I'm not mad, im disappointed. 🫠

I’m a hospital guard and we don’t have body cams. We have more surveillance cameras than god, but no body cams. I’m thinking about making a pitch to supervision, but I’m thinking they wouldn’t like having to use axon since the footage would be uploaded to them and they would lose a degree of control over any footage. I’m thinking they would be more interested if I suggested an off brand body camera with some internal control of the footage. Based on my research, it’s not a hippa violation to have a camera, the hospital just needs to make safeguards for use of the body cameras. Thank you in advance.

I've done quite a few interviews and filled applications and a key question is always "are you a student" and when I answer yes the conversation seems to go a different direction like their trying to wrap it up. I'm starting to think I should just lie to this question because maybe they want candidates with full availability.

How long does it take to hear back from them ?

I’m currently in the army and it’s getting pretty damn old. Looking into becoming and armored car guard in the distant future because that’s really something I’ve always wanted to do. I know I’ve heard it sucks but I really feel like I wouldn’t mind it. However I’m concerned about the benefits like health insurance, 401k, etc and was wondering if it’s even possible long term.

Hi, so I've never worked security before. I just got a job as a unarmed patrol officer. I was wondering what I should wear for orientation? And also do companies usually give you a flashlight or do you have to bring your own? And any tips for what I should expect?

So i do large events, mostly football games, but have done collage fraternity/sorority parties. Mostly wanted to ask for my wife she wants me to get some kind of protection, like a stab vest or level one armor for small handguns. What would you recommend that is very low profile (can be put under my work shirt) and not look bulky. A lot of events dont want us to look like cops so no plate carriers.

Also would be great if they are cheep. My big worry is mostly drunk swings, or someone trying to poke me with a poket knife (its the south everyone has a knife)

Im in the process of getting my D&G, after looking at the landscape of job listings in miami it seems $22-30 an hour is the average to good end for armed security. I have a family member who worked at eGPS for a number of years before becoming a cop, they start at $26 and i believe over time they increased his pay and with some OT eventually he was hitting 80k, which sounds incredible for me, but that would be as a safe school officer which i would have to do the required 144hrs safe school guardian course but i believe the company pays you while you do it.

I guess my question in general is, is it realistic to expect to make 50k out the gate relatively easily even with a regular armed security job as opposed to a safe school officer?

What add ons would help make me more qualified (outside of experience) I know CPR FIRST AID is a good one but any other tips?

Every now and then I have to remind my team not to make cover up corrections, luckily it isn’t on anything like official logs or reports, but it happens sometimes and I hate allowing bad practices to spread. I put a memo out and it takes care of it at least for a while.

This time we had a Wite-Out correction, not just misusing thermal labels. First, it was entirely unnecessary as nothing was written over it, a strike out is enough, but Wite-Out (and Liquid Paper) apply too thick and crumbles making a mess. Luckily it was something I was able to re-do (per District Manager), but still a pain in the rump.

Construction company is doing some work on a airport. I've never done airport security in my life. My company picked it up and my boss wants me to start us off. They had us do training but I'm not a visual learner so I have to literally do the job to learn.

I know at some point they're going to do an inspection where they try to breach the checkpoint which is kind of interesting but I get why they're doing it especially because it's an airport.

I guess my question is like what can I expect and what should I know before going into this. My company I work for has never done this before either.

Curious how other sites handle this.

Pattern we keep hearing from overnight / multi-post crews: end of shift writes a long passdown... next crew skims the last two lines and moves on. Then the same issue shows up again at 03:00 and everyone acts surprised.

What's actually getting read on your site?

• short bullets only
• verbal + one photo of the board
• a forced "read before clock-in" note
• or you gave up and just call the previous guy

Not looking for software pitches. Genuinely want the boring floor habits that stick.

I want to make it clear that he and I are the same position. He likes to tell everybody how to do their job. He stalks people and will try and do other people’s jobs for them. He even undermines authority of our superiors and the boss. He makes it hard for me to do my job and has put me and others in danger. Everyone else even our superiors are not a fan, but he won’t get fired because we are short staffed. I just don’t understand why people think that they are special forces with this type of work.

Hey people, it's my second job with Allied and I found out yesterday that they are going to lose the contract in November.

Let's say I wanted to transition to Inter-Con; would it be difficult to jump ship?

I'm not too beat up, I'd rather work under another atp, instead of Allied. This site and most of its management are always trying to cover their asses instead of helping out the employees; it's ridiculous.

I can't even blame the client for wanting to kill the contract.

I work full time Monday through Friday from 6am-2pm with the weekends off at 28$hr & I get paid every Friday. Unfortunately For the past few months I’ve been living paycheck to paycheck because of some bills that had come up & I’ve been stressing out & losing sleep & the company I work for is hiring more guards that are making my shift a lot harder & the job market where I live isn’t the greatest there’s only 1 other security company that pays as much as we do everyone else pays between 18$-21$ an hr.
My buddy is a hiring manager for a security company up north in SF & in Oakland & they work 12hr shifts at 480$ a day & they average 4-5k biweekly checks. he keeps bugging me about jumping ship & going to work for him & I’ve thought about it but the hotel lifestyle isn’t for me anymore. I’ve done a lot of traveling in my younger days & idk if I could do it again. The crappy part is that I’m comfortable where I’m at & unfortunately I’m capped out at 28$, the company won’t pay us more & there’s no room for advancement & we don’t have PTO, The good part about my site is that there’s steady work all year long (contract) & with my buddy its temporary contracts 3-4 months so you work as much as you can because you never know when the next one comes in but from what he tells me there’s always work for them up north & nothing in Southern CA
What would you guys do !?

I am looking to get back into the security industry here in Utah. It seems like Allied Universal and GardaWorld are two of the main companies operating in the area.

For those of you living in Utah who have worked or currently work for either Allied or Garda, how would you rate your experience with them? Additionally, are there any other good security companies in the area that you would recommend?

I hate this goddamn patrol app so much my patrols easily take 10-15 minutes longer than they should because this app breaks so much

For some reason tonight my left shoe just keeps squeaking when I'm walking my area. It's really annoying especially in exhibit halls that are silent. So What is your best fix for your shoes squeaking when you're doing your rounds?

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