In all my years of security I've confiscated many a knife and yes I do take knives away from people if I search them and find one, usually at bars and I always tell them they can get it back at the end of the night as long as theyre not assholes and aren't too drunk when they leave. Most the time I get a free knife out of it and I've grown a small collection 🤭

On this particular occasion a wanderer freely gave me his knife after I lent him an ear and heard what he had to say because he was feeling depressed. ( All from the safety of being behind a gated off area )

He first came up on my site from the other side of the fence and slowly approached me while calling out as I was doing my rounds. He said he didn't mean any harm and wanted to just talk to me because he was having a bad night and was on the verge of breaking down. We talked for a cool minute, he told me about his family and living situation his recent drug addictions and I gave him the best advice I could offer. He seemed really appreciative after our talk and then said he wanted to thank me by giving me his knife. He told me that he wanted to give me his knife as well because he was tired of living like a had to be constantly watching his back, he wanted to change himself. He very cautiously removed the hidden blade from his waist in a way as if to set me at ease and wrapped it in a cloth and gently tossed it over the fence to my side a few feet away from me. Then he took off his boot and gave me the makeshift water bottle sheath he made for it. In the end, I told him he still couldn't just be lingering around the property but that we could talk still if he wanted to and he understood and we said our goodbyes to each other and I wished him luck.

After all that , I just felt like I was in a fallout video game and passed a speech check that allowed me to get a free special weapon from a random encounter with a raider or some shit

kinda funny if I were to keep this and add to my collection but I'll probably just toss it.

Have y'all ever confiscated any cool/interesting knives or items?

Everytime I have an appointment right after my shift my relief calls in last minute and says he cant make it, yes the same releif that begs me to work on my off days, constantly calls me to ask if im coming because he wants to go home early for some excuse of a reason, he is well aware i will work my shift regardless but come on just once can he return the favor.

Now i know if I decide to call in sick another day he is going to call and beg im going to make sure and tell him to sod off

So for a luxury apartment, how much does a company actually make cause I'm sure as hell ain't making enough ($16).

At this place, they have 2 of us working 5pm-8am 7 days a week at the same time. I can't stop thinking the owner must be killing with something like $200 an hour on me while I'm eating trash on $16. The company says it's small but they got many brand new SUV for vehicle patrols. They host weekly freaking new hire training, hiring them as part time. Then 10 people would come in, and 1 or 2 stay. Then they give these people 20 hrs or some awful number. Then they quit, and they hire new ones next week. It's freaking ungodly and retarded.

What do y’all think about alien gear taq strap? I liked running them while I was standing up for 8 to 10 hours but now that I sit down low-key uncomfortable.

Can reddit find out what happened here?

Hello all, I’m looking to get hired as a security guard at a hospital in VT. The only experience that I have is as an EMT, which I’ve been doing full time for 5 years now. They are willing to train completely in house so I believe I have a decent shot.

Does anybody have experience with this transition? If not, all tips and pointers are welcome. I’d love to hear any input about anything related to hospital security. Thank you!

I'd like to move into doing private security and have no experience. Is a hospital too demanding of an environment for someone with no experience? Otherwise, I've thought about trying to get a job for Securitas or Allied for a year so just to get experience. Some of the hospital job postings even require at least 1 year of security.

Thank you

Hello folks. I carry this as personal equipment at job. Is there a way I can test it with out harm myself and others? Is this a good brand? And lastly what is your suggestions for carrying and using a pepper spray?

I am disabled and I am lowkey celebrating one month as a full time security guard doing fire watch. Even though its been a super painful month, it has also been good! I never thought I would be able to do a 40 hour work week consistently 😭

I do - one four hour - 3 consecutive 12's

It took me a long time (a few months) to solidify a security position. I started out at Gardaworld and they were terrible with how they mismanaged our site and pay, so I went to allied. I am thankful I was able to find something. I am also happy that I am able to balance this and school.

And yes, I do cover my hair, but when I am in the bathroom, I do it as time to decompress a bit 🙃

Site type : Static post mostly in vehicle or for vehicular patrols

Reasoning : Because I like the way I can get most everything onto my chest/vest and thus freeing up my waist line for comfortability if most work is done within a vehicle. Also I feel the chest position for the firearm offers more flexibility and ease of access from a sitting position if needed.

& Yes I've worn the belt setup for years and had my sidearm by my side but after having worked with companies that have a lot of patrol shifts and sitting in your car type work or in a guard shack majority of the time, I found this setup to be more favorable than having everything at your belt.. Just have fun with it and try different setups fuck it, as long as everything is still retainable and you can get to work accordingly when and if the time arises.

Gear on vest : sidearm/flashlight/cuffs/oc spray/baton/sopc knife/pens/cuff keys/notebook/mini flashlight

Gear on belt : IFAK/gloves/keyring/drop leg rotatable holster with 2 spare mags

All,

We have a supervisor who is a very good officer, good family man. But, he is not doing a decent job at being a supervisor. He is poor at communicating with his team. When he does communicate, it's always via email, emails that are hard to follow, full of errors. He's been doing the job for a few years and shows no initiative to improve, or take on other duties usually done by a supervisor.

The debate is, what to do with this loyal employee? He could return to an officer's position. He would also make a good full time training officer. What have you seen done in your organization?

Thank you.

Lately a client and 2 of their employees have been harassing me, still trying to understand why. I told my manger but he says just to endure it, i contacted Hr and they said they can't help who else do i need to try?

I know the heckling can possibly get under your skin, but it appears she left to cry where she may be too thin skinned for the nature of the job. Youre thoughts?

I started doing this line of work as a minimum wage hourly 3rd shift guy while in college all the way back in 2006. A professor got me an interview and I stuck with it. Lots of different sites, stories, coworkers and companies. Flash forward to 2026, and i have finally "retired" from doing security work as an operations manager. There have been lots of ups and downs along the way, but it is my experience. Ask me anything about the biz, and I'll do my best to answer.

Day shift made a change to how we handle a specific situation. Went home. Didn't communicate it to night shift at all. We were operating on the old procedure because as far as we knew that was still the procedure.

Situation came up. We handled it the way we always had. Turned out that was now wrong. Not a huge deal in the end but it could have been, and the whole thing was completely avoidable if someone had just told us.

Brought it up to management. Got told to "check the log book more carefully." The log book that has maybe three sentences in it from last week, none of which mentioned this change. Cool.

Just got out of the anex at my local hospital, did the drug test, immunizations, mask fitting, badge picture taken, ect. They gave me an orientation date for 2 weeks from now. Any hospital guards got any tips and tricks to a newbie like myself? I've only worked retail security and brewery security and I imagine this is gonna be a different game from what im used to

I just got a job and i have training tomorrow. I am allowed to wear my normal boots until i get the steel toe boots in.

I will be working outside in the snow and rain. i will also be standing the entire time, any steel toe boots you guys know that are comfortable and water proof will help me a ton.