Posted on 09/12/2005 9:13:12 PM PDT by Calpernia
I thought this was about rent-a-cops. This bozo doesn't even like neighborhood watch groups. What a bunch of ultra-leftist drivel.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483299/posts?page=1#1
>>>>Argenbright Security - operates at 14 airports - government audit revealed that the security firm was/is employing screeners with criminal records
Summary: OIG and FAA today released initial results of an ongoing review of background checks of security screeners employed by Argenbright Security, Inc. at 14 airports. The special security assessment was begun Friday, October 12 by joint teams comprised of officials from OIG and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Preliminary findings of the assessment have found that:
1)Screeners at some airports had a prior criminal record that should have disqualified them from employment in security sensitive positions;
2)Investigators have also worked with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to determine whether employees who were foreign nationals had authorization to work in the U.S;
3) an individual was arrested October 13 at Dulles International Airport and charged with attempting to board an aircraft with a concealed pocketknife; and
4) a spot check of screeners of Dulles also found that 7 of 20 screeners were unable to pass the test required as a condition of working at checkpoints.
The PDF I posted in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1483299/posts?page=7#7 also doesn't like armed citizens.
But I found the paragraph I excerpted interesting.
I'm all for it. If I don't like the police chiefs ethics, politics, or service quality, I would be free to compete directly or shop around.
As is, I'm stuck with some political hack and a group of ever more hostile police.
What did you find interesting about that? Rent-a-cops are poorly trained and poorly supervised here - they are poorly trained and poorly supervised there. Rent-a-cops outnumber real cops here - they outnumber real cops there. To me, the excerpt would have only been interesting if it had said that the "unofficial army" of 35,000 in Guatemala (which - HEAVENS!!! - outnumbers the official army!!!) all worked for one company, not 116.
"You would prefer it if EVERYONES property was looted, not just those outside of gated communities? Just like a communist to drag everyone down to the lowest common denominator."
"a communist", why is it that it is impossible to have a discussion without some automatically branding a person when they are without knowledge of what the person actually thinks?
I see no point in discussing what I actually think.
Couldn't say for certain, but a pretty safe assumption would be that all of them have a similar provision. This is, I suppose, what exempts the rent-a-cops from the disarm/remove diktats of NOPDS Compass in NOLA. Still doesn't make what's going on down there right...
the infowarrior
http://www.house.gov/transportation/pbed/09-06-01/bellow.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b15e6bd3574.htm
GSA Warned of Bomb Threats To Murrah Building Day Care Center?
Yet, you see nothing wrong with the people outside "gated communities" being looted blind, either by "unofficial" crooks, or "official" crooks, simply because the didn't pay some logo'ed corporation to protect their property, but instead felt they could, and should do it themselves in a more cost-effective manner. Now, what does that make you?
ther infowarrior
http://www.constitution.org/okc/jdt05-03.htm
Excerpt:
Weldon Kennedy, the No. 2 man at the Federal Bureau of Investigation....
Now Kennedy, the deputy director of the FBI until Feb. 28 and the man who supervised the agency's Oklahoma City bombing investigation, is making Memphis his home.
Guardsmark, Inc., the nation's fifth largest private security company, is hiring Kennedy to be its vice chairman. He starts April 1.
Appears that to discuss the WHY of things really upsets people.
Amazing that to seek the same protection as allowed by gated communities makes one a "communist".
Based upon the reaction of some, I am beginning to wonder if some think they are more protected than the rest. That has the communists thought process more than to question what the legal standing is for those outside of the "gated community".
Won't say its communist, per se, but it is most assuredly elitist...
the infowarrior
Whenever you see the word “progressive,” you should immediately be alarmed.... terror threat level: orange. A term like “progressive alternative” is even worse... terror threat level: red.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1483299/posts?page=1#1
>>>Timothy McVeigh = Burns Security in upstate New York
McVeigh Death Certificate
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b30fe494291.htm#22
Very interesting what turned up for Burns Security, the one McV worked for right after the Army--- "The most notorious security guard alumnus is Timothy McVeigh. After serving in Operation Desert Storm, he hooked up with Burns Security in upstate New York. He guarded Calspan Corporation, a firm which conducts research for the Defense Department.
By the Way, their URL seems to be torn down to me. This is from Google Cache---
About Burns in Oklahoma City
For nearly a half-century, Burns International has been a premiere supplier of security services in Oklahoma City and surrounding communities.
Entering into the 21st Century, with a staff of over 400 licensed security officers, we are the largest provider of contract security officer service in Oklahoma City serving the metro and surrounding areas. We have an equal size district office in Tulsa.
In Conjunction with tenured managerial leadership, our security officers are supported by a professional staff with over 150 cumulative years of managerial experience in the contract security industry! Unlike most of our competitors, we have a Personnel Specialist who does our recruiting and hiring and a Sales Manager who specializes in business development. This allows our operations staff to devote all of their time and energy to take care of OPERATIONS!
Our client base is comprised of over 80 of Oklahoma City's finest Class A office buildings, shopping malls, health care centers, banks, college and Vo-tech campuses, large, small and hi-tech manufacturing plants, meat and food processing centers, logistics/distribution centers, warehouses, hotels, motels, and homeowner's associations.
We are proud of our record breaking client retention rate for the past 10 years!
We are a "Total Security Solutions" company,
offering these additional professional services.
Uniformed, armed, mobile patrol service.
Background information services.
Investigative services.
Integrity line service.
For More Information, please contact our Business Development Manager,
Sam Feronti by calling (405) 946-3030
or by E-mail sferonti@burnsintl.com
Put your seat belt on. I have a feeling the commentary on this thread will heat up even more ^-^
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
This arm wants to be your watchful eye. Security Services USA, the American arm of Sweden's Securitas, provides security guards, consultation, and investigation services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers located primarily in the central, southeastern, and western regions of US. The division was formed following the integration of eight US guarding companies acquired by Securitas during 1999 and 2000, including Pinkerton's and Burns International. Security Services USA operates through more than 650 branch offices located in 10 divisional regions of the US.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1483299/posts?page=1#1
>>>Argenbright Security - operates at 14 airports - government audit revealed that the security firm was/is employing screeners with criminal records
Mr. Berglund of Securitas said that his company bought into the American market expressly to change it. Securitas has also recently purchased security operations from Pinkerton and Loomis Fargo, a business formed by the 1997 combination of Wells Fargo and Loomis Armored Inc. Besides Securitas and ICTS -- which stands for International Consultants on Targeted Security -- the international invasion also includes Securicor P.L.C., a British company that last year acquired Argenbright Security from AHL Services of Atlanta to become the largest airport screening company in the United States.
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