Security guard for TV news crew killed during Oakland robbery attempt. Kevin Nishita shot dead while protecting Kron-TV crew covering smash-and-grab theft in California city

Associated Press in Oakland

Sat 27 Nov 2021 15.14 EST

A security guard died after he was shot while protecting a San Francisco Bay Area TV news crew covering a smash-and-grab theft, part of a rash of organized retail crime in the region.

“We are devastated by the loss of security guard and our friend, Kevin Nishita,” Kron-TV’s vice-president and general manager, Jim Rose, said in a statement on Saturday. “Our deepest sympathy goes to Kevin’s wife, his children, his family, and to all his friends and colleagues.”

Parts of California have been struck by organized bands of thieves, some carrying crowbars and hammers, who break into high-end stores and snatch merchandise.

Similar thefts were reported in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills.

At least eight people stormed a Home Depot store in Lakewood on Friday and grabbed hammers, crowbars and sledgehammers in the tool section before dashing off in a getaway vehicle, the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department said.

Four people who may have participated in the Home Depot theft were arrested in Beverly Hills after officers stopped two cars that were part of a caravan of vehicles driving around the city’s business district, police Lt Giovanni Trejo said.

A bystander called police after seeing that some of the vehicles did not display license plates, Trejo added.

Meantime, police in Los Angeles arrested three people suspected of storming a designer clothing store on Melrose Place after stopping a vehicle and seeing clothes in plain view, said Mike Lopez, of the Los Angeles police department. Lopez said more than 10 people ransacked another store on La Brea Avenue.

The thefts are believed to be part of criminal networks that recruit people to steal merchandise throughout the US and then sell it online. Experts and law enforcement officials say the thefts are ratcheting up as the holiday shopping season begins.

Nishita was a police officer for the cities of Hayward, San Jose and Colma before retiring in 2018. The Alameda county sheriff’s office said deputies escorted his body from the hospital with full law enforcement honors.

Nishita provided security for many reporters in the region. He was shot in the abdomen during an attempted robbery of Kron-TV’s camera equipment near downtown Oakland on Wednesday, police said. The news crew was covering a recent robbery where a group of thieves attacked a clothing store.

A reward of $32,500 was offered for information leading to an arrest in Nishita’s killing.

“This senseless loss of life is due to yet another violent criminal act in the Bay Area,” Rose said. “We hope that offering a reward will help lead to the arrest of those responsible so they can face justice for this terrible tragedy.”

This one has got me in a head spin. "White MAN Police KILLS BLACK SECURITY GUARD OFFICER for no VALID REASON."

White MAN Police KILLS BLACK SECURITY GUARD OFFICER for no VALID REASON

November 2, 2021

It began in a way gun advocates have suggested would curtail violence. A gun comes out. Shots are fired. A “good guy with a gun” steps in to help before police can respond.

The tidy theoretical doesn’t account for the chaotic unknowns when police arrive and can’t tell a “good guy” with a gun from a “bad guy” with a gun.

The theory turned to grim reality at Manny’s Blue Room Bar in Robbins, Ill., outside Chicago early Sunday.

Police shot and killed the good guy. Jemel Roberson, 26, was working security.

“Everybody was screaming out, ‘He was a security guard,’ and they basically saw a black man with a gun and killed him,” witness Adam Harris told WGN.

The incident may become a touchstone in a persistent debate about how places such as schools, nightclubs and houses of worship should steel themselves against gunmen.

That debate has gained urgency during the past year, as President Trump and others have repeatedly said security guards — specifically armed ones — could have prevented the nation’s mass shootings; earlier this year, Trump tweeted his support for the controversial idea of arming teachers.

And the Sunday incident has already provoked concerns that black men, even when legally carrying firearms or employed in a position that allows their use, can still become a target for police fire.

Roberson’s friends said he had talked all his life of becoming a police officer himself.

“Now you have to question the police and what they’re actually doing,” 21-year-old Christian Torres said. “This is someone who was on their side.”

