Governor Bobby Jindal Announces Appointments to the Life Safety and Property Protection Advisory Board
I have assisted the State Fire Marshal's office for several years with issues regarding locksmith licensing in the State of Louisiana. The state utilize various volunteer committees composed of industry representatives from across the state for guidance on issues such as education, training, administrative rules development, legislative clarifications, terminology and information gathering purposes.
However the State utilizes a specific Board assigned by the authority of the Governor to assist specifically regarding issues of Life Safety and Property Protection. This board has a locksmith representative to help provide insight into technical and logistical aspects of the locksmith industry.
I was nominated to serve on this board and was recently appointed by Gov. Jindal to represent the Locksmiths and affiliated industries within the State of Louisiana.
I have always received a great sense of satisfaction from performing duty and service, especially when it comes to education and helping others understand locksmithing and the property protection industry. The LSPP board offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the efforts of the State to ensure that the field practices within our industry help the public be safe and protect the public faith that security practices are fairly and honestly represented.
My agenda is very simple: Ensure that the locksmith industry is fairly represented in the affairs of the board and to provide the board with technical and tactical information needed to make smart decisions regarding the practices that it has purview over.
The ever present mission in any type of leadership position is education. Helping foster education and training opportunities in the State is an ongoing effort that serves to increase the professionalism, effectiveness and safety practices used within the locksmith industry. Working with the LSPP board and serving on the Louisiana Life Safety and Security Association advisory board will greatly assist in the effort of bringing quality education and training opportunities to the locksmiths and prospective locksmiths of Louisiana.
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Did you know?
Only a few states and municipalities have enacted legislation to protect their citizens by establishing basic standards for locksmiths regarding criminal history, competency and technical integrity. (Source: Aloa.org)
Please contact your representative and urge them to sponsor/adopt/support licensing of Locksmiths and other Security Professionals in your state. The Associated Locksmiths of America provides logistical and administrative support to your elected officials by providing model bills, ethical standards of practice, nationally recognized certifying exams, continuing education classes and connections with local associations to support grass roots support for their efforts.
They need only contact legislative@aloa.org to get started.
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That's awesome!
ReplyDeleteVirginia has legislation that has been in effect for more than a year, and incredibly, it has been quite difficult to get the Virginia DCJS to enforce the law. As a locksmith peer, we hope that you will allow citizens of Virginia to read http://VirginiaLocksmithsAct.com and see what we are doing at Baldinos to inform the public of this Section of the Virginia Code. Once a law is in place, it is important for both citizens and law enforcement alike to be educated on the existence of the law, and to be able to cite the law specifically so that crimes (which is what unlicensed locksmiths are doing) can be reported as such.
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