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Article

15 Aug 2009

Author:
Terri Judd and Tom Peck, The Independent [UK]

Security industry to review vetting after report on murder suspect

The private security industry regulator has promised to tighten vetting practices after The Independent revealed that the man accused of shooting dead two fellow security contractors in Iraq had a long history of psychiatric illness, was awaiting trial for assault and had previously been sacked [for "extreme negligence" by Aegis]...The Government has recently held a six-month consultation into the...private security industry...and is expected to report back later this year...Andy Bearpark, the director general of the British Association of Private Security Companies (BAPSC) said one of the matters being considered was vetting procedures..."At the moment every company has different procedures...there should be standard procedure."...ArmorGroup [part of G4S], the company who hired Mr Fitzsimons, said...that it would not comment on individual cases but maintained that it has, "strong vetting...processes in place".