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PUNE: The Pune police have undertaken a mammoth task of verifying the security guards and the private security agencies functioning in the city. However, very few housing societies are willing to pay extra to hire good security guards,” he said.“Most of the housing societies are willing to pay just about Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 for each security guard. In order to get the best security personnel, with proper uniform and equipment, the housing societies will have to shell out more money. The exercise follows the recent revelations that many security agencies were operating without proper licenses and security guard verifications.The city police issued orders to this effect last week and have asked all the police stations to verify offices and the security personnel of the private security agencies located in their jurisdictions.The order talks of the need to ascertain the number of guards employed with each private security agency, the completion of each guard’s character verification process and the need to check if the guards have undergone proper training.“The private security agencies can hire security guards only after their ‘character verification’ process has been completed by the police authorities. Also, watchmen on duty at companies, private and government offices and housing societies must have only eight-hour shifts.“This drive is important as it has been revealed that many security agencies are providing guards — especially to the housing societies — who have not undergone the mandatory training..