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Arff312

11-29-2005, 09:14 AM

Ok we have all been called Rent-A-Cops, Flashlight Cops, Top flight ETC... What is the funniest thing you have been called. I would have to say Flashlight Cop. I was called this by some one i was kicking out the other day. i was quick to point out the fact that i did not have a flashlight on me at the time ( at least it wasnt visible). So there fore i cant be a flashlight cop. The guy was qucik to reach into his coat and act like he had something in there ( he was just un zipping it but his back was to us and he was trying to act cool in front of his friend) But when he was met with 2 cans of OC in his face and a PD patrol car passing by in front of him he quickly stoped reaching and left.

N. A. Corbier

11-29-2005, 09:54 AM

Ah, I love ____-a-cop. My favorite reply was, when I was feeling particularly uppity, "Did you know there's no such thing a security brutality?"

The_Mayor

11-29-2005, 01:24 PM

One tough-guy referred to my partner as a "Rent-a Cop." This ole' Ranger said "I'm not for rent, and I'm not a Cop, that means I can kick your a** and most likely I'll get away with it." Coolest damn thing I ever heard.

Thats beautiful!! :D

1stWatch

11-29-2005, 07:18 PM

A kid told me "I DON'T OBEY ARTIFICIAL BACON!"

Bill Warnock

11-30-2005, 03:49 PM

After some surveys, what I've been called is uprintable. That is why, in this business, security and law enforcement, you must develope a thick skin and do a professional job at every turn.
Enjoy the day,
Bill

The_Mayor

11-30-2005, 05:06 PM

The question should be: What haven't I been called?

Bill Warnock

11-30-2005, 05:29 PM

When the building manager called my employers the GD' Spic and Kike, I decided to look more closely. When I left he referred to me as the GD' Irish Nazi. A word to a FBI agent and an assistant US Attorney goes a long way!As an aside, he is spending this Christmas and he has for the past two Christmas's, in a federal penitentiary.
Enjoy the day,
Bill

pfd1615

11-30-2005, 07:16 PM

not so much what I was called but an interesting development from it. I was training a new officer on patrol when after checking a building we came out and found a very drunk individual sitting on the trunk of our cruiser. he called us rent a pigs and told us to get 'real' jobs. after I told my probie to call dispatch and request pd he flashed a badge in my face and said he was the police. after repeatedly asking him to show some more id he jumped in his buddies car about the same time pd rolled up. for his trouble he got a felony stop AND after speaking with the desk lt we found out he was a cop from another town and found out he had performed this many times in the past. well, about a month later me and my probie had to testify at his admin hearing and he lost his job....wonder if he's called anyone a rent a pig since. (now that I think of it he's probably working security somewhere :(

N. A. Corbier

11-30-2005, 11:02 PM

OccamsRazor

11-30-2005, 11:39 PM

Doughnut eater.

I had to correct the guy; I hate doughnuts, and his warrant hadn't really been quashed. :D

fester_hicks

12-01-2005, 12:22 PM

I loved being called "RENT A COP".

Myself and my partner both worked security in a Mall in Salina, KS. We loved being called RENT A COP so much, when we decided to start making short films, we named our production company "RENT A COP PICTURES".

Bill Warnock

12-01-2005, 12:50 PM

Thank you N.A. for that kind response. I do take what I do seriously. I follow a simple principle: "Do not ask me to do something or ask a question for which you are not ready for the results or the answer." All my clients are sent a security guide/checklist in advance of the survey, along with my fee structure. I underline the portions dealing with Title 18 USC, Sections 3 and 4 and/or state law of facilitation. Sometimes the answer is, "Thank you, but we've chosen another consultant." They have an out, fee too high. N.A., they know full well, I'll pull the string in a heartbeat. Hardass, no; fair and objective, yes.
As a matter of principle, I never take a client's paperwork so as to fashion a completed survey having never been on site or visiting the site to submit a finished product. That represents his estimation using me as cover. Anything happens, and I'm in serious trouble, not to mention the ethics of it all.
Thanks again for those kind remarks.
Enjoy the day,
Bill

Mr. Security

12-03-2005, 08:54 PM

A kid told me "I DON'T OBEY ARTIFICIAL BACON!"

