This Is What Happens When Guards Don't Follow Their Written Post Orders

[The Night Rider]

I worked as a security guard for 15 years. One of the first lessons I ever learned is security guards don't make decisions. They abide by their written post orders which they can prove OR they contact the supervisor and let the supervisor make the call and they document that they let the supervisor...

[The Night Rider]

Seattle business owners left to fend for themselves on crime take matters into their own hands



From the article.

Seattle business owners outraged by the city’s crime trend put together a town hall-style meeting at a local barber shop to speak out about the...

[Jim1348]

If anybody here is looking for work in the Saint Paul Minnesota area, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety is currently accepting applications.

(If I recall corrently, though, it seems like there is a preference in this forum for private security positions.)

Capitol Complex...

[The Night Rider]

Two pieces of advice if you want to be ahead of 90% of the people that you work with.

*Always* have a notebook and a couple of pens on you at work. I would also keep a backup set in your lunch box or your backpack or your car or whatever it is that you carry your things to work in.
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[The Night Rider]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-shortage.html

• county in California with one of the highest violent crime rates in the United States is getting rid of daytime patrols by the local sheriff's office
• Tehama County, about 120 miles north of the state capital in Sacramento, is ending daytime

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[The Night Rider]

I haven't been able to log in for about 6 months. It seems that somebody changed my password....

[Jim1348]

I have noticed quite a few artcile today about businesses downsizing. Much of it may be realted to more employees working remotely. As a result, some companies are even selling off property that they don't need that formerly was office space.

Are you, as security folks, losing work as a...

[Condo Guard]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nuclear-a...191800231.html

New York and Washington, DC for sure, for the obvious reasons. I would add Seattle to the list because of the nuclear submarine base at Hood Canal. While it is unlikely, events in recent years have shown how unstable the political situation...

[Condo Guard]

Here's hoping in 2023 the defund the police movement dies a well deserved death. Here's hoping first responders stay safe - too many bad people with guns shooting at everyone in a uniform.
Here's hoping judges start putting killers in prison again. Here's hoping politicians start taking the...

[SpecialAgentKC]

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...y-ex-colleague

These companies hire for low pay and typically train little. The standards likely contribute to the quality of the guard force in general. I’m deeply saddened that a hard-working 60-year old had to die. In pace resquiescat.