There are about 35,000 Locksmiths in the US serving an average of 16,000 Americans each day that have locked themselves out of homes and cars. Locksmiths have come to play an important role in our society. We let them into our homes based on their skill and expertise. It takes a certain level of trust to bring a stranger unsupervised into one’s home to carry out repair work, especially, considering you are unaware of the real identity of the individual. It could be quite a risky venture considering how burglars and ex-convicts can easily pick up crafts without any form of ID verification. Getting professional, trustworthy, and reliable contractors is not always easy especially if there is no professional regulation.
The need for regulation of locksmiths is not just peculiar to Florida alone; the policy should be pursued nationwide as it could help ensure the safety of homeowners. Using the regulation, Florida’s Locksmiths can become a model for other states.
Locksmiths are some of the most in-demand servicemen and it is quite a misnomer for the profession to be free of regulation. Many Locksmiths are Franchise owners of local branches and supervised by the company they are associated with. One example in Florida is the Get-Locksmith with an Orlando branch and local Locksmiths working in different residential areas, but there are many Locksmiths that work without any supervision at all. The work of a locksmith can give unrestricted access to the properties of the homeowner and for anyone with a criminal past, this can be misconstrued as an invitation to pilfer and steal. Sometimes, the crime may even degenerate into assault, rape, or possible killing of the homeowner.
Locksmith Profession a Natural fit for Burglars
Burglars are a set of criminals that specialize in breaking into homes. When such criminals are released from prison, they may take to a locksmith as a profession. This may not be a big deal if they have been fully rehabilitated and have abandoned their previous criminal lifestyle. However, this may become a problem if they are still trapped in the illicit act of leeching off and robbing others of their belongings. Beyond robbery or looting the home, a burglar may decide to adopt a clever approach by forging a spare key to the home for him to come back, unaware, to perpetrate crime. While regulation may not necessarily prevent such actions, proper regulation will make the locksmith easily traceable.
Some have argued the involvement of a background check on contractors like Locksmiths may be misinterpreted as vilifying those with criminal past as being unfit for society even after the completion of their jail term or any other punitive measure meted out to them. However, this is not necessarily so. It is merely to ensure the safety of everyone. It is understood that Miami-Dade already has an arrangement for the issuance of a temporary county license for locksmiths, these measures shouldn’t be limited to the county but should rather be extended to other counties across the state.
The Need for a Regulation
The necessity of a regulation that will regulate the issuance of licenses to prospective and existing locksmiths in Florida is mainly a safety precaution to guard against crime. Locksmith is a profession that could offer a natural leeway into crime for any criminally minded individual and since ex-convicts have a preponderance to go back to their previous life of crime, it then becomes necessary to evolve a measure that will safeguard residents from harm or theft.
The need for regulation isn’t just about restricting ex-convicts from joining the profession; proper regulation will also optimize service delivery and ensure customer satisfaction is enhanced. The regulation will simplify the task of sanctioning members for unprofessional conduct capable of tarnishing the image of the association.
The issue of unprofessional and arbitrary charges by locksmiths, increasing the price after agreeing with the client is also an issue that can be rectified by regulation. Without regulation, the unscrupulous acts of few locksmiths can end up tarnishing the image of the hardworking ones among them. The formation of an association of locksmiths will enhance their public relations, giving the public the option of reaching out to them in case of professional misconduct and indiscipline of their members. It will also ensure proper regulation will ensure that locksmiths put on their best behavior as they could be easily sanctioned for any wrongdoing in the conduct of their job.
At some point, an average person will need the services of a locksmith and it is safer for a safety measure to be adopted to scrutinize locksmiths rather than just leaving the homeowners to the risk of robbery and theft which is a consequence of lack of proper regulation.
Bright Elemeje
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