Roberson had a valid gun owner’s license but did not have a concealed-carry permit, WGN reported. In Minnesota in 2016, Philando Castile was killed by an officer during a traffic stop seconds after he told an officer there was a weapon in the car.

Details about the Illinois shooting were unclear Monday. Midlothian Police Chief Daniel Delaney said in a statement that officers from his department and the Robbins Police Department responding to a shooting found multiple victims inside the bar.

The statement said the “Midlothian officer encountered a subject with a gun” and shot him.

Delaney did not elaborate on what occurred before the police response.

The incident began with a confrontation involving several men, and a man left to retrieve a gun. He returned to the bar and opened fire, striking several people, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing remarks from Robbins Police Chief Roy Wells. At least four others were injured.

Roberson returned fire and apprehended one suspect, the Tribune reported, as officers from suburban police departments responded.

It is unclear how the killing unfolded from there — how and whether officers identified themselves, whether Roberson was holding a gun, or how much time passed before the officer fired at Roberson, who was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office and the Robbins Police Department, neither of which responded to requests for comment, are investigating the shooting that first drew the police to the scene, Delaney said.

Illinois State Police will investigate Roberson’s killing by the Midlothian officer. Delaney did not answer a question about the administrative status of the officer.

Roberson is one of at least 840 people who have been shot and killed by police so far in 2018 and one of at least 19 in Illinois, according to a Washington Post database.

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Texas Male Maskhole Charged With Biting Hospital Security Guard's Thumb To The Bone.

Sunday September 26, 2021 · 6:00 AM PDT

We have all been there.  A person can only eat so many Landshire sandwiches and off-brand hot chocolate, standard hospital vending machine fare, before they might start to wig out and need some variety.  Now for most of us, we are satisfied with a hot dog or a burrito, but some might need something more exotic.

Perhaps a thumb, for example.

Man charged with assault after biting security guard’s thumb over hospital mask policy

A man is in the Wichita County Jail facing a third degree felony charge after police say he attacked a security guard at Kell West over the hospital’s COVID-19 mask policy.  It happened around 11: 45 a.m. Wichita Falls Police went to Kell West about a disturbance between 37-year-old Chad Staelens and the security guard. Police were shown security footage of Staelens trying to enter the hospital without a mask.

They say he was told multiple times by the security guard, ‘it’s hospital policy to wear a mask inside’ before Staelens continued inside where he was confronted by the security guard again.

Now most of you probably know that certain crimes have codes attached to them for the police to identify the situation quickly.  For example, a shooting is referred to as a 10-71.  But the Covid era has become so bizarre, that there are incidents for which a whole host of new codes need to be implemented.  For instance, thumb eating.  If I were the dispatcher, I would send out over the radio, “Car-22 be advised there is a WTF at Kell West Hospital, a WTF.  Please protect your appendages.”

#Texas man goes berserk after hospital security guard asks him to wear a mask#ChadStaelens bit the guard's thumb all the way the through to the bone... was arrested#MOG https://t.co/LA08W3IsKm

— Michael O'Grady (@mog7546) September 22, 2021

The guard put his hands up to keep Staelens from poking him in the face and that’s when police say Staelens bit the guard’s left thumb causing it to bleed and exposing the bone.

This is no laughing matter to the security guard, who might be permanently affected by a raging maskhole trying to eat him.  He will probably need extensive treatment, and we all know that a hand is nearly useless with no thumb.

Just remember, there is no bottom with the behavior of maskholes, and the possibilites range from being punched, to shot, to stabbed, to being eaten.  I personally can not countenance a polite society allowing instances where humans start eating each other, as that will make for uncomfortable situations in lines in public places, like the DMV.

Not to mention what could spiral out of control if middle fingers turn into portable snacks in New York traffic.  Nope, eating other people has to be nipped in the bud.

But not with teeth.

