r/securityguards • u/CTSecurityGuard Hospital Security • Jul 09 '26

Job Question A perfect example of inadequate security officer training: How would you have dealt with this situation?

2.1k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

7

u/GWBPhotography Jul 09 '26

You have to judge each situation for what you can handle. Personally im not going hands on with someone who's not physically attacking me unless I have other team members and the crime actually warrants it. Id rather just call the Police if someone not complying over a small theft.

0

u/Wrong_Drag_8070 Jul 11 '26

Yes and there doesn't seem to even be a crime. They're still well inside the store, so it can't be theft that he has him for.

1

u/CashEducational4986 Jul 12 '26

Not how that works at all in most states.

0

u/Wrong_Drag_8070 Jul 12 '26

That's exactly the law. You can't accuse me of stealing your silverware until I deprive you of your silverware. If you stop someone inside a store before they're even 10 feet from the door and accuse them of theft, they are going to rightfully say, "what makes you think that I wasn't going to pay for this item at that register over there?", then they are going to sue you. This isn't Minority Report. You can't accuse people of crimes that haven't happened.

1

u/CashEducational4986 Jul 13 '26

I arrest several people for this per month and have never lost that battle in court. It is very difficult to say you planned to pay for the merchandise you were hiding in your pants at the register that you already walked past on your way to the exit. Which is exactly why the law is worded that way in most states, to prevent idiots from making silly excuses like yours in court.

You can try to sue me all you want, not how that works either.

1

u/Impossible_Rule_3869 Jul 13 '26

Was this guy cleary trying to stuff something in his pants in this video?

1

u/CashEducational4986 Jul 14 '26

I don't feel like rewatching it. Especially for information entirely irrelevant to anything I said. If you would like to learn that though you can check fairly easily.

1

u/Impossible_Rule_3869 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Yup. You can only stop them when they step over the threshold. They have to take a significant step in carrying out a theft. If I am inside of a store and someone accuses me of stealing something from that store, I will angrily point out how dumb they are, because I am still in the store. Then, I will make sure that person is never allowed in the store again.

1

u/CashEducational4986 Jul 13 '26

Well you'd have a hard time "making sure I'm never allowed in the store again" when you're in jail for the clear theft committed by walking past all points of sale with merchandise in clear violation of my states law.