Andre’s knowledge in security risk assessment is globally recognized. He has been invited on numerous occasions to speak on a variety of security related subjects on national and international platforms. He is regularly invited to attend business forum presentations, security meetings, SAPS, and community meetings around the country most of which he is requested to chair. Andre actively participates in seminars, conferences, corporate functions, expos and exhibitions.

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Alwinco: Taking security and crime very seriously.
Dear reader,
Po Box 335 Montana Park Pretoria 0159
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re you?
I met Andre some ten years ago when he was the key account manager for
a restricted access area that I was managing at the time.
Andre bent over backwards to
facilitate our requirements and I
can say with confidence that most
of what I have learned about
security over the years
includes implementing correct
responses, policies, and
procedures—has been from him.
Andre was always professional and
dedicated, irrespective
circumstances or his own opinion
on certain issues. He always
guided us in the right direction
and as his client, we were always
a priority to him and his team.
When the contract between our
organizations ended, Andre remained a trusted advisor and has
subsequently become a friend and colleague upon whom I have come to
rely and depend.
His knowledge and understanding of security industry models, criminal
behavior, and risk assessment is unique and unparalleled in the
industry.
I therefore consider it a
write this cover-letter for his profile. I hope that the
personalization of all the facts contained herein will assist him in
his objectives, as well as putting your mind at ease during the
selection process.
Before starting Alwinco, André was employed in the South African
Police Force (primarily in the investigation unit) for 21 years
then spent an additional 11
industry.
Alwinco means (Always in Control). Our aim is to provide the knowledge to
ntrol). corporate companies, business owners, property developers, property managers, complex
committees, communities and home owners giving them the control, skills and the know
know-how to make business, homes and properties more resistant to crime.
years—which
of
great pleasure and privilege to be able to
ore years working in the private security
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andre@alwinco.co.za
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2. Alwinco: Taking security and crime very seriously. Are you?
Alwinco means (Always in Control). Our aim is to provide the knowledge to corporate companies, business owners, property developers, property managers, complex
committees, communities and home owners giving them the control, skills and the know-how to make business, homes and properties more resistant to crime.
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Po Box 335 Montana Park Pretoria 0159
Cell: 082 9000 399
Fax: 086 666 8050
http://za.linkedin.com/in/alwinco/
andre@alwinco.co.za
www.alwinco.co.za
Skype: alwinco
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He has used his extensive experience—gained through studying thousands
of crime scenes and interviewing both victims and perpetrators—to
identify patterns and similarities in the types of opportunites that
make crime possible.
From these, he has created his own special method of reverse crime
engineering, which makes it possible for him to predict how a crime
will happen before it actually does. He shows his clients how to
protect themselves proactively—against criminal activity, its
inevitable liabilities, and its long term consequences—simply by
removing the opportunities unwittingly presented.
I borrow from Andre when says criminals have many opportunities
because victims generally all have the same things in common:
1. A poor level of knowledge (or no knowledge at all) about how
to secure their properties
2. No control over their security before or after crime has occurred
3. No security plan in place, now or for the future
4. No independent security risk assessment
Andre has identified the value of, the need for, and the process by
which, to conduct independent security risk assessments.
Andre very smartly started utilizing internet discussion forums long
before anyone else in the industry. The reactions and questions he got
inspired him to create Alwinco; an acronym for Always in Control.
Even though independent risk assessments were unheard of at the time,
he believed the service would provide invaluable information to the
average man on the street, and also define outlines that security
managers could use for security evaluation processes and procedures at
a functional and practical level.
Since leaving the police force Andre has conducted close to 300
security risk assessments on various buildings and structures, with
the single intention of transforming identified risks into decision-making
information.
Andre has stood firm and had the courage to remain independent despite
the money-making opportunities inherent in product selection and
installation. He takes fees only for independent risk assessments and

3. Alwinco: Taking security and crime very seriously. Are you?
Alwinco means (Always in Control). Our aim is to provide the knowledge to corporate companies, business owners, property developers, property managers, complex
committees, communities and home owners giving them the control, skills and the know-how to make business, homes and properties more resistant to crime.
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Vat: 4920248509 CK 2006/029993/23 Alwinco cc
Po Box 335 Montana Park Pretoria 0159
Cell: 082 9000 399
Fax: 086 666 8050
http://za.linkedin.com/in/alwinco/
andre@alwinco.co.za
www.alwinco.co.za
Skype: alwinco
PSIRA 2038881
does not accept percentage based commissions from industry managers
who have tried to influence his recommendations and continue to do so.
Andre’s knowledge is globally recognized. He has been invited—on
numerous ocassions—to speak on a variety of security related subjects
on national and international platforms. He is regularly invited to
attend business forum presentations, security meetings, SAPS, and
community meetings around the country—most of which he is requested to
chair. Andre actively participates in seminars, conferences, corporate
functions, expos and exhibitions.
Andre is arguably one of the most trustworthy, knowledgeable and
hardest working security professionals in this country and I can say
with confidence, that he will be an asset to any organization or team
he is invited to be a part of.
Ben