That's hilarious!! :D I think I would burst out laughing if someone called me that for the first time. At least the kid came up with (or heard) a classic! :)

1stWatch

12-05-2005, 10:15 AM

That's hilarious!! :D I think I would burst out laughing if someone called me that for the first time. At least the kid came up with (or heard) a classic! :)

and I did indeed laugh. He still got a ticket though. ;)

EMTGuard

12-05-2005, 05:20 PM

I HATE the term Rent-A-Cop.
If you want to rent a cop go to the local LEO and arrainge with them to have an officer assigned to your facility, in uniform, on his off duty hours. You pay the department and they put the word out at roll calls that they have an "extra duty assignment" available for someone looking to make some extra money. The Cop gets some extra spending money and you get a trained uniformed law enforcement professional with full arrest powers sitting in a Real police car outside of your place of business or patroling around inside. It's not cheap but you get what you pay for. My dad was a cop and made much of his money from working extra duty assignments when businesses needed to Rent A Cop.
I'm not a cop. I don't play one on TV. I work as private security and medical response observing and reporting problems and enforcing my client's facility rules and policies in addition to being available for medical duties as needed on site.

Mr. Security

12-06-2005, 01:59 AM

I HATE the term Rent-A-Cop.

Probably stems from the public's confusion about the difference between a cop and a security guard. Were stuck with it now though. No way that "label" will disappear, anymore than the "labels" used by the public to describe the police. Call it tradition. :)

Echos13

12-06-2005, 10:40 AM

Was told the good old name of being a storm trooper. I smiled at him and said I am a sci-fi fan. But I am more into Star Trek. Call me a red shirt instead. :D

doughesson

12-06-2005, 06:00 PM

When I worked security part time and full time as first mate on a harbor towboat,my co-workers referred to me as"One Bullet Barney"until someone started breaking into the cars up on the hill.
Then they wanted me to stay off the boats and watch the parking lot.
Bag that.I did that enough at posts where other guards would stay in one store chatting up the hot cashiers instead of walking their post and letting people know that they could be getting watched as they broke into cars.

1stWatch

12-08-2005, 12:41 PM

Okay, I think I've heard a new one. One individual at my company has the name "corny dog".
The story behind the name:
This guy and his partner, who were working an apartment complex in a rather dilapidated area, partnered together in one car, decided to go take an authorized break. They drove down to the 7 eleven and removed their weapons, just like state law says they have to, before going in. They got cokes inside, walked back out, then drove down to a Sonic. Mr. CD ordered six corned dogs. He ate five of them while they are returning to the complex. He had no idea where the sixth one went. He was convinced his partner ate it. They reholstered when back at the property. Five minutes after they got back, they rolled up on a carload of suspects trying to rob a resident. They got out and approached. His partner drew his .45 on the suspects. He drew a fresh corned dog on the suspects, pointed it at them, and told them to show their hands. He didn't realize for nearly ten minutes it was a hot dog.

midnightelmo

12-31-2005, 01:37 AM

my view is let them call us names because in the long run very near future our country will be seeing more and more security guards because of the terroist and crime that seems to be taken over.These same people who call us names and laugh will be thanking God security will be there to serve, especially when law enforcement officers are going to be too buzy to aid the public. so I feel these same people will regret calling us names and laughing at us. :rolleyes:

midnightelmo

12-31-2005, 01:50 AM

Mr. Security

12-31-2005, 09:43 AM

Myself and a couple of my guards have been on our way to work get pulled over by a police officer and the officer have the nerve to ask (after seeing us in uniform) what are you doing impersonating a police officer. has this ever happened to any of you? or is it just a georgia thing?

