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OK, here's the deal...
On two seperate occasions at my mall, I have been approached by an individual who flashed a badge, and inquired as to if we (my security department) needed asistance with traffic control (the first time was on Black Friday
); At first, I thought nothing of it, and was actually glad to have additional help with vehicle traffic that day... This individual apparently knew how how to direct traffic, as his help was a benefit far as gridlock was concerned... After speaking to him a while, "George" stated to me he was a prior service Marine, and started his own company to assist Security and Police when it was needed. His badge was an LAPD 2 tone style stating "United States Cop Protector - badge # 292"...
OK, I don't know the guy, and I was just thankful for the help since it was a hectic day... Since then, on weekends, he has called to inquire as to wether or not my Officers need help with directing traffic... On 2 occasions I've told him no since traffic was moving well on its own, but this past Saturday 12/08, he decided to just show up and offer his help...
A little back story (VERY little)... This past Saturday, he was on property wearing an M1-A style bomber jacket, complete with a Stuttgart, Germany PD patch on the right shoulder, a Ventura, CA PD patch on the back, and a Vergennes, VT PD patch on the left shoulder, in addition to the USCP badge around his neck... Now, seeing as how we are in Vermont, a police department patch worn on an outer garment is enough to imply affiliation with a particular agency, that this guy wasn't arrested right away... We did however, have 2 South Burlington PD Officers on site this past weekend, and one of them addressed the guy and told him pretty much he was not to imply that he was either Security or Police during his time there, but was welcome to shop and/or spend the day walking around... If he were to observe somwthing wonky, he should call Security or PD but not take any action on his own...
I've talked to the guy a few times, and he is friendly and amicable enough, but IMHO, my Officers, as well as SBPD kinda have doubts as to his 10-96 status; There are a few store operators here that knew him in HS that said if an ambulance or police car/fire truck drove past the school, he would leave and follow them to the scene... One person went so far as to state that while in High School, this person would wear an earpiece with a cut wire stuffed down his sleeve and speak into a nonexistent radio...
On two seperate occasions at my mall, I have been approached by an individual who flashed a badge, and inquired as to if we (my security department) needed asistance with traffic control (the first time was on Black Friday
); At first, I thought nothing of it, and was actually glad to have additional help with vehicle traffic that day... This individual apparently knew how how to direct traffic, as his help was a benefit far as gridlock was concerned... After speaking to him a while, "George" stated to me he was a prior service Marine, and started his own company to assist Security and Police when it was needed. His badge was an LAPD 2 tone style stating "United States Cop Protector - badge # 292"...OK, I don't know the guy, and I was just thankful for the help since it was a hectic day... Since then, on weekends, he has called to inquire as to wether or not my Officers need help with directing traffic... On 2 occasions I've told him no since traffic was moving well on its own, but this past Saturday 12/08, he decided to just show up and offer his help...
A little back story (VERY little)... This past Saturday, he was on property wearing an M1-A style bomber jacket, complete with a Stuttgart, Germany PD patch on the right shoulder, a Ventura, CA PD patch on the back, and a Vergennes, VT PD patch on the left shoulder, in addition to the USCP badge around his neck... Now, seeing as how we are in Vermont, a police department patch worn on an outer garment is enough to imply affiliation with a particular agency, that this guy wasn't arrested right away... We did however, have 2 South Burlington PD Officers on site this past weekend, and one of them addressed the guy and told him pretty much he was not to imply that he was either Security or Police during his time there, but was welcome to shop and/or spend the day walking around... If he were to observe somwthing wonky, he should call Security or PD but not take any action on his own...
I've talked to the guy a few times, and he is friendly and amicable enough, but IMHO, my Officers, as well as SBPD kinda have doubts as to his 10-96 status; There are a few store operators here that knew him in HS that said if an ambulance or police car/fire truck drove past the school, he would leave and follow them to the scene... One person went so far as to state that while in High School, this person would wear an earpiece with a cut wire stuffed down his sleeve and speak into a nonexistent radio...
Sound like a case for the guys at Hamsexy. I love watching them bust on Whackers like that guy. Between the guys at Hamsexy, Elightbars and Officer.com (and similar sites) it's getting tough for Whackers to keep getting away with their games.
Blossoming security company's will go to pretty extreme lengths to get work. Didn't believe it until I saw it for myself (didn't see it but the client reported the guys at 3 of our sites). Other companies were actually watching us on some of our sites, and reporting to the client things we should be doing, or did wrong. (They weren't accusing us of doing bad things, just tryin to make us look bad if they could.) Just a little food for thought.
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