What do you carry on "The Job"?

[HotelSecurity]

In my hotels we still work in plain clothes but display abadge clipped to our pocket or hung on a chain around our necks.

On my belt I carry:

- My personal keys including spares for my offices (3) & my handcuff key.
- Personal cell phone
- Peerless handcuffs
- A small flashlights. (I lost my SureFire G4 last week so I've had to go back to my old reliable 2AA Mini Mag
- The large set of hotel keys
- A small pocket mask type device

In my breast pocket of my jacket:

- An emergency key card that opens ALL the guest rooms even when double locked
-An authorization key card. Used to make other key cards, to program & audit locks

In my jacket pockets:

- A small set of keys that I use the most often. (Office, elevator)
- Note book
- Latex gloves
- Small knife

In my shift pocket

- A pen

In my hand

- My walkie-talkie (Being plain clothed I find that carrying it helps id me)

Being in Canada I can not carry OC spray or Tasers etc. At one time we were able to apply for & carry a gun but very few hotels in the Montreal area ever did. The thoughts were that a hotel hallway was not the place for a gun fight.
The only hotel that I'm sure did was the Chateau Champlain. It was owned by Canadian Pacific Railways. Their security staff were Railway Special Constables. It has since been sold & is managed by Marriott. They are no longer armed.

[Defensive tactics]

on my person

wow I kinda jumped into this thread to late, hopefully I can still contribute, I am loss prevention so I dont wear a duty belt but I do have with me.

1. police evidence notebook
2. All my arrest and trespass paper work
3. Maglight
4. Puncture proof/cut resistant search gloves
5. Kobaton (so I dont loose my keys)
6. Cell phone
7. Whatever change of clothes I happen to have brought to shift that day

Ben Wallace

[N. A. Corbier]

Does it actually say "Police Evidence Book?"

We used to carry these cool "reporter's notepads" with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office logo on them. It said on the notepad, "Deputy's Reporting Book." I knew a guy who got a ration of crap from a off-duty police officer that had a ... disliking of the Sheriff's Office. He tried to throw the book at this security officer, who was also a Pinellas reserve deputy.

Did I mention we're not allowed to have anything on our person that would give the average person (ie: off duty cop) the idea that we're a sworn law enforcement officer? Did I mention that the poor guy's only saving grace was the star in his back pocket, which he used to tell the cop to go away and leave him alone, before he suddenly switched jobs and arrested the idiot?

[zharn]

what i carry

note pad
pen
mechanical pencil
cell phone(trying to find basketweave holster for it on e-bay)
smith and wesson chrome handcuffs
2 extra hi-cap mags
AA mini maglite with LED and instant on conversion
S&W sigma in .40 s&w
D cell maglite for night posts
2 pair surgical gloves
my employer has also graciuosly provided a level 2a point blank vest
duty belt,dual retention holster and all other belt accesories in black basketweave(look sharp,feel sharp,be sharp)
car has foul weather gear,light and heavy jackets,extra batteries,extra ammunition,notepads,pens,pencils,duty notebook,city maps,pretzels,tide pen in duty bag.
i work for a contract company so other than the uniform shirts,brass,jackets and vest i buy my own gear.Is that kind of a universal thing in this business?Have a great day folks.

[N. A. Corbier]

My employer gave me pants and jackets in Florida. Some agencies give out everything.

[Tennsix]

OC
Sidearm
Cuffs
Gloves/CPR Mask
Concealed Cuff Key
Maglight Ring
Cuffs
Stinger
Baton
Radio
Carcam Remote W/Mic

Vest
Backup Firearm
Folding Knife

[Tennsix]

- Pen and Notebook in my shirt pocket

Buckleless leather duty belt, from center counter-clockwise:
- Key clip (rarely with keys on it, the set is too big for walking around with)
- Keeper
- Radio in leather holder
- Stinger XT in leather holder (with cover flap cut off)
- Keeper
- Keeper
- Latex glove holder
- ASP Baton in leather holder
- Keeper
- OC Spray in leather holder

Bunch of crap in my duty bag: extra gloves, enormous policy book, metal forms holder, citation holder, extra rarely-used forms, extra pens, evidence bags, DVD player.

No cuffs? How do you restrain prisoners? We have to carry a restraining device even when we carry off-duty.

