March Edition Of Professional Security Magazine
Professional Security Magazine, Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Now free to read as a 'flip page', digital edition online and landing through physical letter-boxes is the March edition of Professional Security Magazine. Its major feature is the Police Reform White Paper, promising more of everything from the Labour Government; more tech for police, more professional performance, and a continued stress on neighbourhood policing.
As we show, however, the White Paper fails to acknowledge the reality of pavement policing on high streets - for not only are private security the first responders and most routine sight in semi-public space such as shopping centres, but hired security has taken on police-like roles of uniformed presence in a town or city business district, and responding to shop theft or anti-social nuisance, and only calling in police when an arrest is necessary.
We detail the near 20-year-old CSAS (community safety accreditation scheme), which is about to be relaunched - with the support of police and contract guarding companies alike. Both sides see the benefit in having 'accredited' officers, vetted and trained beyond SIA licence standards, and given some police powers, such as the right to take name and address (such as to issue fines for nuisances such as littering).