The members drawn from various security companies like ESSIAD, K9, VIZICO, YUTEES, VAG and LIONS went through courses such as 'general security performance, powers of investigation, report writing and relationship between police and security'.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Vice-Chairman of APSOG, Nana Adu Agyeman, said the aim of the training was to enhance the performance of private security employees and inculcate in them the idea of their roles as complementary to the national security in the prevention of crimes in the country.

He mentioned that some of the challenges facing the organisation are the control of proliferation of the private Security Companies and the low payment of salaries to the guards.

"There are many security companies in the country, but most of them are non-accredited and make it tedious for the national security control to work", he lamented.

He suggested that the use of uniforms should be approved by the IGP to sweep out the bad nuts among them and called for better payment for the security guards to prevent them from assisting armed robbers.

"At least every security guard must be paid 1.5 million a month to motivate him work harder," he added.

In a speech read on his behalf, the Chairman of APSOG, Mr. Peter Awoonor-Renner, said when striking, criminals who are everywhere in the community know no foundry. He therefore advised the security guards to strive to combat the criminals.

He reminded the security guards of their role to assist the police to maintain peace in the society.

Mr. Awoonor-Renner urged the participants to put at the disposal of the guards the training they have acquired.