Who let the dogs out?
18th January 2001, Page 35
18th January 2001
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• Allowing big hungry guard dogs to roam your premises late at night may be appealing, but it's ill advised, says Maurice Parsons, general secretary of the Association of Security Consultants.
If an intruder is savaged and suffers serious injury then you could be the one in the dock, he warns. Nor should you set booby traps— tempting though this may he—for the same reason.
The risk, however remote, that somebody will be bitten—and sue—may explain why so many security companies have moved away from providing dog patrols in recent years. "Customers don't ask for them so much these days. probably because they're worried that they'll be sued along with the security firm if an alsatian nips somebody," says one security specialist.