{"id":2503,"date":"2021-01-04T09:48:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T09:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mysecurityguards.com\/blog\/?p=2503"},"modified":"2022-06-23T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:57:02","slug":"how-covid-19-has-transformed-the-security-guard-from-watchdog-to-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysecurityguards.com\/blog\/how-covid-19-has-transformed-the-security-guard-from-watchdog-to-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"How COVID-19 has transformed the security guard from watchdog to guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All over the planet, at this moment, millions of people have had their lives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept us into a global panic. In just a short amount of time, a few months or so, the fabric of our society has changed in incredible ways. Working from home has become the norm overnight, food delivery services are kings and restaurants are an alien concept.<\/p>\n<p>In the matter of a few short weeks, the role of security guards changed from protecting items from people to protecting the people themselves. Event security in San Diego now finds security guards instrumental in making sure that people obey the recommended protocols like social distancing and mask wearing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysecurityguards.com\/blog\/why-grocery-stores-are-adding-supplemental-security-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak-2\/\">Grocery stores<\/a> are also similarly utilizing the services of security guard companies in San Diego, just like most other retail locations, to make sure that their customers are safe from each other and the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>This has led to a boom in the number of security guards employed at various firms across the city, with some companies going on massive hiring sprees to keep up with the unprecedented demand. Citiguard, a company providing security guard services in San Diego, hired a few hundred personnel after the pandemic began, to keep up with the increase in required services.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell how the effects of the coronavirus will impact us in the coming decades. Until then, the visible and extraordinary shift in the roles of security guards is a sign of things to come, and how we shall have to adapt to this new life.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/securityguardsinlosangeles.wordpress.com\/2020\/04\/30\/the-impact-of-the-current-covid-19-pandemic-on-security-services\/\">Impact of covid on Security guard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to hire the top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysecurityguards.com\/citiguard-services.php\">security guard services<\/a> in California Call Cityguard NOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All over the planet, at this moment, millions of people have had their lives affected&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,81,48,85,49],"tags":[78,75,54,56,55],"class_list":["post-2503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus-security-guard","category-security-guard-covid-19","category-security-guards","category-security-petrol","category-security-services","tag-covid-19-security-guards","tag-security-guard-california","tag-security-guard-services","tag-security-guards","tag-security-services"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How COVID-19 has transformed the security guard from watchdog to guardian | CITIGUARD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"All over the planet, at this moment, millions of people have had their lives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic that has swept us into a global panic. 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