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What skills gained from working security, would you say can transfer to other industries? Which industries exactly?

I'm asking specifically concerning someone who has only worked security, assume no other secondary education or vocational training has been acquired. Just trying to clarify because people will often say, "I worked security for 10 years, then became an accountant", that's great, it's awesome in fact, BUT, your degree in accounting and C.P.A. license probably had a lot more to do with that transition than your experience in security.

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I know "Just" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, and I'm well aware that it's a long, rigorous selection process. However, the guard shown, as many others, are intensely interested in CQB tactics, and that's fine. But I'm always IDK, confused, concerned, about people involved in this level of drilling for job training purposes as guards.

I even question people in my area opting for limited peace officer status on their properties/sites (NYC Special Patrolman, it's a thing, look it up), rather than just applying for local PD, or even searching nationwide for openings at various agencies. It's half in/half out. You're duty bound to act in certain situations, sometimes with force, but confined in scope to how/when/where you can act out those duties. Yet, you have none/very few of the benefits granted full blown PD, like pensions, medical benefits, legal protections, government backing. More so for normal armed guards without any peace officer status.

The joke is "lul, security too dum/fat/criminal to be cop", but that isn't the case for a lot of guards. They're fit, capable, and hyper competent, which makes me question it even more. Marketing like this blurs the line between armed security and tactical law enforcement.

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KRON) -- The company that provides passenger and baggage security screening services at San Francisco International Airport is laying off nearly 1,300 workers.

Covenant Aviation Security is a private company under contract with the Transportation Security Administration that has been operating at SFO since 2002.

According to a WARN notice filed Tuesday with the California Employment Development Department, the company will be laying off 1,279 workers permanently, effective November 30, 2026.

According to its website, Covenant Aviation Security calls itself the largest private aviation security contractor providing services to the TSA in the country.

In a statement to KRON4, SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel said the layoffs are not expected to impact airport security screening operations. Affected employees will transition to the new security screening vendor in accordance with the airport’s worker retention policy.

KRON4 has reached out to Covenant Aviation Security for additional information and has yet to hear back.

The type, digital trackers, or physical zone sheets isn't the point. It's that they are a granular means to not only track officer movements but also log that very specific security checks are made at very specific intervals. A new coworker told me his last job had physical sheets with 15-minute check intervals and very dense check points (even at the $41/hr they were paying him, it was apparently too much headache). I guess I've been fortunate to never have been exposed to that degree of micromanagement, electronic or otherwise.

Imagine a Detex wand check point at every possible security/maintenace prone area: a point by the window *beep*, a point above the mechanical room door knob *beep*, another at the front desk *beep*, one by that valve on the basement ceiling that's prone to leakage *beep*. Every 15 minutes.

There is absolute control by management, and functionally 0 independence or automony of movement on the guards part. This breeds resentment and malicious compliance. You've basically hired a living Roomba with incident reporting privileges.

I'm not against officer patrols, checkpoints, or accountability, I'm an opponent of implementing a system that conflates constant activity with effective security.

Discovery Channel is taking viewers behind the scenes of one of Las Vegas’ most iconic casinos with its new reality series, Secret Life of a Vegas Casino.

The drama-filled series follows the front-line employees at Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino as they navigate the controlled chaos of Sin City.

What to expect: PEOPLE’s exclusive first look shows what happens after guests leave the casino floor, from security emergencies and disruptive visitors to high-stakes gamblers and unexpected staff drama.

“Every weekend, tens of thousands of people pass through the Golden Nugget, in the heart of downtown Vegas,” a voiceover explains in the clip.

Located along the iconic Fremont Street Experience, the four-star resort attracts gamblers and tourists around the clock. But while guests may only see the bright lights, slot machines, and casino floor, the series will reveal the employees working behind the scenes to keep everything running.

“Most guests, all they see is a casino floor,” one Security Guard says. “But what they don’t see is the people responsible for keeping order in the middle of chaos.”

That includes surveillance, housekeeping, VIP hosts, managers and security, all of whom are put to the test throughout the series.

The trailer: The first-look footage features guests being handcuffed and escorted through the property, security responding to a broken glass window and employees dealing with increasingly unruly visitors. In one tense moment, a guest appears to throw a drink at a Security Guard before being told, “Okay, now you’re under arrest.”

Security Guards are also seen racing through hotel hallways and breaking up altercations between guests.

“In Vegas, whatever happens behind the scenes usually stays behind the scenes — but not this time,” Golden Nugget Las Vegas manager Cindy O’Keefe says. Another staff member adds, “We’re opening doors to areas that guests never get to go.”

Beyond the drama, Secret Life of a Vegas Casino will also explore the relationships between the employees who have spent years working together and relying on one another through some of the casino’s most unpredictable situations

So, got thrown on a new access control post this week at a building off property being renovated. The "post orders" were simple at face value. Check ID, check the access list, if they're not on the list they don't get access. Cool. Problem was the list was already incomplete. A bunch of constucton workers who were supposed to be allowed access didn't have it, because of some gross miscommunication further up the chain. Deliveries apparently weren't considered either somehow. So I'd have "BOBS CONSTRUCTION EQUPMENT SUPPLIERS LLC" pull up for the project, but technically they're not on the list.  No discretion was granted to me.

So now I need verification. I call my supe and am told "Call the project superintendent, I'll text his number. He knows who's supposed to be there. *click*. Except a construction project super *probably* has alot going on. He doesn't have time to be the personal access authorization hotline for a guard.

And yea no surprise, he sometimes didn't answer. Then if I was lucky one of his assistant -supers/co-supers, whatever would walk by, overhear the issue, and they'd tell me "Oh yea Bobs Suppliers can come in" and I'd call my supervisor to ask if the super's assistant is a valid enough proxy to grant or deny access. If the answer was yes, I let them in via this adhoc convoluted improvised access control verification "procedure".

If they said no or didn't pick up, what then? Access control "protocol" states: No verification. No entry. I had deliveries show up, not on the list, denied access, and they just... left. Logged it in my DAR and kept it movin.

The funniest part was random upper security management (my bosses boss) drive by's seemingly very pleased with the setup. "You got the list? Whadda ya mean it's outdated? I'll fix it when I get back to the office. For now, No ID, not on the list, no entry. Good job buddy." And off she went, dislocating her shoulder as she pat herself on the back. The list was never "fixed" either...

Meanwhile I'm standing there thinking, this is performance arts. Because right next to the supposedly mega important door I'm guarding are other doors WIDE OPEN that lead into the exact same "secured" area. So I'm standing there checking names like I'm guarding the pentagon when somebody could walk through another door 20 feet away. Management creates a rule on paper. "Put a guard here. Give him a list. Tell him nobody gets through unless they're on it. Congratulations. Access control problem solved. Box checked. Bonus earned!"

Except the list isn't whole. Credentialing wasn't done properly. Deliveries weren't planned for. Nobody made a solid verification process. The person you're supposed to call has an actual job to do and can't answer every time. Other doors aren't secured.

And the guard ends up bein the person pluggin every hole in the process as management walks around thinking what a tight ship they're running. If you strictly follow procedure, legit workers and deliveries get turned away.

If you repeatedly call somebody for authorization, you're bothering someone who has much better things to do. No winning because the problem is the process.

Security policies always look nice when they're written in an office, displayed in a powerpoint presentation and distributed to a designated contact list in outlook. Then somebody actually has to stand at the door and apply them to the real world.