One last thing I will comment on badges before I end this post. Obviously, that is a very wrong thing to do. I say it because there would be people who would use it in the same manner as an officer does. So I do not agree that ANY security guard, armed or unarmed, should be allowed to have a badge. But if we put on our hands on them or use a weapon, then we can get into legal trouble (your area may vary). We can call the police and report a trespasser. Realistically speaking, we don’t have anymore authority than any other citizen. It’s things like this (badges) that make us look like a joke and for good reason. If you read my last post, I had a lot of negativity in it for certain reasons. Security guard’s carrying badges brings up the whole idea of public image of them being ‘mall cops’. I don’t get why a security guard would need a formal badge similar to law enforcement. I’m not sure why one would want to do the latter, but you get what I’m saying. It’s a good way for someone to impersonate a law enforcement officer or security guard. However, what surprised me the most is that you can buy these. Whether it’s security, police or sheriff, you can pick what you want. In a catalog I look through (Uniform Warehouse) I noticed you can buy different badges. We are always looking for ideas to write about. If you have any ideas of what you’d like me to blog about, let us know. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, let us know via the ‘contact’ tab or in the comments below. If you’re interested in writing for the SG101 blog, let us know via the ‘contact’ tab at the top of the page. I appreciate all the support for the SG101 blog. It’s just a pocket sized book of useless crap, unless you’re clueless to the world around you. Sorry for rambling, but that is all I think about when I look at that damn thing. She has and continues to call us at the client (part of our job is answering phones/taking security related calls) so if she needed to text something, picking up the phone is just as easy. Flip side of the coin, SHE has texted multiple employees while we are on duty. For example, if someone says they saw you texting, she will be sure everyone and their brother knows! You may think “well duh, shouldn’t be on your phone at work”. Even for the minor, most stupid reason she will say “its in the Security Officers guide”. Now why did I say it could be thrown in your face? Well, because my supervisor is a huge douche, she will bitch for the sake of bitching. Their policies are listed, which is pages and pages of it, but it’s not anything different than any other employer.
Other than that, the information is either common sense or so outdated (talked about duty revolvers) that it may not even make sense to you. Holiday pay wasn’t in there, which is kind of lame since you really only get it 7 days a year I believe. One thing I liked about it (probably the only thing) is it gave me information on bereavement and jury duty days. So instead of getting a couple pages of information that pertains to you, you get this 50-60 page notebook that they want you to read.
BRINKS SECURITY UNIFORM UPDATE
Quite frankly, if they don’t update it, most of the crap in them have nothing to do with you. While these can be helpful to you when you’re new and don’t want to bother the supervisor, these can also be thrown in your face for the most stupid reason. For nationwide type of companies, you will most likely be handed this when you’re hired. This may or may not be familiar if you work for a smaller company.
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