Security Services Provider Adopts GPS Tracking for Security Guard Officers
Orion Security Services to use GPS for monitoring of officers working on high-value transport operations
SIW Editorial Staff
SecurityInfoWatch.com
A provider of GPS solutions used primarily in fleet management and asset tracking, announced today that private security firm Orion Security Services orion security services will be using the company’s GPS tracking technology.
The GPS Tracking provider offers managed GPS tracking solutions for mobile GPS tracking. In the case of Orion Security Services, which provides off-duty law enforcement officers for high-security details, the GPS tracking solutions will be able to aid Orion in monitoring and protecting of its security guard staff while in the field. Many of Orion’s security guard staff are used for the escort and transport of high-dollar items, a unique security services niche which stresses the importance of staff protection and monitoring.
Orion’s CEO said the security company’s focus on high-value security services encouraged him to look at GPS tracking solutions, and he called the GPS monitoring of personnel “an emerging high-growth segment.”
