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MenInGreenFaces2 karma

They're just....terrible. We had positions cut at one point and used a well known private company to supplement our staff, just one or two guys at a time. They weren't allowed to do patient watches or be involved with restraints. Every single one was shit. First kid bought a six pack in uniform...in our patrol vehicle. One guy was some guy who looked like he belonged in prison and when he realized we go "hands on" a lot, he just had this childish and dangerous "let's fuck people up" attitude. A couple kids noped the fuck out when they witnessed their first "o shit" moment.

MenInGreenFaces2 karma

That's usually the result of either two things: 1. You didn't work in a hospital that was busy enough for the security department that would certainly result in situations that would cause the department and its staff to realize the dangers of complaceny and inability to deal with confrontation and stressful events. 2. It was a private security company. They hire absolute crap and I don't have a single decent thing to say about them.

MenInGreenFaces2 karma

I have substantial hospital security experience in a large city. I personally don't think the pro's out weigh the cons for the vast majority of medical facilities. Hospital security officers are dealing with individuals in very Close quarters. The risk of having a weapon taken during a combative confrontation, which are basically daily, is too great. I'm all for gel-mace, tazers, and handcuffs. I don't think lethal force confrontations are frequent enough in the healthcare industry to necissitate it at this time.

MenInGreenFaces2 karma

Prisoners in hospital are frequent. They are always in the custody of CO's, Police, or Trial Court officers. We would assist if needed but forensic patients, in my experience, rarely cause a problem that would require it. they're happy to be in a Hospital for the most part.

I've also had a few instances of individuals coming to a hospital with the intention of doing harm to someone. A nearby facility from my own recently had a doctor shot and killed in the facility by a patients son. The only instance that was at my hospital on the level of what you are thinking was not on my shift but the overnight. Long story short a gang member was shot, rival gang initiative came into the waiting room with a can of bear mace and a sawed off shotgun down his pants. He maced a co worker and was subdued attempting to get the weapon out. He then became a patient next to the man he shot....