The Farringdon, London head offices of Corps Security were the venue last night for a thank you event for the assessors and all those that make the Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) tick.
The man behind the thanks was Mike Bluestone as the Registrar of the Register of Chartered Security Professionals, and whose day job is on the consultancy side at the Corps. Besides a handful paid to do admin, most of the dozens of people who do the tasks that make the CSyP happen are volunteers – the assessors of documents sent in by applicants, and interview assessors (a panel of three, that see the applicant in-person, or over Teams as some apply from abroad). Hence the food and drink laid on courtesy of the Corps, and the always welcome chance to have a good couple of hours of conversation.
At the risk of leaving out numerous names, among the stalwarts of the security sector attending were many from the Security Institute, which manages the CSyP on behalf of its owner, the Worshipful Company of Security Professionals (WCoSP): the new CEO of the Institute, Simon Hepburn; past chief Rick Mounfield; the chair Julie Nel; past chairs Prof Alison Wakefield (who’s one of the advisers to the CSyP) and indeed Mike Bluestone; and Mike’s deputy registrars Mike Lees and Carl Dakin. Representing the Worshipful Company were the immediate past master Paul Miller; and past master Don Randall, who was among the evening’s speakers. Mike announced that assessors would find in their email in-boxes a certificate of appreciation. More is planned, he said, to publicise the CSyP, and more such gatherings to give further thanks to the volunteers. Some 291 are current CSyPs, Mike said; and some celebration is in mind for the 300th, anticipated later this year.
Pictured left to right: James Henderson CSyP, wearing Corps of Commissionaires formal uniform; Corps chairman Chris Nickols; Mike Bluestone, Don Randall, and Corps chief executive Mike Bullock.
Background
For more about the CSyP, visit the Worshipful Company website. For more about the CSyP, workshops for those interested in hearing about how to apply, and – not least – the continuous professional development required, visit https://www.charteredsecurityprofessional.org/. Or the CSyP part of the Institute website. The annual CSyP dinner is in the City of London on September 23.
More in the July edition of Professional Security Magazine.
