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flameburns623
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I’m a security officer–21 years in the business, 18 of it as an armed officer. Never had to unholster my weapon to deal with a person. Last night was a first. Guy acting very strangely at my current assignment, was told repeatedly to leave, I finally had to escort him from the premises. He took a meandering route throughout the property rather than leaving by the most direct way, and I had the manager call the local cops when it was obvious he was leading me on a merry chase.
He finally tried to evade me by ducking between two vehicles, then came running back towards me. I didn’t know if he had a shiv or some other weapon, but I knew I wasn’t going to be the one to get hurt if I could help it. I unholstered, pointed, ordered him to stop several times, and retreated. There was a moment when I just knew he was going to make me pull the trigger. When we both cleared the tight space between the two vehicles, however, he backed off and went in a direction away from me and towards the nearest road. The cops showed up, did a pedigree on him, and since his only real violation was misdemeanor trespass, they let him go with a warning that he’s banned from the property.
Turns out he was HIV-positive. My best guess is he’s a male prostitute, though the cops didn’t volunteer that much to me. Probably not looking forward to a slow miserable death in a hospital and was hoping for a suicide-by-security-guard end instead. Running directly towards a guy with a loaded weapon and limited means of retreat could’ve accomplished that. He’s lucky I gave him a couple extra seconds to quit coming my way.
Unfortunately he showed up on the property again, if one of the employees who witnessed the original incident was correct. We–I, the employee, and the local police spent awhile looking for him again, without success. The guy’s home was quite a ways from where I’m assigned, and the cops originally directed him to the nearest interstate and told him to get hence and never return. Don’t know if he stayed around because he wanted to panhandle; or to prostitute himself; or if he was hoping that next time I’d pull the trigger on him. I know he’s in serious need of some help. I prayed for him all the way home. Please join me in prayer for him. Thanks!
He finally tried to evade me by ducking between two vehicles, then came running back towards me. I didn’t know if he had a shiv or some other weapon, but I knew I wasn’t going to be the one to get hurt if I could help it. I unholstered, pointed, ordered him to stop several times, and retreated. There was a moment when I just knew he was going to make me pull the trigger. When we both cleared the tight space between the two vehicles, however, he backed off and went in a direction away from me and towards the nearest road. The cops showed up, did a pedigree on him, and since his only real violation was misdemeanor trespass, they let him go with a warning that he’s banned from the property.
Turns out he was HIV-positive. My best guess is he’s a male prostitute, though the cops didn’t volunteer that much to me. Probably not looking forward to a slow miserable death in a hospital and was hoping for a suicide-by-security-guard end instead. Running directly towards a guy with a loaded weapon and limited means of retreat could’ve accomplished that. He’s lucky I gave him a couple extra seconds to quit coming my way.
Unfortunately he showed up on the property again, if one of the employees who witnessed the original incident was correct. We–I, the employee, and the local police spent awhile looking for him again, without success. The guy’s home was quite a ways from where I’m assigned, and the cops originally directed him to the nearest interstate and told him to get hence and never return. Don’t know if he stayed around because he wanted to panhandle; or to prostitute himself; or if he was hoping that next time I’d pull the trigger on him. I know he’s in serious need of some help. I prayed for him all the way home. Please join me in prayer for him. Thanks!
