There are a few barriers. I can think of probably two major ones.
One is the image that private security has projected in the past. Keep in mind that up until recently our industry was not regulated in all quarters of the country. If it was, it was not really enforced very well. We have made a lot of headway. When I say “we”, the provinces have made a lot of headway. It's not as comprehensive as I and the corps would like yet. There's not enough enforcement. The industry has certainly started to shake things up and it is now producing a much better guard out there. The image we have projected is one that we are addressing as well to demonstrate to police service agencies and police service boards that we have changed and we have evolved.
Another barrier—I'll be very honest with you—is that certainly police associations certainly will see us as a threat, because instead of thinking of us as a complement to the police service agencies, they see us as taking jobs away from them. This is not the intention at all of private security. We are not police officers. We will never be police officers, but we certainly can help ease the work burden—never mind the financial burden—that police agencies are under. If we can do that, they may be better able to redistribute some of their officers, some of their workforce, in areas where they don't have enough. I'm thinking about cybercrime and organized crime. Police agencies would love to have more resources. If we do a bunch of less-demanding jobs for them, they will be able to refocus.
So there are two major barriers, but change is always a threat, of course, in any organization.