[EMTGuard]

I answered this in the Duty Gear Setup thread.

http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/showthread.php?t=47

[Knight Watch]

stuff

Shirt:

not pad
2 pens
nextel
DL
note cards
long cuff key

Belt:

ASP
Radio
Cuffs X 2 , reg and hinged
latex free gloves, (medical)
Poly stinger
mini mag
multi tool (gen leatherman)
mk4 pepper foam
key keeper


Vest
folding knife 1 or 2 mabe more

[Unit 6]

On duty belt:

Motorola radioW/Shoulder Mic
Glove pouch W/3 pair latex gloves.
Mark4 pepper spray
26" ASP
Master keys to Hospital
Personel cell phone.
Stinger in Bianchi holster

[OzPatrol]

I was wondering that, too, since Aussie guards seem to be big on these duress alarms. Are there alot of guards per contract, or does it simply call "911" for you?

Duress alarm? What duress alarm? We have a VRT (you know, I'm not even sure what that means) that we have to make into the company every 2 hours. What happens between the time you make that contact to tell them you are alive and the next contact is anyone's guess. You could be laying in a pool of your own blood, but if you miss that VRT check, the company will have your head on a silver platter. Or at least, my patrols team leader will be sending you a 'Please Explain' letter with serious repercussions in regards to you keeping your job. *sigh*

Obviously, we have nothing better to do in the middle of a break and enter check than to stop, ignore everything going on around us and make a call in to do our VRT to a recorded message center, then continue checking if anyone is onsite.

The complete idiocy of higher management astounds me at times. It doesn't surprise me, just amazes me the insane heights that can be reached.

When I first reported for duty with my new security firm, I received:

2x Dark Blue Pleated Trousers
3x Light Blue Pinstriped Long Sleeve shirts (in the middle of summer)
1x Tie (red with small blue C's on it)
1x Boots (that didn't fit me)
1x Heavy Winter Jacket

That's it, thats all.

I began wearing a duty belt, which contained the normal radio, maglite ringholder, notepad holder, etc.

Now while on patrols:

2x Notepads in bag
1x Pen in shirt pocket
1x Pen in bag
1x small surefire style LED flashlight on regular belt
1x Spotlight in bag
1x First Aid Kit
1x Local Map
1x drink in cooler bag
2x snacks in cooler bag
1x personal mobile
1x company mobile combo push-to-talk unit
1x HHT unit (barcode scanner)

And that's pretty much the extent of it, except for some cd's for listening to music quietly at break.

Note that nothing else is provided by the company. Oh, wait, I forget, they did provide us with a first aid kit that contains a facemask and some gloves. I carry my own, as the first aid kits in the vehicles are never checked to keep them up to date with bandaids / bandages, etc.

[Mr. Security]

... We have a VRT (you know, I'm not even sure what that means) that we have to make into the company every 2 hours....

VRT = Verification Report Time

[OzPatrol]

VRT = Verification Report Time

Sounds reasonable.

Essentially, what happens is the security person calls in, gets a recorded message stating to enter your # which is usually 2 numbers plus your site location or patrol location number, then enter a password. It then informs you your checkin has been logged.

Normally takes anywhere between 16-20 seconds to do the actual check and then however long you are fiddling around with the phone to dial the number plus hang up. Makes for an interesting drive in traffic. There are laws in regards to operating a mobile phone in vehicles that are not on hands free here in Australia, so....yeah, if you are using it, you should be using a hands free, but its a bit hard to do that considering no hands free kits are in patrol vehicles and very few of the patrol officers are given ear pieces to use in conjunction with the mobile phones.

Australia's laws in regards to the use of mobiles (without handsfree) is a nice little fine.

[bigdog]

i carry on my duty rig
2 pairs of S&W cuffs (one hinged and one chain)
1 pair of peerless chain cuffs
A 2oz can of sabre red h20
a 26" asp baton
Streamlight stinger flashlight
A 2 C cell maglight for a back up light

[N. A. Corbier]

i carry on my duty rig
2 pairs of S&W cuffs (one hinged and one chain)
1 pair of peerless chain cuffs
A 2oz can of sabre red h20
a 26" asp baton

You need more crap.

I mean a flashlight.