Cougar Monitoring has been appointed to provide the manned security at a new health and social care centre at Brierley Hill, West Midlands, due to open in May.
The new £27m centre is the biggest of its kind in the country and will provide integrated services for three GP practices consisting of 10 GPs serving 14,000 patients, three dental surgeries, audiology, chiropody and leg ulcer services, besides providing a new home for local council social services staff.
Cougar is supplying five full time and one part time uniformed officers, who have already started work guarding the site.
Daren Hill, Operations Director at Cougar Monitoring, said: “This is a flagship centre for the NHS, so we’re extremely pleased to have been appointed. It’s also gratifying that four members of the team were previously unemployed and that we have been able to give them full training and get them back into work.”
About Cougar
Established in 1996 by two senior ex-police officers, Cougar Monitoring, based in Cradley Heath, West Midlands, provides manned guarding, monitored CCTV, key holding, emergency response, and mobile patrols. More information at –
