols of Weber Park
$17,964.84 – Dollars of payroll allocated for these patrols

During patrols of Weber Park our officers have seldom witnessed

Licensing Requirements for Private Security

lborgens@deltaprotectiveservices.com (L. D. Borgens) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:43:26 GMT

This is not likely a topic you think about often but these easy-to-follow tips can save you from headaches, financial loss and liability if you hire private security, work as a security officer or executive protection agent or are interested in working in the California security industry.

Following these guidelines and checklist will ensure that you never run afoul of BSIS or Consumer Affairs.

California State Licensing Requirements:

The State of California requires that any person or company that provides private security, loss prevention, executive protection, private investigations or security officer training services must be licensed by the State. These licensing requirements are among the most stringent in the nation with significant penalties for anyone found to be in violation.

To find a list of companies and individuals that have been found operating outside of State requirements see the BSIS Enforcement Actions website.

Licensing Requirements for Security Companies:

Private patrol companies employ uniformed and plainclothes security officers, loss prevention personnel and executive protection agents and dispatch them to protect persons or property or to prevent theft.

Any person or company providing security, protective or loss prevention services must be licensed by the State. This license is called a Private