Media Fact Sheet
Commissionaires BC Fact Sheet
Overview
- Commissionaires BC is British Columbia’s largest security organization, with a team of more than 1,600 professionals covering more territory in BC than any other security company.
- Commissionaires BC is one of 17 divisions located across Canada that form Commissionaires Canada. In total they have more than 19,000 people working across the country. This reach enables the organization to plan, design, implement and manage solutions that meet local and regional needs and expand them nationwide as needed.
- Services include: security guarding, enforcement, identification services, training and security consulting.
- Commissionaires expertise is prevention and defusing conflict.
- Commissionaires provides complete security solutions to small, medium and large organizations in every province of Canada.
- Commissionaires is not an agency of the federal or provincial governments. It is a private, self-supporting, not-for-profit organization. By operating in this manner, the company is able to fulfill their original mandate of providing fair and meaningful work to ex-military personnel. Profits are shared among employees.
- Provides employment for former military, police and other qualified individuals of all ages and employee retention rate is second to none.
- Established nationally in 1925 and in BC 1927.
- Commissionaires holds 16% of the security guarding market in Canada (2009).
- National revenues exceed $400M per annum (2009).
- Commissionaires is ISO 9001:2008 registered;
Services
Security Solutions
- Guarding by highly trained, licensed commissionaires to protect people, property and information.
- Technology solutions, provided by our experts and strategic partners.
- Consulting, provided by our elite CPP™ and anti-terrorism certified security consultants, to reduce your security risks and plan for emergencies.
Enforcement
Professional services such as bylaw, parking and jail custodial services to municipalities, police detachments and provincial governments.
Identification
Full identification services, including police clearances, digital fingerprinting, pardons and background screening.
Training
New state of the art training facilities offering variety of superior training programs including:
- Basic Security Training (BST);
- First Aid;
- WorldHost (approved by Tourism BC);
- Service Advantage (customer service);
- Conflict Resolution.
Clients (partial list)
- Provincial, federal and municipal government facilities;
- Police forces, law enforcement agencies and courts;
- Detention centres and halfway houses;
- Ports, airports and harbours;
- RCMP and police detachments;
- Educational institutions;
- Hospitals;
- Commercial Enterprises large and small;
- Banks;
- Museums and art galleries;
- Schools, colleges & universities;
- National infrastructure & border crossings;
- Offices and factories;
- Oil and gas refineries;
- Residential Developments.
Mandate
Commissionaires is a not-for-profit organization which was incorporated to provide meaningful employment for veteran men and women who have served in the Canadian Forces or RCMP.
Head Office
801-595 Howe Street, Box 22, Vancouver, BC V6C 2T5
T 604 646 3330
F 604 681 9864
TF 877 322 6777
Southern Interior Regional Office
103-346 Lawrence Avenue, Kelowna BC V1Y 6L4
T 250 979 4773
F 250 763 1099
TF 877 322 6777
Email: info@commissionaires.bc.ca
Website: http://www.commissionaires.bc.ca
National website: http://www.commissionaires.ca
For further information please contact:
Audrey Plé
VP New Ventures & Marketing
Commissionaires BC
T 604 224 6122
E ple@commissionaires.bc.ca
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