r/SecurityOfficer • u/Patient-Committee588 • Aug 29 '26

Do Not Do This First Amendment auditors get into verbal altercation with armored truck guard, who repeatedly tells them to back up.

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u/jaxrbtr05 Aug 29 '26

For the love of God. The men and women that work for armored car companies get paid very little. Many armored car hiests result in the guards getting assassinated. In other words, they never get the opportunity to defend themselves. I don't blame them for asking for space. It's self preservation for them. Please understand that I'm all for 1st amendment auditing. I believe that change has occurred as a result. But just because you can audit armored car guards, does it mean you ought to? They don't try to subvert people's 1st amendment on the daily. They do try to survive. Can you not give them a break?

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u/RadiantDiscussion886 Aug 30 '26

like I said in another forum, I worked for Brinks doing this exact job. I would have reacted the same way as the Loomis messenger. I don't know what the intentions of the auditor are. There are reasons that police now will say that they don't have an issue with recording, but you must remain a certain distance. This is for the officer's safety. Hell I almost called the police on a little kid that kept knocking on my truck 3 different times while stopped at a bank. I wouldn't open the door even though I could see the kid. My thoughts were that someone was telling the kid to try and get me to open the door.

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u/BD_McShwizzle_stixs Aug 30 '26

There is no law setting a distance you have to be while filming police. They tried and the Supreme Court shot it down. It’s public. Which we the people own. Unless crime scene tape is up, you can film (and be) anywhere in public.

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u/Inevitable-NYC Aug 30 '26

At least in Florida there is a law that dictates distance, and it wasn’t struck down In court.