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It Should Be Mandatory that All Security Guards Be Armed On Duty

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Other than police officers there are now security guards at just about every corner figuratively speaking. Security guards spend their time guarding buildings and garages around the clock, day and night. Most of these guards are assigned to work cites alone where there is no other employees or supervisors present. When security guards are thought of one of the most popular thing that comes to most peoples mind is they are rental cops. Private security faces many possible dangers and they can become part of a violent situation at any given moment. . Without fire arms all they have is a outfit that displays a badge and their title. To most criminals it is merely a joke. Security guards put their lives in potential danger to protect …show more content…

That unarmed guard would not be able to stop the robber from putting a bullet through the bank employees or the bank costumers, nor would the guard be able to stop him from robbing the place. On the other hand if that guard who was standing in the corner would have been armed it would be a lot more intimidating. The sight of the fire arm on the guards waist may make the criminal think twice. If at that point the criminal would over look the guard and proceed to rob the place, the guard could then put the skills he learned through his training to use. He/she could possible stop the criminal before any harm came to anyone. Another example of dangerous location guards have to patrol is parking garage. In Dayton Ohio most big garages have private security guarding the places throughout the night when it is suppose to be empty. Guards are their to keep criminals and homeless people out. Within the Sinclair library database there is a article about a female guard. She was working in a Dayton Ohio parking garage next to city hall in 2010 and was viciously attacked. This guard was unarmed and brutally beaten by two people while on duty there. While the article the city spokesmen talks about the security guards safety. "Faulkner said last weeks incident emphasizes the need to properly match the level of security to a specific location." (Wedell) The security company who has the contract with garage refused to comment on that incident. Every location a

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