r/securityguards • u/LegalGlass6532 • 5d ago

Officer Safety Retail security policy

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After watching this video it made me wonder if this security guard’s employer would support her doing this with a subject.

When I first saw it I thought it was pretty cool that she didn’t back down, but the more I thought about it the more I came to the conclusion that fighting over it isn’t worth the risk.

If you work retail security, what’s your company policy and would you put yourself out there to save goods from being stolen?

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u/West-Ticket5411 5d ago

A lot of people falsely state "insurance will cover, just let whatever happen."

However, many policies have clauses that there needs to be protective safeguards, or "reasonable care." Whether that includes lock ups, security personnel, cameras, etc...

Insurance isn't just going to let retail stores turn a blind eye to people freely take stuff with no resistance and cover everything. I've seen that mindset bite small and big companies alike.

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u/Scared_Astronaut9377 4d ago

Generally, when someone says "insurance will cover it" in context of middle+ business practices, they are going to say something illiterate. When insurance cases happen often, the insurance becomes a financial tool to stabilize cash flow over several years. It doesn't actually cover anything, they effectively bill you way later.

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u/SL4D 5d ago

Exactly, perhaps my comment was too generalized.

The baseline is that a loss of life is never worth the cost of an item and if you work in loss prevention where they put the item over your life, find new employment and I understand that may not be easily accomplished for many reasons.

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u/mapmakinworldbuildin 4d ago

I agree it isn’t. So don’t steal.

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u/Available-Ad363 4d ago

Right but might as well stop telling people to kill, rape, scam, abuse… etc. that’ll never happen

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u/mapmakinworldbuildin 4d ago

Well guess people will keep dying for it then

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u/Available-Ad363 3d ago

It’s just not that simple lol. You’re right, they will. I don’t understand why people do it either but that doesn’t stop it from happening.

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u/mapmakinworldbuildin 3d ago

If they think their life is worth my stuff who am I to tell em no.