Ramsey said that opening a security firm is similar to opening any other company and, if a security firm wants to use firearms, it must register with the Ministry of National Security and seek approval from the Commissioner of Police. Munro said many security companies are illegally hiring foreigners. "These companies hire foreigners and have them work only at nights. To make it worse, when you look at their pay slips, you see deductions. When these employers take out National Insurance and deductions, I'm not sure who they are paying this to." The EPA has written letters to the Ministry of Labour to have labour inspectors visit security companies which are in breach of the Minimum Wage Order, Munro said. "There are cases of officers working 48 hours straight without any time-and-a-half after the basic eight hours and without food allowances or anything like that. They need to monitor these things," Munro said. Mohammed said one of the biggest challenges facing the security industry today is the level of skills and education of those who apply at the entry level and, the time and money required to train them.
"Some of them who have poor reading skills, poor writing skills, and poor math skills. We are havig to spend more time training and supervising people in these basics and the poor attitude that, unfortunately, frequently goes with it."