5 years later - Homeland Security (lack of) Progress Report
posted by
Wally
6:33 AM
Who's protecting the homeland? Who's looking after the critical infrastructure in this country and defending it from "terrorists"?
Who knows?
It looks like a bunch of untrained, minimum wage earning rent-a-cops that were hired with no background checks to me.The security guard industry found itself involuntarily transformed after September 2001, from an army of "rent-a-cops" to protectors of the homeland. Yet, many security officers are paid little more than restaurant cooks or janitors.
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Congressional investigators reported last year that 89 private guards working at two military bases had histories that included assault, larceny, possession and use of controlled substances and forgery. The Army says it has purged guards with criminal histories from its bases.
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Bergendahl (a $19,000 a year private security guard at a skyscraper in Los Angeles) said his training usually consists of a real estate manager reading security measures to him every few months. His building rarely has evacuation drills. Management's advice? "Keep your coat buttoned. Keep your shoes shiny," Bergendahl said. Shiny shoes will somehow protect us all from airplanes and suitcase bombs.
Feel safer?
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