Maj. Gen. Khidr Al-Zahrani, assistant director general of Public Security for security affairs, said that a new law fixing salary of security guards would be issued within a few months. Provisions would be made in the law to ensure attractive pay and perks to security guards.
He said that intensive training would be made available to them, Al-Madinah local daily reported on Monday. According to Al-Zahrani, the new law aimed at addressing the current low salaries for Saudi security guards as well as to attract them to continue in the field.
“There will be six-week intensive training program that includes both theory and practical. Security guards will receive training in all relevant fields such as using weapons, practicing karate, and rendering first aid,” he said, adding that during training period they would get at least SR1,000 in stipend.
New law in offing to fix salary of security guards
