Jessica Simpson Mall Security

[LPCap]

Anyone heard anything about this or involved in it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uslmWvqKt6I&mode=related&search=

I just like the people in the video "You guys are in alot of trouble, you are only mall security" - what morons.

Any comments?

[Chucky]

Interesting but what did the paparazzi do to warrant being detained? It's had to tell from the video but it looked like the security got in the first blow. At the end someone seemed to be questioning that issue.

[bigdog]

the only one i saw that shouldve been detained was the guy in the sweater when he was asked to get back. He told Security F**ck you and when they approached him to get him back he got combative. breach of peace

[BadBoynMD]

This video should be shown to every security officer as to what NOT to do. These guys were untrained, unprofessional and very dis-organized.

1. The moron in the white shirt, and black pants who I "suppose" is a supervisor looked like he was nervous, clueless and it was the first day on the job.

2. There is no big deal if you have people and our famous papapparazi taking pictures of the protectee.

3. They didn't have the sufficient personnel it actually takes to protect Jessica, as you seen every officer and the moron in the white shirt try and detain two subjects. That left her wide open for any situation.

4. The other moron was the security officer that was swinging on the one subject like a chick (no offense to the ladies).

5. I am quite certain that Jessica Simpson won't be going to this mall again anytime soon. It just purely looked as if the circus was in town, and these morons had huge ego going on.

6. If things got to the point where her safety was in jeopardy, they should have had a plan for emergency evac of Jessican Simpson. All mall stores have a rear exit that connects to a long hallway that leads out to usually the loading dock area where the trash dumpsters are also located.

Of course this is only my two cents, but this was a complete circus.

[Mr. Security]

It appears that 2 arrests were made. I'm not sure what the first male did to warrant an arrest, but the second male in the red jacket was definitely interfering, even assaulting the security officers making the first arrest. I see the second arrest as justifiable.

Jessica should have had her own security with mall security coordinating the visit. I agree on the points regarding the circus-like atmosphere and poor planning.

[sgtnewby]

Usually, shopping malls are private property. I have worked mall security in the past and on two occassions, was told by mall management to escort news crews off of the property because they did not have permission to film or take pictures there. So maybe there are some legal issues with that.

[flashlightcop509]

6. If things got to the point where her safety was in jeopardy, they should have had a plan for emergency evac of Jessican Simpson. All mall stores have a rear exit that connects to a long hallway that leads out to usually the loading dock area where the trash dumpsters are also located.

Sorry, I just see an amusing correlation in having Jessica Simpson and Trash Dumpsters mentioned in the same paragraph...

[locknid]

The second arrest looked justifiable seeing that during the first one the subject tried to pull off one of the security guards trying to make the first arrest, when security did try to grab the second subject to make the arrest it looked like he started to resist.

The first arrest I can't really tell because the camera guy didn't film the beginning of the situation, he continued following jessica simpson for a few moments while the first subject and security went out of view of the camera

i don't know their state laws or private person arrest/detain powers or use of force so I can not make any judgements on whether they were justified in arresting the first subject, and although the arrest of the second subject looked legit the fairy punching of that one security guy was probably a little much seeing how many security guards there were and the size of the subject.

[Chucky]

Sorry, I just see an amusing correlation in having Jessica Simpson and Trash Dumpsters mentioned in the same paragraph...

Mountain Boy U B funny. My thoughts exactly. I liked her a lot better as Homers daughter.

[BadBoynMD]

Sorry, I just see an amusing correlation in having Jessica Simpson and Trash Dumpsters mentioned in the same paragraph...

I didn't mean for it to sound that way, I really didnt.

[OccamsRazor]

That was a shining example of teamwork, the way the other officers backed off the second arrest, before any cuffs were on.

And white-shirt-with-a-radio guy, who the heck was that? A janitor?

[ValleyOne]

W O W

Where to start, well as others have said this an excellant example of what not to do. Why?

