Posted on 01/28/2019 10:09:30 AM PST by Red Badger
ROSEVILLE – A security guard was fired from a Roseville Best Buy after he tackled a suspect fleeing from deputies last week.
Surveillance footage, taken by the family of Tyler, the former Best Buy security guard, shows Placer County deputies chasing a suspect through a Roseville shopping plaza.
“There was a guy who walked by and when he got by his car, a bunch of undercover sheriffs came over to arrest him,” said Tyler.
Tyler, an Army veteran, who only wanted to be referred to by his first name, was working at the Roseville Best Buy when he noticed a man, identified as 35-year-old Timothy Trujillo, knocking down a deputy.
“When they confronted him, the man punched one of the detectives and tried to run off, that’s when the security guard tackled the man, preventing him from escaping,” said Lt. Andrew Scott, spokesperson for the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
“He started running past me and I thought I was doing the right thing by stopping him,” Tyler added.
Eventually, deputies were able to arrest Trujillo.
But Tyler says his good deed was quickly overshadowed when he went back inside his job.
“I understood that when I went back in there I was going to get into some type of trouble because Best Buy policy says we aren’t supposed to touch anybody,” he stated.
One week later, Tyler says he was given the pink slip.
“My manager called me in and said corporate decided to let me go because I used excessive force and it was against Best Buy’s policy to intervene,” Tyler said.
A Best Buy representative issued a statement in response saying, “Our policy is clear, employees are not to chase potential criminals outside of the store. Chasing an individual in the parking lot creates a safety risk that isn’t worth taking, regardless of how noble an employee’s intention is.”
Tyler says he has no hard feelings toward his former employer. He’s just happy knowing he helped put a criminal behind bars.
“Seemed like it was the right thing, like I said it was someone running from the cops, seemed like the logical thing to do,” Tyler said.
Trujillo is facing several charges including assault, drug possession, and burglary.
Tyler says he’s looking forward to starting college in April.
Good’un
Pretty much sums it up. It’s a free-for-all!!...................
“Then what is the purpose of having a security guard?”
To prevent you from leaving without buying an extended warranty.
LOL!
Then what is the purpose of having a security guard?
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This is a great point -
hmmmm ...... Maybe hiring preferences should be given to underage yutes and “uninvited visitors” (illegal aliens).
Cue the metrosexual public service announcement voicetrack - “It is the compassionate thing to do - give these underprivileged persons a badge and make them feel important.”
AHHH! OHhhhh .... !
That was just another bad dream!
Glad I woke up./sarc
SICK TO DEATH of CORPORATE SELLOUTS.
Worst Buy is another place to BUY NOTHING, EVER!
Looking forward EVEN MORE now to seeing the local store close.
For now we’ll tolerate Amazon .. we will get to laugh at their demise in a few years.
This is BS! The guy deserves a medal and a raise.
I thought Best Buy was out of business already, at this rate they will be soon enough. Bunch of pussies...
They’re hanging on by a thread.................
What a microcosm!
Best Buy has "smart" border sensors (the sensors at the door that alarm when you take product outside that hasn't been scanned).
Best Buy has drones (the in-store cameras that watch people).
But, once the person illegally exits the store with merchandise, the border security (Best Buy Security Guard) is not allowed to "touch" the person.
What good is all that "smart" border security if all it does is alert security to an illegal? By the time security arrives, the illegal has already cleared the border and is safe.
-PJ
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing.
I can understand where you are coming from in your comment.
On the other hand, the good Samaritan here may have saved some ones life by apprehending the perp (though we will never know). Everyone faced with such a choice must make their own decision based on the circumstances they see, but I am thankful there are still some out there willing to “do the right thing” in an upside down society.
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.................
“Then what is the purpose of having a security guard?”
They are like the bank guard in the commercial who tells the customers, “it’s a robbery.” then throws his gun out on the bank floor!
I don’t agree with the store’s firing of this employee.
But, a retail store where I worked had the same policy: We weren’t allowed to touch or chase a shoplifter.
That policy didn’t seem to make sense at first. But then, the year I worked there, an incident happened at a different store location: A group of employees tried to hold down a shoplifter while waiting for police, and the man died. And that’s only one example of a shoplifter dying at a retail store while employees were holding him.
Also, at another store, near me, a customer was being arrested by a police officer just for standing outside the store, and a bunch of customers decided to help the officer - and the man died while everyone had their hands on him.
So, the policy does make sense: The store doesn’t want to be sued; you don’t want to kill someone for shoplifting (or just standing around); you don’t want to go to prison; and you don’t want to be hurt, either. It’s not worth it. Loss Prevention can send video and info to the news media to air on TV; sometimes shoplifters are caught that way.
Pretty much. I guess intimidation?
Yep.
If I interpret the story correctly, the criminal didn’t steal anything from BB. The security guard happened to intervene in an attempted arrest gone bad in the parking lot.
Security guards are there to protect property, not people.
This is not news.
They are security monitors. They are only allowed to tell them when someone is stealing.
Firing him forces me to continue my “No Best Buy” policy.
Too bad... we were friends once...
You are EXACTLY right.
Every security guard i’ve Ever worked with is told they don’t wear bulletproof vests and the most important crime stopping tool is their radio or cell phone.
Nothing in any building I ever worked in that just has security guards was worth getting a splinter over. I’ve worked in places with armed guards. That was different.
He’ll get employment elsewhere, shouldn’t be a problem.
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