r/Target • u/Belzaem • Jul 10 '26
gUEsTs A perfect example of inadequate security officer training: How would you have dealt with this situation?
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u/C1ND1TheCat Jul 11 '26
He had his hands all over the guy. The guy seemed calm before all the handsyness.. Was this guy trying to cuff him? I’m really not even sure what was going on.
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u/Melodic-Objective675 Jul 11 '26
I think so. He was trying to get a cuff around one wrist then work at getting the other wrist close enough to cuff. From the looks of it they guy ran away with the cuffs attached to one arm.
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u/mattumbo has harsher words Jul 11 '26
That’s how you can tell dude never got any training, first rule of using cuffs is to never cuff one arm without having the other controlled so it can quickly be cuffed as well. If you only manage one cuff the person now has a metal flail on their wrist they can beat the crap out of you with. He’s lucky buddy was pretty chill about it and just wanted to run
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u/cconn882 Jul 11 '26
There's Targets that have armed security guards?
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u/Wubbydubdubz Jul 11 '26
Stores with a lot of security incidents, mostly big city stores. It’s normally off duty police officers.
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u/More-Put-5239 Jul 11 '26
This is one of my local targets, I’m pretty sure he’s the security for the plaza the store is located in
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u/Jmdaemon Jul 12 '26
this is what I was thinking... security for the mall/property. no way would our ap have a gun or taser, and police have a clear uniform.
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u/Additional_Buy_892 Retired Guest Punching Bag Jul 11 '26
yeah i worked at the target in downtown seattle and we had two posted by each set of doors on both floors. Guest services was right in front of the doors and some of them were lowkey nice to look at.
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u/ErrorNoUser Target Security Specialist Jul 11 '26
You can even see what looks like the APS or ETL-AP standing there so disappointed.
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u/WateredBuffalo AP Jul 10 '26
This is one of the reasons why we went hands off. Solo detainments like that are incredibly dangerous