I feel the SO's were too focused on actually making arrests instead of protecting the celebrity guest. I feel all they had to do was keeping pushing the paparazzi away and keep moving. At about 30 seconds into the video the majority of the security staff disembarks their protectee and takes on few idiots. This left the protectee with one maybe two security officers.

Like I said, they got caught up in 'the lime light', if you will. They had a high profile celeb and reacted wrong. Again, for those that missed it in the second paragraph this is only my opinion. I would rather have my people just keep her moving at a reasonable pace, and keep the camera crews at a reasonable distance. Celebs like her are used to being paid that much attention, or they should be.

I actually feel sorry for her, she merely wanted to go shopping, and her personal security and the mall security failed her. Her personal guards, who actually seemed to leave her to own devices, so they could run back to the rear to get a few hits in on the downed paparazzi. I hope they feel like the big tough guys they were trying to be. Like I said, just keep the her, and the crowd, moving. If a cameraman gets pissy cuz he can't listen to commands to keep moving and gets straight armed onto his butt, too bad. Their should've been officers in the rear to make sure he didn't get up and try to sucker punch the rest of the officers. Funny that scene in Finding Nemo comes to mind; 'Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...' LOL. OK back to it.

The mall staff seemed to be severly thin in their ranks. They should've had more people on the job that day. If Ms. Simpson made arrangements in advanced then perhaps the mall could have coordinated the event more aptly with supplemental officers. But we may never know that.Then again, I would think she has not only the money, but the prestige, to make arrangements to just close the mall down during her stay. But who knows...

All in all, I guess it just comes down a fine example of what happens when you take your eyes on your objective. I feel their primary function that day was to escort her safely through the property, not so much arrest and detain persons for seemingly minor infractions of the propery rules/regulations. Granted it developed into several physical confrontations, however, I would argue that those confrontations could have been mitigated by merely maintaining a STRONG buffer zone around the protectee.

[N. A. Corbier]

I haven't watched this video, honestly. However, there are a few things to ask...

1. What mall security person is trained in personal protection? Seriously. I have recieved no training in bodyguard or personal protection from my Class D "security officer" training in Florida. Any training I got in those areas was on my own, and not required for security in Florida.

2. The job of the security force in a mall is not to protect Jessica Simpson, President George W. Bush, or any one person. It is to protect the assets of the mall itself, the people (as a whole) inside the mall, and maintain law and good order within the mall itself.

If Jessica Simpson wants personal protection, the going rate is posted on several websites. The Mall's security force is there to protect the mall's property and everyone in it, not play bodyguard to one person, celebrity status or not.

[ValleyOne]

If Jessica Simpson wants personal protection, the going rate is posted on several websites. The Mall's security force is there to protect the mall's property and everyone in it, not play bodyguard to one person, celebrity status or not.

True, if Jessica wanted the personal protection she should've obtained it herself (if she did she needs to get her money back). But, I also agree the mall had no business taking on the Executive Protection role, as they obviously failed. One could argue that while paying attention to the one person they also failed at protecting the others on mall property.

But, I get the impression the point of discussion was the actions of the Mall Staff. As they had no business doing that type of security (lack experience, lack of proper staffing, etc, etc), I would think it is a generally accepted that they failed miserably.

Hopefully, they won't try it again...

[davis002]

Why is everyone so quick to judge when we don't even know all the facts?

If you noticed, the video started somewhere in the middle of this circus. I am willing to bet alot more footage exists that we haven't seen. The video starts with the mall security shouting out commands... do you think this was an accident?

Nathan is very correct... they are not their to protect Jessica Simpson. For all we know, they were focused on getting the cameras out of the mall since the vast majority of malls have policies against unauthorized camera use. In fact at 2:08 you can hear one of the officers say "This is private property, no cameras in here."

I agree that the whole thing could of been handled better, but I am willing to bet this was a last-minute thing. Anyways, now we can go back to making assumption after assumption and critiquing every second of this 3-minute video. All I know is Jessica Simpson wasn't hurt, nor even touched from what I could see... so it couldn't have been that terrible.