He/she may have just been 'busting your chops.' At any rate, try not to allow the actions of one LEO to influence your view of all LEO's. Just like s/o's, there are good ones and troublemakers.

On a positive note, I recently had a police officer stop in to see if I needed any coffee, etc. He took the time to drive over to a coffee place and bring back some coffee for me at no charge. :)

Echos13

12-31-2005, 11:14 AM

Indeed, not all of them are crasp. But some are just being funny with you. Last night I was checked out by a few of them that saw me sitting in a bank parking lot waiting for one of our clients to show up and work on an ATM.

I don't wear a traditional uniform but I showed them my ID and shield. He smiled and wanted to know where I got such sharp looking ID cards. They look better than his department's IDs. He laughed and said maybe they should stop putting money into the donut fund and into the supplies fund.

Cool bunch of cops. But as you know there are always the exceptions.

Regards, have a safe New Year. And watch you heads!

N. A. Corbier

12-31-2005, 05:39 PM

Two thousand dollars (and that's for a big model) gets you a Fargo or Magicard unit, a webcam, and a bunch of cards. Print IDs that look like most state driver's licenses. A far cry better from what I've been issued.

Yeah, I like Magicard IDs alot better than the "laminate a business card," or "print it on your inkjet" variety.

Mr. Security

12-31-2005, 05:57 PM

.....
I don't wear a traditional uniform but I showed them my ID and shield. He smiled and wanted to know where I got such sharp looking ID cards. They look better than his department's IDs. He laughed and said maybe they should stop putting money into the donut fund and into the supplies fund.

Cool bunch of cops.....

I enjoyed the funny story. :D

Will

01-02-2006, 12:14 PM

Top Flight has been it, by one of our warehouse guys. I don't mind at all, this particular guy and I get along ok.

For the most part, I (or my people) don't get any static at all. I've heard rumors that most of the people we "secure" against consider me a "bad mo-fo" which comes in handy sometimes :D

1stWatch

01-02-2006, 03:15 PM

Myself and a couple of my guards have been on our way to work get pulled over by a police officer and the officer have the nerve to ask (after seeing us in uniform) what are you doing impersonating a police officer. has this ever happened to any of you? or is it just a georgia thing?

I complain about this happening a lot. It's one reason I carry a pocket recorder. The last officer to try to accuse me of impersonation had to answer to his assistant chief and was ordered to never contact me again after I convinced the city they would be on the losing end of a lawsuit. I thought that was a Texas problem, but I see it's more common than I believed.

EMTGuard

01-02-2006, 05:34 PM

It's one reason I carry a pocket recorder. I love my pocket recorder. Lately we've been having problems with one of the employees at the plant I'm assigned to. She works in the front gate scale house which is in the same building as the guard house. Security has to issue out scale tickets and sign off on all the bills of out going trucks before they leave the plant. This came about because lots of stuff was going across the scales that the scale operators weren't recording. The Company got tired of the theft and had the contract security tasked with double checking the paperwork from the scale house. This particular employee has a special problem with all of the Security/EMTs who have to work with her and loves to file complaints with her supervisor and union rep which lead to Security Personell getting removed and fired. After the first run in with her where she went to her supervisor with totaly bogus charges and I lost a week of work and pay on suspension I made sure to keep my pocket recorder with me. I filed 2 complaints since then against her with my Security supervisor which included a wav file of the audio of her verbal harrasment attached to the email with the complaint. Her union rep was NOT happy to hear that security was recording her little fits and had to be reminded that in the past the company had taken her word over the security officers but the recordings clearly show a pattern of problems with this scale operator.
My little pocket recorder has saved my job already. It has more than paid for itself.

Mr. Security

01-02-2006, 07:17 PM

You could always ask the Cop "Why are you impersonating a Security Guard?"

Let us know how that works out for you. :D

N. A. Corbier

01-02-2006, 08:01 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if the union lobbies for the client to prohibit pocket recorders. This negatively affects the credibility of the union. :)

N. A. Corbier

01-02-2006, 09:33 PM

That's interesting. When your on private property that isn't in control of the person your recording, you usually can exert your authority to record "your" property.

