Panic and Lose- A week in the life of a Security Guard

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Panic and LoseA week in the life of a Security
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• A good week is a week where nothing happens John
  (not his real name) tells me. John works just
  under 40 hours per week at the Sydney security
  guard company Dalton Security.
• He has worked in the industry for 30 years and
  yet he is still surprised by some of the things
  he sees now. Apart from that, he still reckons he
  hasnt seen it all yet he has new experiences
  every year.
• He has been on patrol and come across a young man
  beating up a tree in kickboxing fashion as if it
  were a punching bag. His legs and fists were
  covered in blood.
• He figured it must be drug related. He kept his
  distance, called the police and made sure that no
  innocent pedestrians wandered into the situation
  by accident.
• The rest of the story is all too familiar. The
  police turned up and arrested him, but not before
  had had to be tased into submission first. No
  doubt he was going to be very sore the next
  morning.

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• John also tells the story of when he was doing a
  job for an infrastructure company and came across
  a trespasser on company grounds lying face down
  and licking the concrete.
• There was a big wet patch on the concrete that
  must have been licked fairly thoroughly before
  John arrived (it was very clean). For John, this
  was a first. He took his time and gently tried to
  make contact with the man.
• The man didnt respond, he just continued to lick
  the concrete. As john got closer, suddenly the
  man was up on his feet and went for Johns gun
  (which he didnt get).
• Two other officers were on the scene shortly
  after and the man was restrained and arrested. In
  this case the trespasser in question was
  suffering from severe mental health issues.
• John has been in other much more dangerous
  situations, but this is the one he relives every
  day as it is the only time anyone has ever gone
  for his gun. He tries not to think about what
  might have happened had he succeeded.

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• He talks fondly about the positive aspects of the
  job. He says now he is getting older, it has
  become a lot more important that he sees a
  positive outcome in his day it doesnt matter
  how big or small, he likes to think he is making
  a difference.
• He talks fondly about decisions that he has made
  that have most likely saved lives. He has rescued
  children from dangerous situations and been
  attacked himself when trying to help injured
  people as they lay on the street.
• Luckily, he has been well-trained and keeps his
  training current. He has learned over the years
  to spot a lot of different warning signals and
  says the most dangerous thing a security
  guard can do is to panic. Once you panic, you
  lose.
• Even if the situation or incident ends well you
  have still lost. When you panic you often dont
  respond how you should, and when correct response
  is part of the job, you are essentially being
  negligent in your role.
• You always have to keep your head. Your life and
  the lives of those around you depend on it.

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• He enjoys meeting new people and attributes a lot
  of his success on the job to his people skills.
  It isnt hard to see why.
• He is instantly likeable and is a very easy
  person to talk to.
• He reckons he has diffused hundreds of
  potentially dangerous conflicts and has even had
  people he has had to restrain search him later to
  thank him personally.
• He says that is the kind of stuff that really
  keeps him going and he is a true believer in
  always treating people with respect.

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• DALTON SECURITY
• Address lvl 2 36-38 Wentworth Ave
• Surry Hills NSW 2010
• Australia
• Call on 02 9283 9881
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