redpitbull44
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- Sep 30, 2010
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These warehouses you speak of... where exactly... are they?
Sadly, I would disagree that 'most' guards are up to the job. JMO, but MOST of the armored car companies pay the guards next to nothing, and are known for hiring 'less than professionals' for the job BECAUSE they pay next to nothing.
I work at Brinks. Yes it is SOP anytime the garage door is open we will have at least one gaurd with a weapon upholstered or a long gun.
I would like to know how it makes them an easy target? We have enough awareness to notice people close enough to pose a threat. Well unless we have some snipers camped out on some roofs!
I know UPS drivers that make $30 an hr and FEDEX drivers that make $70k-$120k per year.
BIL told me that the company pays them as over the road drivers so overtime does not apply so they give them tons of hours at crap pay, sucky job!
BIL is Marine and is squared away! He said the jokers he worked with would get him killed in a second, kinda sucks as it would take a great team to go home each night.
You misunderstood my statement. WIMTSW a guy out in the open holding a bag of cash may appear to be an easy target to some with less than honorable intentions. Good on him to make it apparent that he is, in fact, not an easy target.
Most of the guards I worked with didn't even wear their vest. They were college kids, retirees, and people waiting for a better gig on a PD or FD, for the most part. The company offered almost no training, the firearms qualification was a joke and was waived if you had military experience, and I trusted almost none of the other guards to know what they were doing if things went downhill.
a big YES!
I walked passed them unloading gold ingots at a bank in Chicago.
There was several skids of 4 inch square and 3 ft long gold ingots.
They had very heavy weapons drawn.
I asked the guard if it was what I thought it was.
He said, YES.
I asked if I could just touch one.
He said Ok, if I did not need that hand anymore. then he smiled and said, well you would not be able to use any hand any more.
we both smiled. then i said well I can say I was this close.