First there was Uber, the digital-age cabbie app. Now comes GettGuard, a France-based service that with a few clicks, gets you a security guard.
I'm not quite sure how this would work in the United States. It brings up a host of questions -- can anyone be a security guard, or would only companies be allowed to participate? What about the prospect of parachutuing into a relatively unknown situation? The ideal security detail is oe that has been researched and established, not some on-the-fly blind assignment. How would liability be handled? By GetGuard, the client or the guard? Anyway, I'll be interested in seeing it in action in France.
If you can understand French, you can view the website here.
This article is the English translation of the article in French published on the AEF agency website on March 15th 2016 and written by Gabriel Thierry:
"A new application allowing direct communication between private customers and security guards is currently under beta testing in Paris, Lyon, Marseilles and Cannes," announces Mr. Patrick Senior, the CEO of this new company called GettGuard. "More than 700 security agents are currently listed in this platform that should be launched in summer 2016 along with a progressive roll-out in several European capitals" adds Patrick Senior who is also the CEO of BSL Security.
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GettGuard, the new app that allows clients to order security guards with their phones.
