Baseball and Security at ASIS 2015

  • By Ginger Hill
  • Sep 29, 2015

I had the pleasure of attending last night's Angel's baseball game with Altronix and LRG here in hot, muggy California. The air-conditioned suite at the stadium was a much-appreciated detail. As I heard the crack of the bat, the cheer of the crowd and the buzz of conversations that were going around me, I couldn't help but notice how baseball and security are related.

In baseball, each plate is manned by a baseman, similar to the way in which a security guard monitors a facility. The job of each baseman is to guard his particular base and eliminate the threat of the opponent's team getting to it just as the job of a security guard is to "man" his/her particular area, preventing threats from invading.

Baseball uniforms are also a big deal, as they not only represent visually which team a player is dedicated to, but they also allow players to embrace their team by displaying emblems and colors that represent a particular baseball team. This brought to mind G4S.

Founded in 1954 as The Wackenhut Corporation, G4S takes pride in carefully screening potential security officers according to their talents, qualifications and experience to patrol, inspect and use communication to provide safety and security. One of the ways in which to do this is to provide a quick visual of a security presence, which, in my opinion, is shown through G4S security guard uniforms.

On the 2015 ASIS show room floor, G4S security guards manned the company's booth in all their splendor. With a G4S patch sewn onto the upper sleeve of the khaki button-down shirt, people are able to immediately identify them as part of G4S. In addition, this patch represents which "team" the individual is dedicated. Finishing out the uniform is a pair of matching khaki pants, a hat as well as black, polished, patent-leather, lace-up shoes, all of which demonstrates company cohesiveness and team camaraderie.

Needless to say, team work is an essential element in baseball. A baseball game is won not by a single individual, but by a team of players, all dedicated and working toward the same goal. The same is true in the realm of security. By having a group of dedicated guards whose goals are to serve and protect, they become an unstoppable safety force.

About the Author

Ginger Hill is Group Social Media Manager.

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