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File on 4: Security Threat: Sham training courses risk public safety

20/02/2024

Security Threat: Sham training courses risk public safety

BBC Radio 4 - File on 4, Security Threat: Sham training courses risk public safety

Security guard training courses risk public safety.

File on 4 goes undercover to reveal how some security training companies are providing fast-track courses that breach regulations and put the public in danger.

The Manchester Arena terrorist attack in 2017 left 22 people dead and more than a thousand injured. The subsequent inquiry found security arrangements were lacking with some security staff admitting they were untrained in vital procedures. File on 4 goes undercover to reveal how, despite assurances the industry has tightened up procedures, some training companies are offering 'fast-track' courses which don't comply with regulations. the programme also reveals how candidates are told to falsifty time sheets and are given the answers to a final examination to ensure they pass and can subsequently work in an industry which is supposed to keep the public safe.
Producer: Kate West
Reporter: Greg McKenzie
Assistant producer: Nick Holland
Editor: Carl Johnston

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