Welcome to Confessions Of A Security Guard!

Thank you for visiting my blog. I am a security guard working in the state of Texas. I started in 1998, then returned to the field in 2004. Since 2004, I have worked as an armed and unarmed security guard in the Houston area.

I started this blog because I feel there a lot of us who are not properly educated or trained by our employers and forced to learn on our own from experience and by making mistakes. I started this blog for that specific reason. I've written what I consider helpful articles that offer information that can be applied in the right circumstances. 

I've also added videos that can aid beginners in self-defense, and links to other security guard sites that provide related news on our industry. Should there be anything you need information on or would like to see on this site, please let me know. 

Monday, January 19, 2009

Armed And Dangerous

 To protect myself from the possibility of retaliation or prosecution, the names of those involved have been changed. In 200* I was employed by a security company in West Houston as a armed guard. Prior to employment, I'd been warned to be careful about this company and its manager, due to negative reports that it was not a reputable place.

 Needless to say I did not listen to the friendly advice and submitted an application anyway. I only did this because at that time, I only making $6.00 an hour and working graveyard shifts at construction sites. The new company promised to pay me $8 dollars and give me my commission guard. A few months later, I got my card.

 It just so happened that the manager was also a licensed instructor, and, had his own security training school. How lucky for me, right? So, here's how it all went down. The training class consisted of me taking home the instruction manual for a week, then, coming back to take the test. A week later, I came back.

 Toward the aft of the office was the storage area (their office was in a business park). There, I had my fingerprints taken. When it came time to take the test, he handed it to me and left the room, and the training manual on the table so I could copy all the answers. I can honestly say I didn't use it to help me on the test, which is why I got a few wrong.  

 As he graded it, he couldn't believe that I got any wrong, and then, proceeded to ask me the questions I got wrong so I could put the correct answer in. This was only the beginning to his improper training practices. Please continue to Part II.

No comments:

Post a Comment