As industries across the country lay off staff amid the coronavirus pandemic, security companies are seeing an increase in demand for their services.
Vancouver police reported a spike in commercial break-ins at the end of March. In an interview with Simi Sara on CKNW, Robson Street Business Improvement Association executive director Teri Smith said the group has added additional security measures. “We had been looking at our current security program and decided to go the route of an overnight mobile security during the hours of 10:30 p.m.
through 6:30 a.m. to try and thwart that suspicious activity,” Smith said. Security companies like Commissionaires are seeing an increase in demand for their services. [ Sign up for our Health IQ