O papel do diretor de segurança na segurança privada em Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Marques, João Manuel Mendes
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20129
• topic: Segurança privada; Gestão de risco; Diretor de segurança; Private security; Risk management; Security director; Direito

The Portuguese private security legal framework created the regulated profession of Security Director, set forth the respective job description and its mandatory training. In order to better understand the evolution potential of this profession, it was searched what novelty it brings, what is it for and what are its advantages. Through bibliographic review, it was summarized the current knowledge state about this function. Data were collected from the immersion of this author in the academic and professional reality of Security Director, and from a survey questionnaire of a representative sample of those trained for it. It was concluded that: The role of Security Director brings greater ethics to the private security system, better legal compliance, better communication between Public Security Forces and private security; by requiring a minimum qualification and training in a higher education institution to access the profession, it is possible to provide an improved security service and also to develop this sector of activity; if this function is exercised with a holistic view, it allows a greater level of global safety and security (not just against intentionally caused risks). The following legislative and formative evolutions of the profession are envisaged: a more holistic view (safety and security); requirement of a higher academic degree and specific training in security, to access the profession.