The Union of Security Employees (USE) released a statement about one of their officer’s foot being driven over by a resident at a condominium at Balestier.
Here is what they said
𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺
USE was informed of a case of physical hurt caused to a female Security Officer that happened on 17 Jun 2022. This egregious incident was reported to USE after the security agency saw the news reports from the abuse of SO Sures at Giant Hypermart last week.
Sister Kavitha Sandresekeran, a USE member, was deployed at the guardpost at Skysuites 17. She had stopped a driver at the car entry barrier to check whether he was a visitor. The driver honked at her multiple times, insisting that he was a resident even though his vehicle did not have the transponder registered vehicles should have.
Whilst Sister Kavitha was trying to verify his identity, the assailant 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭. The assailant even continued his verbal abuse after his assault. A police report was filed and Sister Kavitha was conveyed to the hospital for a medical check-up and X-Ray.
USE is determined to cast light on this incident as it is completely unacceptable for a motorist to attempt to use his vehicle to cause hurt to a female security officer.
Compared to 9 reported cases of abuse last year 2021, USE has already handled 21 cases this year through our customer service center and mobile app. We encourage officers and the general to continue reporting if you face, or notice cases of abuse on our USE Mobile App or through our email at [email protected] and we will assist you.
Amendments to the Private Security Industry Act (“PSIA”), which were passed in Parliament on 5 October 2021, took effect from 1 May 2022. With the amendments to the PSIA, there will be enhanced penalties for offences by persons who:
a) intentionally cause harassment, alarm or distress to;
b) assault or use criminal force on; and
c) voluntarily cause hurt to security officers, per the table below.
USE will ensure to our best efforts that justice is served for Sister Kavitha in this case.