If its considered "public" property, then there's no expectation of privacy. I'm surprised that states would limit that - it would make it harder for public government agencies to videotape/record without warrant.

1stWatch

01-03-2006, 07:38 PM

Just remember to check your states criminal code on recording others w/out their permission. Pocket recorders are a good tool, but they sure can turn-around and bite you in the a$$. <------That's from a lil' bit of my own experience.

Here, as long as one party is aware of being recorded it is not considered wiretapping, even if it is the person with the recorder. As long as I am one party being recorded then it is perfectly legal. It also is not considered wiretapping if the recorder is in plain view.

1stWatch

01-03-2006, 07:45 PM

Legality aside, my point was that behavior is not tolerated by me or the officers I work with. If somebody in law enforcement wants to accuse me of doing something illegal, he has two options: arrest me or let me go and quit running his mouth. Either way, this person will end up in trouble with his command staff and most likely sued for civil rights violations or illegal detention. I am a professional. I do not have the time or patience for ego contests or games.

Taser

01-08-2006, 10:47 AM

Top Flight and Rent-a-Pig is what I've heard the most. I really just laugh it off. Rent-a-Pig I thought was pretty funny, Top Flight I thought was just stupid. I think the kid who said it thought it was pretty stupid too after the PD cited him for criminal trespass.

N. A. Corbier

01-08-2006, 04:17 PM

Taser

01-08-2006, 09:31 PM

I've noticed that most of the "urban" kids who use "Top Flight" usually do something really stupid after they use it, like touch, trespass, etc. Something that requires detention or enforcement action.
Exactly. This kid thought he'd be a punk so I just had the police come out and take care of him. :D

jakeslife

02-28-2006, 03:02 PM

Where to start?!?!

People like to add colorful prefixes to "Rent-A-Cop." I've been called a "Faggot RAC" before. I may be gay, but I could eff someone up. :-D

wjohnc

03-10-2006, 10:20 AM

I know this is an older thread, but I had to post anyway.

I was once ordered - I didn't want to do it - to work some mall shifts because they needed help on the weekends.
Anyhoo, one Friday night a bunch of teens were getting rowdy at a table in the food court. I went up to them with the intention of getting them to move on.
I succeeded, and one girl, with another agreeing, said that "You're too nice to be a security guard, you should be a cop."

To this day I'm pretty sure it was a compliment. :rolleyes:

wjohnc
aah, the mall. I'll never do it again

1stWatch

03-11-2006, 09:10 PM

I still like being called artificial bacon.

bigdog

03-11-2006, 10:53 PM

I actually talked to a security officer that asked one of those joke companies that make fake puke to make him a box of artificial bacon so when people called him artificial bacon. hed could say im not artificial bacon this is. want some?

K9BITESME

04-04-2006, 02:45 AM

The Wackenhut Corporation has several types of uniforms and the one I wear is tan and looks very sharp. It kind of looks like the Florida State Trooper uniform. So alot of people automatically mistake me for an FHP officer. It's so funny. But I hate it when a couple of kids say " Arrest him...blah, blah, blah..." or some parent has their child with them and they try to keep their kid from acting up so they tell their child that I am going to take them away to jail or something...poor kid...but they don't consider that abusing a child I guess. :mad:

ozsecuritychic

04-04-2006, 04:14 AM

the ones that yell security when you walk past really annoy me.one bloke got quite offended when after about 20 times he said security as i walked past so when i walked past the next time i heard security so i said tosser he got quite offended by that for some reason.

Mr. Security

04-04-2006, 08:40 AM

I still like being called artificial bacon.

...Me to. :)

Mr. Security

04-04-2006, 08:45 AM

.... or some parent has their child with them and they try to keep their kid from acting up so they tell their child that I am going to take them away to jail or something...poor kid...

