You can't be a Jedi and a Sith...

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Complacency is our enemy - EVERY encounter has the chance to go South real fast these days. You can't be a on hyper alert all the time, but you can always have situational awareness. Yeah Squid, maybe he should have done a half dozen things he didn't do. But you know, things happen in a split second...

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ing-press.html

This one just gets stranger by the minute. Haven't heard or seen any update on where he is. I think he may have just gotten cold feet. I'm sure the conspiracy crowd has other thoughts.

And I know this will sound horrible,...

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Its a vicious cycle. They've got to compete with Walmart and Amazon, and so they buy more cheap Chinese junk, lower the pay of the employees, try to stay afloat by being chronically understaffed, etc. The workers, in turn, can't afford to buy anything, thus driving prices down more.

There's...

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Get to know a realtor or broker. They have access to that information through the multiple listing service, even if the property isn't for sale. I don't know how it works in Cal, but you used to be able to go down to the assessor's office and look up the information on their computers during certain...

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I think the phrase has a broader meaning than its origin or its use by "Grandma Nixon." In other countries it is common for misbehaving children to be corrected by elders who are not directly related to them - and the parents don't immediately speed dial their lawyers. Anyone who grew up in...

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Correct. My impression is that our "mall" (for lack of a better term) is a bit stricter because it is owned by a limited partnership, and our management office handles all advertising, special events, etc. We don't get involved in the store's internal business, but anything that affects the...

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You bring up some good points. Yes, the CEO parked in the handicap stall would get a verbal warning, and the loading dock worker who is constantly late would probably get a ticket or have his car towed. How I deal with a habitual, known criminal is different than how I deal with a homeless vet who broke...

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Well this is a new one for me. One of the stores in our center hired a contract co. to do LP (some outfit I've never heard of that doesn't even have a website). We get a call (from another store) saying that something is going on. When our security arrives, the store guard has a guy detained for...

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I'm all for it - provided there are strings attached. On a side note, to says corporations pay 35% tax is a half truth. Yes, they pay 35% on certain things, provided they do not have an exemption or write off. There are corporations in the U.S. that pay little or no taxes at all, because they have...

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The facts are not in yet. I have never been in an active shooter situation, but I have responded to two building fires, various medical emergencies, fight calls, etc. Depending on such things as chain of command, how emergency traffic is handled / routed (radio, phone, etc.) there is a time lag. ...

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jesus-c...ecurity-guard/

Definitely helped in getting the police to the right room faster. He was wounded in the leg; haven't seen any info on his current condition.

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Law enforcement has specifically asked the media to not use the names of these killers, so as not to glorify them. Some channels do this, only naming the killer once, and then switching to generic terms. CNN and others have constantly used the Las Vegas shooter's name every single day since it happened....

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If by "crimes of opportunity" they mean "random crimes," then you are correct - they are not random but planned. If they mean dumb hipsters who have no situational awareness, then yes, lots of opportunity. We have the same thing in Seattle - and we almost never catch them, because...

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Some of us are paying attention - I'm a bit younger than you, wascaptain, but I'm now working a physically demanding site, so a work out program is mandatory for me to keep up. No worries - age / karma will catch up with the kids.

You're probably in better shape than some of the 25-year-olds...

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Ah, a week of dealing with bottom of the barrel contract guards on my site, and now this...I've been in this too long... heavy sigh.

I'm not getting how Sgt. Gary Stu "charges" anyone, unless he's working with some kind of special commission (possible, not probable). To his...

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http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/...ome/ar-AAsEt6D

This is just strange - not sure what the motivation would be, since Cuba wants better relations with the U.S.

This is also why I don't read comic books anymore - reality after 9/11, Ebola and this is way more scary and ...

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Not having to deal with the suits and the command staff was always the advantage to night shift. Plus there was never any fresh coffee on day shift.

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Nice pun. I'd check your local Yelp or Angie's List reviews; I'm sure each office is a franchise deal or similar, so quality could vary. When I was looking at alarm systems a couple of years ago Honeywell had good online reviews and a couple of guards I worked with said they were user friendly and...

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I don't know what disappoints me more - this security co., or the fact that the stadium took safety for granted, even in the wake of recent events overseas.

If you want a laugh, here's a link to Juan's website. Warning - you may spit your coffee out when you read about him providing...

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So, the President, rightly or wrongly, has inserted himself into the national anthem controversy. This is another one of those issues that has legitimate points on both sides, and once again distracts us from the real problems we have and divides us along yet another set of lines.

The one...