Bodyguard and Security 2.pdf

IBSSA official publication 2006Bomb safety in the civil sectorFatal accidents due to lack of regulationsBomb security and exploitation tasks representone of the least regulated areas of theHungarian civil security profession, becauseeven at present the bomb disposal activities onmotorways and in institutions, bomb securitytasks related to events are performed in the civilsector by ex-service and retired bomb disposalexperts and security experts trained in the civilsector with a silent approval of authorities. Thestate, as the legislator, has been struggling tocome up with legislation for this area for morethan ten years now, although the social needscreate more demand than may be covered withthe bomb disposal staff of the Ministry ofInterior and the Army, especially based on theincreased number of bomb scares in the recentperiod. The impact of bomb threats spectacularlydemonstrates weaknesses of the society, creatingchaos and panic among authorities andthe population. On the other hand, the successfulexplosions highlight the success of perpetratorsbecause they make the headlines in masscommunications. The advantages of explosionsfor terrorists may be offset with active involvementand deliberate information of securityservices, civil organisations and the population.The brief historical review of bomb disposaland bomb detection activities in Hungaryreveals the expectations of the society in thisarea. Following the Second World War, the FirstIndependent Bomb Disposal and MineDetection Battalion of the army had a nationaland exclusive competence for the disposal ofmilitary explosives. In addition to these tasks,they were also responsible for securingHungarian and foreign individuals during theirstay in Hungary in terms of bombs. The activitieshad to be separated because of an increasingnumber of tasks and terrorist threats: the armyis still responsible for the disposal of militaryexplosives in public and private areas arisingfrom military activities and negligent handling,while the police have been assigned with thetask of managing improvised bombs and standardmilitary instruments relating to crimes. Inaddition, the police are also responsible for thebomb investigation at celebrations, events andin threatened buildings, disposal of detectedbombs, expert analysis followed by destruction.Following an increase in the number of activities,at the end of the 1980’s trained bombresearchers emerged within the framework ofthe police forces and following the systemicchange in 1989 the number of departmentsengaged in bomb disposal, bomb detection andsimilar activities appeared in more and morepolice units. Act IV of 1998 on bodyguards andsecurity guards in companies as well as privatedetectives could not regulate bomb detectionactivities in the civil sector either, thus theProfessional Chamber of Bodyguards, SecurityGuards and Private Detectives classified bombdisposal on motorways and in institutions asanother activity.Several bomb disposal and bomb detectionexperts died or obtained permanent injuriesfrom bomb disposal activities on motorwaysand institutions due to lack of legal regulationsin recent years. The bomb detection tasks ofbodyguards and security guards were rejected bythe society due to lack of basic knowledge,because the irregularity of inadequate implementationviolated the intimacy of private individuals.Only bomb detection activities performedMr. Csaba Kertész23