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The security industry is booming throughout southern Alberta as businesses call on private police to protect their interests during this month's G-8 summit.
For months, the security industry has been aggressively recruiting security consultants, uniformed office concierges, guards to patrol industrial sites and chauffeurs for international delegates.
"Businesses are scared, period," said Shirley Prasa, manager of Shield Security Services, one of many companies recruiting security guards.
"They have never experienced anything like the G-8, so they want extra security around during that time," Prasa said.
Teresa Lynn, vice-president of Advantage Loss Prevention, said the United States Secret Service is looking for retired cops to chauffeur American delegates.
"They are looking for drivers who have security clearance," she said.
Doug Durant of Group Four Falck (Canada) Ltd. said his company has been looking for 100 extra security personnel since January to work during the G-8 summit.
It's not just downtown Calgary businesses that are asking for added protection, he added. Even businesses outside Calgary aren't taking any chances.
The Academy Protection Service hired 12 security guards for around-the-clock security at a cement plant owned by LaFarge Inc., 90 kilometres west of Calgary and close to the summit site of Kananaskis.
"They don't know if they are going to be targeted," said Dennis Minion, Academy Protection's vice-president in Edmonton.
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