Reading the Winnipeg Free Press article, two things stand out:
- private security reduced rampant theft at a construction site to ZERO
- the cost of TWO security guards is 145k/yr
the cost of ONE police officer is 245k/yr
For the security guards, that amounts to 72,500 $/guard/year. The guard gets a portion of that, and the rest goes to benefits (maybe), uniform, vehicle, and company overhead.
