Unarmed Security guard Cost

[Lawson]

You mean like getting:
- Assaulted
- Shot
- Run over
- Disabled
- Killed

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http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=715
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http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=721
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=360

Even we in security face those very concerns. And from these articles, these security guards did not all work some "high-risk super SWAT sites" Just your "average" security guards.

[N. A. Corbier]

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http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=715
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=718
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=730
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=721
http://forums.securityinfowatch.com/...read.php?t=360

Even we in security face those very concerns. And from these articles, these security guards did not all work some "high-risk super SWAT sites" Just your "average" security guards.

At least when its a Super SWAT Site, we have the training, firepower, and armor to at least defend ourselves. The "average" security guard is a sitting duck. No armor. No weapons (Lethal or Otherwise). No Defensive Tactics training. Not even verbal judo. Just a cheap uniform, a cheap badge, and the abdomination to "run away" if something happens.

You know what happens when you run? You get it in the back and die tired.

[Mr. Security]

.......Even we in security face those very concerns. And from these articles, these security guards did not all work some "high-risk super SWAT sites" Just your "average" security guards.

Granted, there are plenty of s/o's who suffer the same fate. However, I believe such dangers, especially loss of life, are much more common for those in LE. Police officers usually patrol a greater area than security officers, conduct traffic stops on individuals who could be killers, and are regularly dispatched to violent domestic situations. You have unarmed security in this country, but rarely, if ever are the police unarmed. Why so? It's extremely dangerous work.

[Tennsix]

[OccamsRazor]

Granted, there are plenty of s/o's who suffer the same fate. However, I believe such dangers, especially loss of life, are much more common for those in LE. Police officers usually patrol a greater area than security officers, conduct traffic stops on individuals who could be killers, and are regularly dispatched to violent domestic situations. You have unarmed security in this country, but rarely, if ever are the police unarmed. Why so? It's extremely dangerous work.

Uh oh...Please don't let Talon read this one

[N. A. Corbier]

Actually, I'd wager that the police are armed because they yelled for many years about being armed, always, and ensured that laws were enacted for them to be armed.

Remember, a "Special Agent" of the FBI is armed. Why are they special? FBI agents were originally not armed. It took an FBI Director to create a special category and have Congress pass a law allowing that category to be armed.

Our counterparts over the pond are not armed. Many police agencies that were armed were extensions of the military. Over here, their being armed is a truly American concept.

[HotelSecurity]

Granted, there are plenty of s/o's who suffer the same fate. However, I believe such dangers, especially loss of life, are much more common for those in LE. Police officers usually patrol a greater area than security officers, conduct traffic stops on individuals who could be killers, and are regularly dispatched to violent domestic situations. You have unarmed security in this country, but rarely, if ever are the police unarmed. Why so? It's extremely dangerous work.

I'm regulary dispatched to violent domestic situations, have Hells Angles check in as guests & have had mob killers staying in the hotels. I'm unarmed & usually work alone

[Tennsix]

I'm regulary dispatched to violent domestic situations, have Hells Angles check in as guests & have had mob killers staying in the hotels. I'm unarmed & usually work alone

[N. A. Corbier]

Tennsix, I hate to say it, but I saw no perceptional change after 9/11 in public opinion of security. It even got worse, with people going, "They're not real cops, who cares about them. Its the real cops who were the heros!"

To the tune that we never heard about a NY state proclimation relating to the deaths of many security officers in the WTC complex during 9/11. But nobody would shut up about NYPD. FDNY loses half their department, and they don't even get that much press.

It saddens me to thik that you need a media relations expert and a union to get your story out. Especially when it involved the initial effort to save lives.

[Mr. Security]

.........
Our counterparts over the pond are not armed......

That's because their civilians are generally not armed to the teeth with guns like they are over here. If that changes, the Bobbies will eventually be armed just like their counterparts over here.

[Mr. Security]

I'm regulary dispatched to violent domestic situations, have Hells Angles check in as guests & have had mob killers staying in the hotels. I'm unarmed & usually work alone

Get plenty of insurance.

[Mr. Security]

Of course not. If you took a survey about whether or not traffic laws are necessary, most individuals would readily agree that they are. Yet, many of these same individuals regularly run stop signs, speed, and drive aggressively. Basically, they agree that we need laws and enforcement, but not when it impacts them in an inconvenient way.

[aka Bull]

Granted, there are plenty of s/o's who suffer the same fate. However, I believe such dangers, especially loss of life, are much more common for those in LE. Police officers usually patrol a greater area than security officers, conduct traffic stops on individuals who could be killers, and are regularly dispatched to violent domestic situations. You have unarmed security in this country, but rarely, if ever are the police unarmed. Why so? It's extremely dangerous work.

Peruse the article here:

http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/death_by_homicide.html

I think you'll find it surprising, I did.

[Mr. Security]

Peruse the article here:

http://www.ifpo.org/articlebank/death_by_homicide.html

I think you'll find it surprising, I did.

Excellent article. I had no idea so many s/o's perished on 9/11, and I didn't realize that so many guards are killed yearly. Thanks for pointing it out to me. I'm going to be especially careful now. Hope my wife doesn't find out about this. She will want me to find a safer job.

[Bill Warnock]

Excellent article. I had no idea so many s/o's perished on 9/11, and I didn't realize that so many guards are killed yearly. Thanks for pointing it out to me. I'm going to be especially careful now. Hope my wife doesn't find out about this. She will want me to find a safer job.

I agree with you Mr. Security. aka Bull, thanks for bringing it to our attention. One more sad item to add to my guide.
Enjoy the day,
Bill