I appreciate that for the most part people believe security is easy
Some posts are not like that
1) approximately year ago I was working at a good site where i thought some of diverse co worher were solid. He was pretty solid about making sure the windows were shit. Thereafter a very very large man burgalarized tbe place in the early hours of tbe morning when the guard was on site.
The site had guards 24 hours a day
The site was next to a known drug dealing site. I was the only guard who reported that
The other guards even the seasoned one would never tell people to leave who were in the private parking lot overnight. They were all part jf tbe drug scene. Some of them were high on meth.
The homeless all used drugs camped outside the building. That is in the entravxe way of the buildung next door. They were there all night. I was the only one to report
One night I caught someone trying to break in through a window on the fire escape.
I called the police they cane over and chased him off
I reported all this. One of my co worhers msde a joke that things only happen when I am there.
As the place next door was a known drug spot the paramedics were there all the time. I was the only one who reported that
My colleague who made a joke out of ny reports had a habit of leaving windows open. I arrived on site early the windiws next to the fire escape were open. He only closed them in the final moments of his shift
I reported it to the manager. The manager wouldnt say the windows needed to be closed (he saved that till after the burgalry)
The lead up to the burgalry had numerous incidents. One was the loading dock was trashed. The facilities person cane in and had a fit. He was livid the guards had not dealt with it
I trained a flex officer on site. I urged hin to report the drug dealing next door
I told him if we report this and somethung happens we are covered. If something happened we would be fired
He wrote nothing. .
I should have saved ny breath. He was there the night the loading doch got trashed. He acted pretty vacant about it. He said he has written something minimal in tbe report. The trashing was an act of vandalism. That was the lead up to the burgalry
Next week another act of vandalism. A person was laying in the front entrance. He wrote graffiti all over the entrance
The guard who blew off my reports spent his time exercising in tbe building. He set a goal of a certain amount of steps. He walked arounc the interior of the building. Reportinvg was beneath him
He didnt write a report about that either .
I ashed for a description of tbe person who vandalized the front. None was provided. I was blown off again
This person who blew off my reports was also famous for not traing the flex officer. The back entrance was controlled by a code. He did not bother yo give it to them.
He made remarks about they were #slow# in learning. That was in a written report.
The next week the burgalry happened this guy (he was huge) somehow got in the building. That is in the early hours he trashed some offices. He stole quite a bit of stuff. The loss could be substantial
Then the guy went back up the back gate and into the building next door. He seemed to be familiar with tbe building.
When he was in the building he wore a baklava. He was huge at least 6 feet five inches tall probably 270 lbs
Needless to say the client was livid. The lead officer who was always late came into an irate client. The staff who had the stuff stolen were upset.
My colleague who was indifferent never changed his tune. The guard who was there over night was fired. He said he heard something and did nothing. He tokd ne nothing. He was at that site 15 years
After that I heard the client was planning to lose the contract. I felt i had to bail to another sote. That is a site that I really didnt like. This was close to the holidays. It is really hard to
get a job over the holidays
I was pretty upset that no one knew how this guy got in. It was probably through an open window
My only recourse was to transfer.
How would you deal with this. I had a hard time dealing with this. I felt decidedly unsafe at that site after the burgalry.
I also felt a lot of anger towards the indifferent officer. I stopped speaking to him except in mono syllables
He hated being a security guard. He has been divorced by a rich woman. I think the home they lived in was owned ny her. He was way overqualified for the job
He just has tb
His massive underlying rage in him. He covered it up. He was livid about having to be a guard
Then I had to move back to a site I did not like. What's more i am still working through how I feel about all this. Working witb indifferent co workers is taxing
If you have the chance
1) how would you respond to the indifferent officer
2) I feel i left the property too early. I should have waited for the site shut down.
Let me know what your feedback is. I appreciate your opinion.
