Armed Security Officer, ALNG

Our Security Officers guard industrial or commercial property against fire, theft, vandalism, and illegal entry by performing the following duties:

• Follows all assigned post orders, both general and specific.
• Apply the use of force rules based on the situation. Employs graduated use of force to ensure that only that force which is necessary to subdue or detain is used.
• Patrols periodically, buildings and grounds of industrial plant or commercial establishment, docks, logging camp area, or work site.
• Patrols lobbies, corridors, and public rooms, confers with management, interviews guests and employees, and interrogates persons to detect infringements and investigate disturbances, complaints, thefts, vandalism, and accidents.
• Patrols public areas to detect fires, unsafe conditions, and missing or inoperative safety equipment.
• Examines doors, windows, and gates to determine that they are secure.
• Performs and sets thermostatic controls to maintain specified temperature in buildings or cold storage rooms.
• Inspects equipment and machinery to ascertain if tampering has occurred.
• Inspects assigned areas and records data such as property damage, unusual occurrences, and malfunctioning of machinery or equipment, for use of supervisory staff.
• Watches for and reports irregularities such as fire hazards, leaking water pipes, and security doors left unlocked.
• Warns violators of rule infractions, such as loitering, smoking, or carrying forbidden articles, and apprehends or expels persons engaging in suspicious or criminal acts.
• Notifies staff of the presence of persons with questionable reputations.
• Permits authorized persons and regulate vehicle/pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow.
• Drives radio-equipped vehicles through the client's establishment, checks alarm, and locates sources of alarm.
• Sounds alarm or calls police or fire department by telephone in case of fire or presence of unauthorized persons.
• Assists management and enforcement officers in emergency situations.
• Contacts supervisor by radio or telephone to report irregularities and obtain further instructions.
• Writes investigation and automobile usage reports.