Hi guys and gals. I have a question I want to ask and get some opinions on. First off, I am a retired deputy sheriff with a CCW and am now doing security guard work part time for a local company. My oldest son and I have both been guarding a bank inside a grocery store in a part of town with a very high crime rate. There have been several shootings and the bank we have has been robbed twice. We have been carrying concealed for a long time but we also figured that if we were visible armed, it would be a deterrent. Before we started carrying openly, we got the OK from our boss, then the bank manager and then the grocery store manager. Then the head of the store's loss prevention got all upset and called the bank manager and said we could not be armed. We said OK and got the OK to be concealed again. Then last week I got hauled into the office by the bank manager and she said that now their loss prevention decided we could carry NO weapons of any kind, even our spray, which the store's loss prevention carries. I explained to the bank manager that we were all licensed to carry concealed weapons and for our own safety we would still carry concealed. She said we could not. I also explained my status as a retired officer and I carry everywhere and would not stop carrying. Next thing I know, a letter was hand delivered by her to my boss stating we were not to carry any weapons of any kind and if we were caught carrying, our contract to guard the bank would be terminated on the spot. I personally refuse to work in that environment. We were also told that if something happened at the bank, we were to simply walk away and be an "expert witness" which is kind of hard if we walk away. I questioned why we were even there if we were to do nothing. I was told we were to be a deterrent and expert witness. What is everyone's opinion?? Thanks.
Jack
Jack
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