What do you carry?

[braydon84]

So...what do you carry?

I carry:

- 4x belt keepers (I'm the only S/O that uses these at my site...I don't know how you survive without them!)
- Calde Ridge Radio holder w/ Kenwood 3180...mic & clear coiled earbud
- Hatch frisking gloves w/ Calde Ridge holder
- Calde Ridge silent keyring holder
- Calde Ridge cellphone holder
- Calde Ridge dual latex glove holder
- SOG Aegis Tanto
- Surefire Defense Flashlight
- First aid pocketmask

...we so need to be better equipped though. Our same company in Toronto arms our guards with everything buy firearms...ridiculous.

[Security Bill]

I still have not found any gloves that give me a good fit. went to Dave's surplus and tried em all out all seemed to pinch me around my lower thumb palm area very uncomfortible...

ya they don't give you much here do they if ya want it you have to buy it....

[braydon84]

I just find it so stupid that we're expected to get into these fights and risk our necks without anything that I can use to defend myself...like a baton or spray. I've almost left once because I didn't think working this job was worth the pay haha.

[Security Bill]

I hear you on the danger pay thing we are told to walk away if it looks like a fight and call the cops ya right!
what can you do if it comes to you or others then and the cops are on their donut brake could be a 20 min wait for them to show up... lots of damage can be done in 20 min...

[braydon84]

No we're not on danger pay. We get paid as much as KFC employee's do. We get in fights all the time here...I've only called the police once but if we get into something phsycial with a patient it's just us. Cops aren't going to come into the wards and help.

[Security Bill]

ah OK well you don't have to worry about patients having guns or knifes though mind you needles and stuff can be just as deadly damn thats not good...

OK just on average how many times a day or days do you have to get physical with patients?

[braydon84]

Haha man people ALWAYS have knives at work. We've had like...four officers stabbed since opening last year. Two guns calls and one shots fired. Needles are the least of our worries.

It just depends on the day. Sometimes we don't have ANY calls and other days we'll get into three or four really bad physical altercations.

[Security Bill]

thats an eye opener...