It's a shame that some parents employ that tactic. All it does is make the kid fear the police instead of viewing them as a source of protection.

OzPatrol

04-04-2006, 10:44 AM

Chubba Chuppa...

Like a sucker, lollipop on a stick, what have you. I find it rather amusing at the time.

Of course, I've had the odd one go stupid, calling me a rent-a-cop. I explain, in detail, I was not any such thing. First, I was not a cop, and second, I made more money than the cops, hence, I wasn't for rent.

Then of course, you get the Chubbers thing. More idiots talking plastic cop, and shouting things out of passing vehicle.

I had one at a store one night say something I can't exactly post in this environment. I mentioned to him that should he feel the urge to exit the vehicle, he could feel free to engage me in intelligent conversation or take his best shot. If he felt the need, he was welcomed to bring his three friends with him. For some reason, he just couldn't seem to get the nerve up to get out of the vehicle.

I almost felt like saying, "You will respect my AUTHORITAY!" I resisted, considering I really don't have any, and the fact that I tend to be somewhat edgy about what I do.

I go out, I do the absolute best job I can possibly perform, even going that little extra mile should it be called upon. No, I don't wash windows, nor do I vacuum floors (well, not while on duty...on the occasion to keep the wife happy, yes). I am a patrol officer, (currently working dispatch). I have upwards of 50 places I have to be every night, including answer alarm responses, attending break and enters and doing the occasions "Right, you guys need to move along" thing.

I don't have TIME to sit around and play taxi, or anything else. Most nights, my 12 hours are full. Makes the time go quicker.

Okay, I'm going to shut up now....I've definitely overspent my .5 cents.

HotelSecurity

04-04-2006, 04:32 PM

In over 25 years of dealing with drunk students I've been called everything. But I get a real good feeling when after taking their abuse they actually start to cry when they realize that I do have the authority & I am throwing out of the hotel at 3 o'clock in the morning :cool:

GCMC Security

04-04-2006, 06:19 PM

The Wackenhut Corporation has several types of uniforms and the one I wear is tan and looks very sharp.

Our patches also say " Custom Protection Division" With the Custom Large and on top, I've had people ask me why Customs was in the hospital.....or how come Customs don't carry guns (we are unarmed) :rolleyes:

N. A. Corbier

04-04-2006, 06:22 PM

I've been accused of being Homeland Security, or Department of Defense. I don't know why.

Knight Watch

04-05-2006, 04:00 AM

Well it usually is some sort of Mother, ususally with fat in the mix as well. but the best was a lable given to our department after a revised parking policy allowing to TOW! one ticket #3 :D the other hospital employees called us: Parking Natzi's How ever after about 3 mo. or so adminstration was tired of all the ball bagging :( and told us no tow. :mad:

Charger

04-05-2006, 04:15 AM

I still like being called artificial bacon.

The kids around here used to call me that... But when they realized it wasn't getting a rise out of me, they upped the ante... Now I'm just "Spam"... LOL :D

FederalSecurity

08-24-2006, 04:23 AM

The funniest thing that I've ever been called is "sheep-f**ker." :D

Lawson

08-24-2006, 06:17 AM

Our patches also say " Custom Protection Division" With the Custom Large and on top, I've had people ask me why Customs was in the hospital.....or how come Customs don't carry guns (we are unarmed) :rolleyes:

When I wore the CPO uniform, my patches were pre-G4S buyout patches. The new ones I think are a little more identifying as Wackenhut Security, but the old ones say "CUSTOM" large on top, "Wackenhut" written in gold with a gold globe background (so it was hard to see) and "Protection Division" on the bottom.

At my posts that I have worked where we wore the CPO uniform, many a times we get questions such as,

"Why is customs here?"

"Are you watching those immigrants across the street?"

"My brother Brad works for the Border Patrol, do you know him?"

"I thought you guys wore blue, isnt that what you wear at the border?"

"Does the 'W' on your hat mean Washington?"