Security Officer contact with armed subject

[negolien]

LoL some of u are obviously morons and u know who u are. Observe and report..and walk away from an illegally armed drunk guy LOL...and there it is ..why clients and citizens hate security..just bilking clients while u sleep on the job. That's how Vegas happened.

Thanks to the real dudes for the responses. The rest are a joke so...

[MrEd]

Appreciate the comments..not looking to jam people up but also have to represent the clients and my companys interest along with public safety. Don't want to be THE GUARD who let someone go postal due to pc reasons or not wanting to inconvenience someone. Have had 0 blow back on this for now ..actually got some kudos. Scary for me going from customer service mode to gun mode. I don't care what some subject says..Officer safety first right?

So let me see if I get this right , you took it upon yourself to take a firearm off a subject because he was drunk and urinating on your property . First question is : what do your post orders say ? next comes company Policy , what does it say ?

Understand that the second you decide to "confiscate" property and perform an arrest you put yourself and your company at risk . I have not read where you demonstrated that the person was a imminent threat to you .

He was a nuisance for sure but he was not presenting a threat to you , however you chose a course of action that could have resulted in a confrontation . As a Security Officer it is your job to avoid that and to contact Law Enforcement and be a good witness , Observe and Report !

[SMarquez]

My nephew works as security guard, one of his assignments was at a pay to play college. One night a guy walks onto campus looking for his girlfriend. He finds her, drags her out of a classroom and starts thumping her. Observe and report? Let her take a beating for nine minutes? Get dragged off somewhere? I think if OP works internal security the rules of engagement could be different than contracted security.

[thetruecheese]

Bad idea. Lucky he wasn't sour tempered.

[MrEd]

There is a huge difference between a girl taking a beating and a drunk guy urinating . In the case of the drunk guy urinating there is no immediate risk to anyone , OP didn't know at first contact that the drunk guy was armed .
Therefor his actions are dictated by Post Orders and Company Policy .

Most Security Companies adopt a hands off policy mostly due to the high cost of Liability Insurance , Workers Compensation and litigation .

Now if a case can be made that there was imminent risk to health then the actions could be justified even for a private citizen .