Spring Break seems to bring a lot of wild younger people to NW Florida, and many other places, in February and March. What seasonal problems does this group bring for security officers/guards? How do you handle the young, mostly under age drunks? Is your security force increased during the season?
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The worst time of year for security in Montreal hotels. The legal drinking age in Quebec is 18. In the nearby provinces & northern US states it is 19 to 21. We get a lot of 17 & 18 year olds. They get wild. The hotel lets me put 1 guard per floor when it's an organized group. This is dangerous. 1 guard on a floor with 29 rooms x 4 underaged first time drinkers! It gets worse as the week goes on. By the end of the week they've run out of money. They hang around the hotel looking for things to do. I've been dealing with it for over 30 years now - hate it!!I enforce rules and regulations, not laws.
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When I was a Security Officer in South Texas working on South Padre
Island, Spring Break signified a major increase of special considerations.
Spring Break destinations attract high school and college students from many
parts of the country, as well as locals of all ages. Normally quiet towns and
cities are turned into crowded festivals during the day and raging animal
houses at night. Security personnel stationed in hotels must deal with
tresspassing, maximum room occupancy, excessive noise, and other violations
of in-house rules and regulations. Security personnel in night clubs must deal
with weapons of various sorts, rival gangs, deceptive minors, and crowd
control among other things. All must deal with drugs and the resulting
overdoses, theft, vandalism, fighting, rape, and sometimes death.
Any Security Organization that has any experience with Spring Break will
temporarily increase its numbers for a few weeks. Inevitably, you will have
to deal with these issues in one form or another, and the good thing is that
there will be at least one of your comrades around to support and assist
you. When dealing with the ones who are there just to have innocent fun,
be as fair as you can and in most cases respect will be given back to you.
When confronting the ones who are causing trouble, be especially stern and
unyeilding and let them know that they will not be tolerated.
Despite all of the volatile situations and long, hectic days and nights ahead
of you, don't ever hesitate to have fun during Spring Break. Someday those
days might even become good memories."The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
- Thomas Jefferson
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”
— Vince Lombardi
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
IX. Strive to attain professional competence.
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I live in Minnesota, so spring breakers are unlikely to come here...
Unless they desire to join the "polar bear club""To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill." Sun-Tzu
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Originally posted by FederalSecurityWhen I was a Security Officer in South Texas working on South Padre Island,~Black Caesar~
Corbier's Commandos
" "The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher
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Ceasar,
During Texas Week of Spring Break, that island gets so crowded that it
takes a couple of hours just to get across, so what do the Spring Breakers
do??? They just get out of their vehicles and party on the bridge while
they're waiting! What my old security company does is rent their Officers
hotel rooms on the Island so they don't have to go all the way home. During
Texas Week, I worked 90 hours so it was alot easier to go up to the hotel
room after my shift ended, sleep 4 or 5 hours, and get up for work again.
One more thing, I don't ever recommend taking your children to the
Island during Spring Break. At one time, a complete stranger approached me
while I was on duty and wanted to hire me on my time off to follow his
daughter around and make sure she didn't get into trouble. I thought this guy
was completely nutso!!!"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
- Thomas Jefferson
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”
— Vince Lombardi
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
IX. Strive to attain professional competence.
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Originally posted by davis002I live in Minnesota, so spring breakers are unlikely to come here...
Unless they desire to join the "polar bear club"I enforce rules and regulations, not laws.
Security Officers. The 1st First Responders.
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Originally posted by mh892Spring Break seems to bring a lot of wild younger people to NW Florida, and many other places, in February and March. What seasonal problems does this group bring for security officers/guards? How do you handle the young, mostly under age drunks? Is your security force increased during the season?
We're getting into the swing of it here soon in Vermont for skiiers and (especially) snowboarders, so I expect many nights of college hijinks
Usually, if it's one of the tour groups that are well known up here, we are notified in advance and provided with the names, phone and room numbers of the group representatives, the specific units occupied and the names of all the guests in each unit; normally, we warn the unit a first time (noise, etc.), and a second complaint usually follows in short order, then we get hold of the rep's and bring them with us on the second visit... That sometimes does the trick...
Then we have the groups that are not college, but High School; A firm policy at my site is that ANY alcohol found in a unit occupied exclusively by minors is confiscated right off the bat. Sometimes we get the older teens that get their liquid courage up and mouth off, but then we tell them they are one speed dial away from a State Trooper to respond and notify parents and issue Alcohol Safety referral sheets...
