Watchdogs Ltd are pleased to announce they have been granted SAFEcontractor status as recognition for their high standard of Health and Safety at work.

For more information regarding the SAFEcontractor scheme, please visit http://www.safecontractor.com/

Watchdogs Ltd has recently achieve Approved Contractor Status.

Watchdogs Limited holds SIA approved contractor status for the provision of Security Guarding & Keyholding services in the UK.

The ACS Standard encompasses all aspects of a security provider’s operation. It takes a holistic view of how well an organisation is managed and an approved organisation must demonstrate to an independent assessor, on an annual basis, that it has met defined standards.

For more information, please visit the Approved Contractor Scheme website at http://www.the-sia.org.uk/roac

Watchdogs Ltd, the Northampton-based security firm is going from strength to strength providing clients with a specialist service in patrol & drug detection dogs.

With new legislation soon to be enforced by the SIA (Security Industry Authority), Watchdogs Ltd can boast a full compliance assuring its clients of a comprehensive and quality package.

Watchdogs Ltd provides nationally qualified security dogs and handlers to patrol and protect your premises 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

With cost always an issue, Watchdogs Ltd has recently established a new mobile patrol/response dog unit. This service enables clients to have their premises monitored throughout the closed period checking perimeters, gates, doors and windows, etc.

This package is very low cost yet provides the highest level of visual deterrent.

Philip McKenzie-Hingle, Managing Director, says: “This service has proved so popular we may have to purchase another new vehicle to cope with the increasing demand.”

Watchdogs Ltd is the only Northampton-based company to provide this fully trained mobile dog unit.

For more information contact Louise on (08707)500545.

Visit Watchdogs Ltd at the Counter Terror Expo 2010 on the 14th – 15th April 2010 at The National Hall, Olympia.

For more information please follow the link; http://www.counterterrorexpo.com/

Watchdogs Ltd gains approved contractor status for the SIA (Security Industry Authority).

The Objectives set out by the Approved Contractor scheme is to raise performance standards throughout the security industry sector. The scheme is voluntary and was developed after much consultation and pressure from industry specialists. The Scheme covers sector specifics of which are licensable activities as set out and regulated by the SIA under the PSIA 2001 (Private Security Industry Act 2001)

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An unexpected 25% surge in personal thefts and a 4% increase in burglaries are recorded in the first set of official quarterly crime figures since the economic recession took hold.

A worrying rise in what the Home Office calls “stealth and snatch thefts” is accompanied by a 5% increase in robberies at knifepoint, according to the police-recorded crime figures published today comparing October to December 2008 with the same period in 2007.

The figures show a 16% drop in gun crime and a fall in the number of people stabbed to death from 59 to 52 over the same period. They record that the increase in robberies at knifepoint occurred within the context of an overall 2% fall in the total number of street robberies.

Overall there was a 4% drop in offences recorded by the police. The British Crime Survey, which is based on a survey of 40,000 people’s experience of crime, shows that the volume of all types of offences , including violent crime, remained broadly stable during 2008.

The figures contain the first confirmation of Home Office projections that the economic recession and rise in unemployment are likely to be accompanied by an increase in some types of crime, particularly involving theft of property and burglary. The 4% rise in burglary, including domestic burglary, last winter comes on top of a similar increase between July and September and marks the end of a sustained 55% decline in burglary since the mid-1990s.

Home Office statisticians said the 25% rise in personal thefts reported by the British Crime Survey was statistically significant but it was too early to say whether it indicated a change in recent trends. They pointed out that it was not reflected in the police crime figures or other BCS categories of personal acquisitive crime.

The Association of Police Authorities described it as a “worrying development” that would be closely monitored so that any correlation with the economic downturn could be established and action taken.

The Home Office minister Vernon Coaker said: “We know that we are facing some new challenges now and are focusing our experience and knowledge to tackle these head-on.” He said ministers were already working with police, charities, DIY stores and insurers to target repeat burglars and help people secure their homes.

The rise in personal thefts was accompanied by falling rates of violent crime, robbery, sexual offences and gun crime, Coaker said.

Due to our continual commitment to quality management and customer satisfaction, Watchdogs Ltd are proud to be working towards ACS status. We envisage completion by April end 2009.

For more information, please visit http://www.the-sia.org.uk.

Watchdogs Ltd, a leading UK provider of security dog services, has been awarded CTP approval.

CTP (Career Transition Partnership) is a Ministry of Defence initiative to provide a range of services to retiring service personnel, which includes training for alternative employment.

Philip Hingle, a Director of Watchdogs and a NTIPDU Instructor, said, “Obtaining CTP approval means that we have become an approved training centre for the Ministry of Defence and as such we can offer specialist training courses covering dog handling for drugs, firearms and explosives searches as well as GP protection handling.  We are very proud to have achieved this approval from the Ministry of Defence for whom we have been providing search dogs for some time.”