Am I right to be offended
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Am I right to be offended
I am a Security Officer and I get offended when I get called a guard. Is that stupid. Security guards are persons who are entry level security persons with no or little training, Security Officers are person in security with tons of certifications and training. So far I have hazmat awareness cert., Expandable baton and oc cert, PEMA Terrorism training, Pa right to know training, I have my PA ACT 235 Lethal Weapnons training which includes pa crimes code, handcuffing,firearms combat training and stuff like that, and come Jan 28th I will have my CPR and AED cert. I get P*ssed when I am called a security guard, is that stupid?
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Not necessarily, if you have achieved something with credibility, then it should be acknowledged...officer
But most people make lazy generalizations all the damn time
But most people make lazy generalizations all the damn time
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Regardless, its someones bread and butter....and it sustains them and their loved ones...if someone works hard in the job they do...then who are you to think less of them
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Most people do not know the difference, so they are not being demeaning when they call you a guard. You and the people you work for know the difference, the rest don't.
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Originally Posted by joe
people dont think much of security officers because they have really no legal authority the can only hold a person untell a 50 gets there right?
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we also get called rent a cops. rent a cops are persons who work for a security agency that sites hire to do security for a temporary amount of time. thus they RENT the officer.
Guards are all good people trying to make a living, they lack the training . I have nothing against guards, or rent a cops, however I have had more training than you can shake a stick at, thus I have earned the respect of being called officer. So I do get offended when I am called guard. I am not an under trained and underpaid security person. I will make 30k per year once full time, and by that time, I will have even more training than I do now.
Guards are all good people trying to make a living, they lack the training . I have nothing against guards, or rent a cops, however I have had more training than you can shake a stick at, thus I have earned the respect of being called officer. So I do get offended when I am called guard. I am not an under trained and underpaid security person. I will make 30k per year once full time, and by that time, I will have even more training than I do now.
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Originally Posted by 1992 trofeo
Thats decient, RCMP get only 36,000cdn a year once they begin, and more once they age a bit.