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[Deputy Dawg]

Open air parking lots What are your car thefts like?

They are actually not too bad, no thefts/burglaries over the past 4-5 months, last was people claiming they were "checking in" and then stealing GPS units from cars.

edit: Also, we have a mix of fences and walls along the entire exterior of the hotel property which helps force people to exit/enter through the area of the guard booths.

We have Security Booths at both entrances and are in the process of (FINALLY!) getting gate arms to help stop traffic as we have recently had ever increasing issues with people running the booths and attempting to commit crimes or just not paying attnetion and trying to cut through the property and then realizing they can't once one of our SO's on patrol stops them.

The one issue we have is that there is not enough parking anymore when we sell out. The hotel property is over 30 years old if I remember correctly, and the parking lot has stayed the same. They really need to expand or make a parking garage though. Plenty of extra room to the south (large patch of grass between our fence and the gas station) but people complain so much just having to walk more than 10 seconds between their room and where they park.

[HotelSecurity]

They are actually not too bad, no thefts/burglaries over the past 4-5 months, last was people claiming they were "checking in" and then stealing GPS units from cars.

edit: Also, we have a mix of fences and walls along the entire exterior of the hotel property which helps force people to exit/enter through the area of the guard booths.

We have Security Booths at both entrances and are in the process of (FINALLY!) getting gate arms to help stop traffic as we have recently had ever increasing issues with people running the booths and attempting to commit crimes or just not paying attnetion and trying to cut through the property and then realizing they can't once one of our SO's on patrol stops them.

The one issue we have is that there is not enough parking anymore when we sell out. The hotel property is over 30 years old if I remember correctly, and the parking lot has stayed the same. They really need to expand or make a parking garage though. Plenty of extra room to the south (large patch of grass between our fence and the gas station) but people complain so much just having to walk more than 10 seconds between their room and where they park.

2 manned booths The owner of my hotels would have a heart attack! We have only 1 overnight Security that also does Houseman & Maintenance duties.

[Deputy Dawg]

2 manned booths The owner of my hotels would have a heart attack! We have only 1 overnight Security that also does Houseman & Maintenance duties.

Well, we are in the heart of tourist/crime town right now so we normally have atleast 3 officers minimum per shift (2 total at the gates and 1 patrolling and taking calls). We will soon have 4 per shift if we are decently underbudget at the end of the month. With my last 7 months as 3rd shift supervisor, I can seriously say we need atleast 4 people per shift, especially at night as we have to do housekeeping and maintenance too. It's starting to get rough around here and it's always nice to have someone to back you up when dealing with drunks, 911 calls, and when approaching vehciles that have blown through a security booth.

Just the other day we had a Hummer H3 (huge chrome rims, glossy black paint, HEAVY tint all around on the windows) and he didn't feel like stopping and went straight to the lobby. I looked into it with my boss and we located the car, parked in the middle of the drop off/loading area blocking traffic, but no driver to be found. Right then I got a call because some idiot went through one of the fire doors and I had to reset the doors alarm. Right when I came back to find the driver again, he saw me approaching his H3, started the engine, and took off like a bat out of hell almost hitting someone else when taking the corner.

728 rooms and plenty of ground to cover while on patrol (Front lobby, bar, giftshop, game room, restaurant, mini grocery store, 2 pools, washer/dryer facilities, parking lots, etc.)