LA Security Guard case studies
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The Louisiana Security Guard Certification refers to the credential a person needs to work as a contract or proprietary security officer in Louisiana. The Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners regulates the industry, sets training requirements, and issues the registration that employers check before placing an officer on a post. The LA Security Guard case studies are 5 cases and about 3,136 words.
1Retail Detention and the Limits of Merchant's Privilege
on a Friday, a loss-prevention officer at a Baton Rouge grocery store watches a 17-year-old customer place two packages of steaks, retail value $46.50, into a backpack and walk past the last point of sale without paying. The officer identifies himself, asks the youth to stop, and the youth keeps walking toward the exit.
673 words, about 3 min2Baton Strike at Closing Time
a security officer is working the door of a Lafayette bar with 14 remaining patrons. A 6-foot-2, 240-pound patron who has been drinking heavily argues with a bartender, raises a glass bottle over his shoulder, and swings it toward the officer's head from about three feet away.
629 words, about 3 min3Fenced Construction Site at 2 a.m.
At 2:10 a.m., a security officer patrolling a fenced construction site in Metairie sees a person inside the perimeter near three spools of copper wire. The site has 8-foot chain-link fencing, locked gates, and 'No Trespassing' signs facing the street.
605 words, about 3 min4Smoke on the Third Floor
a lobby security officer in a seven-story New Orleans office building hears the fire alarm and sees smoke drifting from the third-floor electrical room into the elevator lobby. The building has about 220 occupants, two stairwells, and four elevators.
587 words, about 3 min5The After-Hours Contractor and the Envelope
a security officer at a downtown Shreveport office tower is staffing the lobby desk. A contractor in a company polo shirt, whom the officer has admitted twice during daytime hours, asks to go to the 12th-floor tenant suite to retrieve tools.
642 words, about 3 min