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08-01-2009, 2:28 AM
I have been working as an armed security guard for over a year now. I have had MANY interactions with law enforcement during this time. I have gotten mixed reactions from many LEOs during my time.
I notice some LEOs see us as an extra eye out for them (as we should be) and treat us pretty well. I have had some cops tell me that we help them out so much, and we were critical in some aspects of law enforcement. I have had several cops back me up, even when I made a mistake (which I have made plenty). They also back us when SHTF, we had a stabbing at one of our properties, and the officers first priority was to make sure I was okay when I didnt respond to my radio. I have had many LEOs like seeing me around when they respond to calls at our properties (we do apartment complexes) and ask for me to assist them when they respond to a call at one of our units.
Then I have had things the other way around. I have had some LEOs who I can read and they just seem to see us as being in the way, and we are of no real use to them in their opinion. I have found several encounters with CHP to have gone this way.
Now, in all fairness, there are PLENTY of guards who have done their fair share of making us all look like a bunch of dumb wannabe cops, who run around, using excessive force and pulling their guns at the drop of a hat on anything. So in a way, these idiots have done a great job at making the rest of us look like idiots in the eyes of the responding LEOs.
So I kinda see it this way, as long as we remember our job and place, we usually have the respect of law enforcement officers in our area.
I notice some LEOs see us as an extra eye out for them (as we should be) and treat us pretty well. I have had some cops tell me that we help them out so much, and we were critical in some aspects of law enforcement. I have had several cops back me up, even when I made a mistake (which I have made plenty). They also back us when SHTF, we had a stabbing at one of our properties, and the officers first priority was to make sure I was okay when I didnt respond to my radio. I have had many LEOs like seeing me around when they respond to calls at our properties (we do apartment complexes) and ask for me to assist them when they respond to a call at one of our units.
Then I have had things the other way around. I have had some LEOs who I can read and they just seem to see us as being in the way, and we are of no real use to them in their opinion. I have found several encounters with CHP to have gone this way.
Now, in all fairness, there are PLENTY of guards who have done their fair share of making us all look like a bunch of dumb wannabe cops, who run around, using excessive force and pulling their guns at the drop of a hat on anything. So in a way, these idiots have done a great job at making the rest of us look like idiots in the eyes of the responding LEOs.
So I kinda see it this way, as long as we remember our job and place, we usually have the respect of law enforcement officers in our area.