any advice for making Graveyard shift schedule "work" for other 16hrs?

[Squid]

Night Shifts should be done by robot drones under human control from call centers based in India.

Sure the robot will cost something, but the guy in the Indian call center only makes $1.45/week(no benefits).

Since most Grave security is less about 'customer service' or even retail "LP" and more about "Eeek! CALL THE COPS, CALL THE COPS!!!" and more pure "observe and report, provide visual deterrence" robots under Indian call center control would be ideal.

Take the post I'm at right now. I've got basically one purpose...Call the cops if something starts making off with the materials and trucks. Perfect for a robot with webcam and motion detectors. Also safer, as the obvious way to 'hit' the site I'm on would be to shoot the S.O. through the fence with reasonably quiet gun, THEN take what you want (maybe after taking my uniform shirt in case any cops do show).

[copelandamuffy]

One problem working just some of the time. 2200-0600 shift is the next
day when your back to a normal shift you awake hungry at 0200 hours
Down to the refrigerator for a glass of milk, and Oreo cookies

Stay up watching the info. commercials
Real Estate gurus selling “ocean front property in Phoenix. Operators are standing by”

"This amazing pill and you will lose 50 pounds of ugly fat"

Or “be the man you always wanted to be” Why didn’t they sell these products many moons ago when I was in college with pretty girls?

[Curtis Baillie]

One problem working just some of the time. 2200-0600 shift is the next
day when your back to a normal shift you awake hungry at 0200 hours
Down to the refrigerator for a glass of milk, and Oreo cookies

Stay up watching the info. commercials
Real Estate gurus selling “ocean front property in Phoenix. Operators are standing by”

"This amazing pill and you will lose 50 pounds of ugly fat"

Or “be the man you always wanted to be” Why didn’t they sell these products many moons ago when I was in college with pretty girls?

I recommend you buy all the property you can in Yuma, AZ. It all will someday be ocean front property.

[copelandamuffy]

I recommend you buy all the property you can in Yuma, AZ. It all will someday be ocean front property.

All those Californians will move to Phoenix??Yikes
If Sheriff Joe of Maricopia County was busy, he will get more busy


Actually I can tell my wife we can move to Phoenix, and can
keep the motor boat

[Curtis Baillie]

Did you know there are more boats in AZ per capita than anywhere else in the USA?

[HotelSecurity]

Night Shifts should be done by robot drones under human control from call centers based in India.

Sure the robot will cost something, but the guy in the Indian call center only makes $1.45/week(no benefits).

Since most Grave security is less about 'customer service' or even retail "LP" and more about "Eeek! CALL THE COPS, CALL THE COPS!!!" and more pure "observe and report, provide visual deterrence" robots under Indian call center control would be ideal.

Take the post I'm at right now. I've got basically one purpose...Call the cops if something starts making off with the materials and trucks. Perfect for a robot with webcam and motion detectors. Also safer, as the obvious way to 'hit' the site I'm on would be to shoot the S.O. through the fence with reasonably quiet gun, THEN take what you want (maybe after taking my uniform shirt in case any cops do show).

Hotels are busiest at night. During the day tourists are out touring & business people are out doing business.

It's an argument I've always had with the fire prevention people. They want evacuation plans saying "The Maid does this", "the Doorman does that" etc. Problem is that during the day we have a lot of staff with no guests & at night when most of the guests are in the hotel we have very few staff.

[Condo Guard]

Ah Squid, I like your post, but in all seriousness...Yes, much night security is "O & R." But as Hotel said, hotels, residential sites and industrial sites that run three shifts are heavily occupied at night. Any emergency requires RAPID response to save lives, property and money.

As so many of us have posted over the years, a good security officer can "nip things in the bud" before they get out of hand, whether it is a leaking pipe that just needs a valve turned off until maintenance can fix it, to the DV incident in its early stage that diffuses because they see Security coming their way.

How many car prowls have I prevented? I don't know. How many "peeping toms" have I run off my site that has a high single female population? I don't know - but I know I have. I most enjoy the cars and people lurking on the perimeter that immediately take off when they see our patrol coming. I imagine they're moving down the road to the site with no security, or just passive cameras (where response will be delayed and they can get away as long as they're quick). I've done the job I'm paid for - I moved a potential problem off my site.