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2006-11-15 Britain

7/7 security guard named first Sheriffs' Award winner in 1,000 years

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-11-15 20:51|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Commendable.

In the United States, it is considered 23 times more likely that the first individual on-scene in the case of an emergency will be a security officer rather than a member of the Fire Dept, police, or other emergency services.

In my own case, I have received extensive training on responding to a variety of emergencies and have personally been involved in situations involving potential bombs, heart attacks, chemical and/or biological weapon attacks (delivered via envelope), and a number of real emergency medical, fire & rescue, and accident situations.

Security officers, these days, working for reputable companies, are not your run-of-the-mill "rent-a-cops" the media so frequently tries to portray us as.

(Editorial Note: Most of our time is spent sitting, driving, or walking around or chauffering dignitaries here or there - just got a written commendation from the Deputy Director of the US Dept. of Energy today for chauffer work - but this afternoon I was one of the first responders to an incident where an employee was vomiting blood)

Hurray for S/O Muhammid Khalil who did his job in what was undoubtedly an extraordinary set of circumstances and stayed until he was ordered off-site.

He is a credit to security professionals everywhere.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-11-15 21:21|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-11-15 21:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Very comforting to know, FOTSGreg. And congratulations on the commendation!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-11-15 21:50|| 2006-11-15 21:50|| Front Page Top

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