State of the ArtWeapons.

PIFFERS maintains a weapon gallery of licensed pistols, rifles, shotguns and related accessories. Weapons are treated as sensitive equipment: every strong room (KOTE) follows pasted SOPs, and in/out movements are recorded in the KOTE / weapon register.

Kote is a Turkish word meaning “the place where we keep weapons”; historically related terms such as Kotwali entered local usage. PIFFERS operates a professional KOTE management system. Photographs of strong rooms (inside and outside), KOTE SOPs and the KOTE register document handling of this sensitive equipment.

Steel KOTEs use a high-grade steel body, a unique code per kote, three sealed locks, 24/7 CCTV monitoring and strict access control. Concrete KOTEs are secured by concrete wall construction with the same unique code, CCTV, access control, displayed SOPs and three sealed locks.

The KOTE / weapon register records in and out of every weapon daily; each weapon is cleaned as per KOTE SOPs. Weapons are issued to security guards on weapon authority letters. A monthly weapon log is maintained. As per PIFFERS HSSE policy, weapon-clearing drum pits are provided so that at shoulder transfer all guards conduct a weapon-clearing drill through the drum pit.

• Every KOTE has a unique code
• Three sealed locks
• 24/7 CCTV monitoring
• Strict access control
• KOTE SOPs pasted inside every KOTE
• Daily in/out updates in the weapon register
• Monthly weapon log
• Issue on weapon authority letters only