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BLUE SECURITY

Auditors / Accountants: Mazars
Bankers: Standard Bank
Advertising / PRO Agency: In house marketing team
KEY PERSONNEL
CEO: Henk van Bemmelen
Financial Director: Warren Kidgell
Technical Director: Clive Samuels
Operations Director: Brian Jackson
CEO:
Henk van Bemmelen Sales Director: Stuart Gannon
Customer & Innovations Director: Stephen Wimborne
Human Resources Manager: Yvonne Mudly
Full Name of Company: Blue Light Monitoring and Marketing Manager: Yvette Govender
Armed Response IT Manager: Shane Moodley
Category: Business Services
Services: Alarm monitoring, armed response, security CONTACT DETAILS
Physical Address: 48 Kings Road, Pinetown, 3610
products installation and repairs Tel: +27 (0)31 717 5000
Date Established: 1989 E-mail: info@bluesecurity.co.za
No. of Employees: 600 approx. Website: www.bluesecurity.co.za

PROVIDING NEXT GENERATION firm has also consistently been voted as one of the
security companies doing the most to fight crime in
SOLUTIONS the province in the PMR Awards.
Established in 1989, Blue Security is an award-winning, Blue Security CEO Henk van Bemmelen attributes
progressive, local business that has grown from the company’s success to strong relationships with
providing electronic intruder detection and armed communities that value its transparency, extensive
response services, to hyper localised community experience, specialist support services, and ongoing
support and crime prevention programmes. This investment in resources and world-class technology
journey has led to Blue Security becoming the largest to fight crime.
independent security company in South Africa, “We have moved beyond simply providing an armed
purpose-driven to create safer communities where response service to focus on driving a more proactive
local people can thrive. With core values such as community policing and partnering strategy. This
care, ownership, passion and service, this is a brand offers our clients real solutions that minimise
actioning the ethos of always going the extra mile, preventable crime. Further to our Armed Response
of being proactive in the prevention of crime, and of Officers and Control Centre for designated areas, we
remaining at the sharp end of the sword with cutting have created a Community Crime Prevention Unit
edge technology, for smarter, safer living. (CCPU) led by highly trained ambassadors and tactical
As a result of its dedication to proactive policing and officers, supported by a Community Command Centre
crime prevention, Blue Security has been repeatedly (CCC). These operatives network with neighbourhood
recognised as a trailblazer in the security sector, watch groups, emergency first responders, SAPS,
independently voted as the undisputed leader in the Metro Police, and dedicated paramedics for a holistic,
field in the province for 12 years in a row, scooping intelligence-based approach to fighting crime. They are
the Diamond Arrow Awards at the prestigious PMR enabled by advanced technology such as automated
Awards; clinching the Standard Bank KZN Top number plate recognition cameras (ANPR),” he said.
Business Award for the services sector in 2018, and Van Bemmelen said, “The centralised integration of all
ranking second in the Top Brand category in 2019. The services allows for the speedy aggregation, processing,

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