TentacleDemon posted... If you hate working at the mall why don't you ask your company for a different post? Or are you an actual employee of the mall? Most places contract out for private security. But a few do it in house.
I'm employed by the mall. They have a in house security.
bigbadharry posted... How much do you weigh? How many doughnuts do you eat a day? Ever had trouble with skateboarders?
Were you too fat to get into the police academy?
190 5'10. I don't. Yes. No and I'm not interested in it.
Hambo posted... If two young adults one day got on the motorized animal scooter things and started low-speed jousting with flimsy plastic lightsabers on a weekday, would you tell them to stop because they're being a bad influence on the kids who should be in school at the time anyway? Is that like a common thing you're supposed to discourage or was it just the guy at our local mall being a stick in the mud?
Yes, I'm supposed to discourage it.
SoldierBoy posted... 1. How often do you catch people getting stoned, high, drunk, etc. inside the mall?
2. If you can legally detain people in some situations, are you required/expected to do so, or can you just back off and let them go? I'm assuming you have to call it in to cops if it's something serious.
3. Are there any rules about where you're allowed to detain them? For example, a friend of mine who has experience as a bouncer said they're not allowed to chase people if they step off the premises for liability reasons if the person gets hurt and the bouncers are deemed the initial aggressors for chasing.
4. Do you ever spend time just watching monitors and watching security screens in the security room?
5. Who do you have to report to? Who's your boss? Does that person supervise you a lot, or are you kind of on your own?
- Often. Usually late at night when traffic is dying down.
- I take them to the security office and call Police. I legally can hold the. But, if they run or fight I just get a description and call Police. I'm not risking my life for $15/h
- I can not chase them. It's a risk not worth taking. But, once they exit the doors not much I can do. I can radio a description and get one of our guys outside to catch them. But, usually it's not worth the hassle. There's very few of us and it's a big mall. We have 1 patrol outside 2 in door and our supervisor watching cameras.
- No. Only our supervisor gets that luxury or the night crew. I've done it a couple times and it's boring as all hell. You have to give reports every hour.
- I have a supervisor. The boss is head of security or the mall manager. I'm kinda on my own. I stand next to a kiosk and direct people who can't read to where they need to go. I don't patrol the mall premises. We have an outdoor team that have a golf cart that do.