Armed Security Officer

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

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities: will be outlined in assigned post orders.

Duties may include the following; other duties may be assigned by the Operations Manager or Regional Vice President:

• In the event of an active shooter, immediately respond by moving towards shots fired to effectively neutralize the threat.

• 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, vandalisms, 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;

• Registers at watch stations to record time of inspection trips; 

• 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 presence of persons with questionable reputations;

• Permits authorized persons and regulates vehicle/pedestrian traffic at plant entrance to maintain orderly flow;

• Drives radio equipped vehicle through 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.