I had a similar type group about 3 weeks ago, making Hella noise and blaring music at 2 a.m... I knocked on the door and told them the rules, and further violations would cost them between $200 - $400 in deposit. They said ok, and Myself and the other Officer who was with me waited outside in the stairwell for about 3-4 minutes to see if they clammed up a bit when 2 of the guys came out and down the stairs... The 2nd guy said something to the effect of "I'll punch that cop in the mouth", not seeing me in the stairs past his buddy in the lead. Once he saw me his eyes got a little bit clearer and he said "Just kidding" as they walked past and out to the parking lot...“Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left”
"I swear to God, I'm going to pistol whip the next guy that says 'Shenanigans' "... Capt. O'Hagan, "Super Troopers"
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Originally posted by flashlightcop509We're getting into the swing of it here soon in Vermont for skiiers and (especially) snowboarders, so I expect many nights of college hijinks
Usually, if it's one of the tour groups that are well known up here, we are notified in advance and provided with the names, phone and room numbers of the group representatives, the specific units occupied and the names of all the guests in each unit; normally, we warn the unit a first time (noise, etc.), and a second complaint usually follows in short order, then we get hold of the rep's and bring them with us on the second visit... That sometimes does the trick...
Then we have the groups that are not college, but High School; A firm policy at my site is that ANY alcohol found in a unit occupied exclusively by minors is confiscated right off the bat. Sometimes we get the older teens that get their liquid courage up and mouth off, but then we tell them they are one speed dial away from a State Trooper to respond and notify parents and issue Alcohol Safety referral sheets...
I had a similar type group about 3 weeks ago, making Hella noise and blaring music at 2 a.m... I knocked on the door and told them the rules, and further violations would cost them between $200 - $400 in deposit. They said ok, and Myself and the other Officer who was with me waited outside in the stairwell for about 3-4 minutes to see if they clammed up a bit when 2 of the guys came out and down the stairs... The 2nd guy said something to the effect of "I'll punch that cop in the mouth", not seeing me in the stairs past his buddy in the lead. Once he saw me his eyes got a little bit clearer and he said "Just kidding" as they walked past and out to the parking lot...I enforce rules and regulations, not laws.
Security Officers. The 1st First Responders.
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What do you guys think of the following?:
When we get an organized group of students (not just a bunch of friends who booked via the internet - which by the way is happening more & more), we only accept the group if they agree to pay for extra security overnight. The hotel insists on 1 Guard per floor. We then post this poor person on a floor with 29 rooms & 4 registered people per room plus unregistered ones & visitors. I say it's unsafe for the unarmed (not even pepper spray) guard. When I have my way I put 2 Guards together & have them patrol 2 floors. I'm told by my boss that this is wrong because the group is paying to have one per floor & if something were to happen on a floor while both guards were on the other one, the group would be right in refusing to pay for damages.I enforce rules and regulations, not laws.
Security Officers. The 1st First Responders.
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Originally posted by HotelSecurityWhat do you guys think of the following?:
When we get an organized group of students (not just a bunch of friends who booked via the internet - which by the way is happening more & more), we only accept the group if they agree to pay for extra security overnight. The hotel insists on 1 Guard per floor. We then post this poor person on a floor with 29 rooms & 4 registered people per room plus unregistered ones & visitors. I say it's unsafe for the unarmed (not even pepper spray) guard. When I have my way I put 2 Guards together & have them patrol 2 floors. I'm told by my boss that this is wrong because the group is paying to have one per floor & if something were to happen on a floor while both guards were on the other one, the group would be right in refusing to pay for damages.
I look at a few instances in a one person context; I put Myself in place of the client... say I patrol a condo unit down the street and find a dude pissing on the dumpster, having carnal knowledge of the person he is with in public, etc... if it were my house (or yours) and alla sudden, you see someone screwing on your backporch deck, you gonna pass it off or are you gonna call someone?“Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left”
"I swear to God, I'm going to pistol whip the next guy that says 'Shenanigans' "... Capt. O'Hagan, "Super Troopers"
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hey hey
Getting extra officers here....done trained four this week and getting three more next week. Sadly in the point in time that we have been o one officer per shift for the off season...we've had a couple of incidents in the garage involving attempted auto break ins....and a ton of other stuff. We been understaffed all winter so I love the sprink beak bringing us new officers and getting us back to full staff
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Originally posted by HotelSecurityI've witten about our problem a few times. We used to use the "2 warnings & you're out the 3rd time" at my hotels. This was before the legal department of the Montreal Police decided that an hotel room is a dwelling & a person can not be thrown out of his dwelling without due process. We were further warned that if we open a door to throw them out, we can be charged with break & entry
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Originally posted by flashlightcop509issue a Notice of Trespass for disorderly conduct and have him off your property in less than an 1/2 hour...I enforce rules and regulations, not laws.
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Originally posted by HotelSecurityThere is no trespass to property act in Quebec & again registered guests can not be thrown out of their room unless you get a judgement from a court.Some Kind of Commando Leader
"Every time I see another crazy Florida post, I'm glad I don't work there." ~ Minneapolis Security on Florida Security Law
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