As a security patrol officer working the grave shift for a large local
firm in the SFO Bay Area, the three common and most important
objectives are:

1. Hourly patrols inside the security post or site. Which means half
hour to drive in the security vehicle, or patrolling on foot. Half hour
at the security desk writing down on a security officer's report form.

2. Observe anything, anyone and everything to the site supervisor,
which then that supervisor shall report the provided information to
the account manager and then to the client by the acct. manager of the
activity reported by the patrol officer's findings.

3. Protect company assets.
That means the building(s)
The employees, vehicles, their guests and/or visitors, onsite equipment.

If all three of these things are not followed or carried out in a
professional worklike manner, then the security post/site is wide open
for the taking of any crook/vulture, to get their hands on.

But for me, my shift was quite different that night. I had 3 young
male adults that had ignored the private property sign at my post
decided that they should do some loitering by fishing on private
property. Luckily for me I was able to flag down a PD Cruiser nearby
and had informed the police officer the activity at my post.

The officer then proceeded to my post to stop the loitering brothers,
moron#1, moron#2, and moron#3 from fishing on private property. They
were told to pack up and leave or be taken to jail for refusing the
police officer's orders, which they had respectfully complied, as they
were driving away in their gray Volvo clown vehicle, moron #3, or
Blinky the small mad clown gave me the all time middle finger salute.
I smiled and said "come back again for strike #2." They won't be back,
after all they're the most gutsiest S.O.B's I have ever met in my life.

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