[3] The legal jurisdiction, requirements, and rules of the board and its applicants is derived from Title 46: PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS, Part LIX: Private Security Examiners.
[4] The purpose of the laws regulating private security contractors, according to the state legislature, is to "require qualifying criteria in a professional field in which unqualified individuals may injure the public.
"[5] In order for a person to be eligible for a license from the board to operate a private security company within Louisiana, the person must have at least three years of consecutive experience as an employee, manager, or owner of a security company, or three years of experience as a law enforcement officer with any federal, state, local, or United States military law enforcement agency.
While he was at the NOPD, he created a policy that made him the sole contact person and coordinator for film sets in New Orleans.
[2] After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Houston Chronicle wrote, "As federal troops and rescuers struggled to get to New Orleans and other ravaged Gulf Coast areas last week, convoys of private security and risk consulting firms, many made up of ex-military and former law enforcement officers, quickly arrived on the scene."
He has said that some of his actions as director have been unpopular because, according to The Advocate, "his goal is to clean up the private security industry, making sure companies are following the rules and displaying an adequate degree of professionalism.
[10]"A secretly recorded video of the Louisiana Board of Private Security Examiner's CEO and Executive Director, Fabian Blache, shows him making it clear who's the boss.
According to Baton Rouge CBS TV station WAFB, "A fiery, contentious meeting took place Monday morning specifically to address the issue.
Following the letter, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched an investigation into the state board and looked into 13 complaints of sexual harassment, race discrimination, unprofessional behavior, sexually suggestive gestures, and failure to fill out time sheets and allocate vacation days.
[11] Lee McGrath, the legislative counsel for the Institute for Justice, a "free-market solution" organization, said that "the face that all members of the board are also owners of private security companies is concerning.