1. Company Guard Hired directly under the payroll of an employer to protect the employer's property Also called “in-house” guards Considered employee of the company More loyal, more motivated due to promotion possibilities, more knowledgeable of the specific operations and personnel of the organization, more courteous and do better recognizing VIPs, more amenable to training and supervision, seen as a status symbol, less turn-over Costs more, lack of flexibility, administration burden, familiarity which results to ineffectivity and corruption

2. Contract Guard Security guard on contract basis provided by an outside firms—private security agencies specializing in providing trained security guards Employees of the agency Guard services, investigative services, armored car services and courier services Less cost, more flexibility, more objective High turnover, frequently reassigned, less job security and personal satisfaction, conflict of loyalties

3. Private Policing Profit-oriented industry that provides personnel, equipment and procedures to prevent losses caused by human error or natural phenomena, emergencies or disasters or criminal actions Serving specific private clients Not under the authority of the police

4. Public Policing Non-profit governmental enterprise serving the general public to combat crime, enforce laws, and apprehend offenders Police employed, trained and paid by the government, whose purpose is to serve the general interest of all citizens through enforcement of democratically developed laws

5. PADPAO Philippine Association of Detectives and Protection Agency Operators Inc Aggregation of security practitioners Organized on May 30, 1958 Self-governing, self-regulation and self-policing association Consultative arm of the Chief, Philippine National Police in effective implementation of RA 5487

6. SAGSD Unit to perform in behalf of CG, PC the supervision and control of the organization and operation of the private agency and detective agencies nationwide C, PNP mandated a unit which will be performing purely regulatory and supervisory mission which is separate and distinct from the routine and basic military and police or law enforcement duties and responsibilities

7. Mission of SAGSD To provide services and general supervision and management and operation of all organized private security, detectives, watchmen, guards, agencies, company security forces

8. Functions of SAGSD To effectively implement the laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the organization, administration, and operation of all private security agencies, private detective and investigative agencies, company security forces including all government-owned corporations and agencies or instrumentalities of government To issue individual licenses to private security guards, private detectives, private security officers, and security consultants, and process all applications for licenses to operate private security and investigation agencies and company guard forces