-ROC

I Worked at a Prison. My Boss Stalked Me to Prove I Wasn’t Injured. Integrity? This agency doesn’t have any. Leadership? There’s none.

"Yvonne Stephens As Told To Samantha Michaels".

You know, I had a very situation when I was at the FCI in Danbury. Same kinda hell they put you through. This person was better off blowing the prison up with the Supervisor in it. Read on.

 

 It started back in 2016 after I tore my peroneal tendon in my ankle on the gun range.

The agency fought tooth and nail with the office of workers’ comp not to approve a much-needed repair surgery. Two of my personal doctors said I needed it. So did an orthopedic specialist that the agency selected. Still, the agency delayed my surgery until 2018. All that time I was walking around in a cast or boot in agonizing pain.

I was not working because they would not let me work considering that I needed surgery. My supervisor, as a way to try to get promoted, felt as though she had to prove to the office of workers’ comp and senior management officials that I was not injured. So she decided to stalk me. She was outside of my house. I had pictures taken of her following me. I had her arrested. I went to court with this lady to prove that she was stalking me. And I won my grievance and had a restraining order issued against her.

After that, in 2019, the agency decided that I could no longer be at FCI Aliceville in Alabama. They transferred me to FCC Yazoo City in Mississippi.

It only gets worse. I mean, that’s mild compared to some other things that this agency has done to me. I’ve been with the Bureau of Prisons almost 12 years. This place is very troublesome. They don’t try to hide it either. This agency likes to pride itself on integrity and leadership—but these words are a far cry from what they’re about. Because integrity? This agency doesn’t have any. Leadership? There’s none. It’s the old-boy network.

You have to understand that in the Bureau of Prisons, these people are connected in more than one way. If they’re not connected through marriage or blood relations, these people are connected socially. I know that’s why they targeted me at FCC Yazoo City. It’s like you just go from the frying pan right into the fire.

After I reported to FCC Yazoo City in the fall of 2019, my brother passed away. They denied my request for leave. Still, I went out—grieving my brother. For that, they listed me as AWOL.

It opens up a disciplinary case on you. They’re saying you decided not to come to work. And they can use that as grounds for terminating you.

It got worse from there. In December 2019, I had a doctor’s appointment. When I came back, I had a walking boot on my foot. It was just supposed to be on for three or four days until I had an MRI. Well, during that time I was told I couldn’t come back to the institution. They said they had no place for me so I couldn’t come back till they had a meeting to determine a placement.

I would email them every day, and every day turned to every week, asking them what the outcome of my meeting was. Weeks became months. These people kept me out of work for seven months without receiving a paycheck.

So I filed the EEO complaint against them.

They received the Report of Investigation telling them I had to be reinstated. Then they had the audacity to tell me I had 24 hours to report back to work—in July 2020! Once I got back, I found out they had listed me as AWOL for the seven months I was out.

So finally, I’m back at work, and then I was placed with a supervisor who has a propensity for being an aggressor. She has, I want to say, five or six threat assessments, which is where you have allegedly posed a threat to someone you’re supervising or working with.

In April this year, she threatened me, moving in an aggressive manner. But the agency didn’t think she was a threat, so they wouldn’t remove me from her line of supervision.

Then in June this year, she decided she was going to “accidentally” discharge her OC spray in an area I occupied. I’m asthmatic, so I ended up having to go to the hospital.

She never owned up that she did it. She didn’t report that she had discharged it. But I was off work for a week or so afterward, and I’m still receiving medical treatment because I have developed a lung issue regarding this pepper spray.

While I was off work again, upper management decided they were going to further be nasty by telling me that I couldn’t come to work—even though my doctor returned me to work. Once you’re given a clearance to return, if the agency doesn’t have a job for you, it’s incumbent upon the agency to pay you through administrative leave. And they didn’t want to pay me. I said, “I’m not going home without knowing how I’m gonna get paid.” So they called the sheriff’s department to have me escorted from the premises. A false rumor went around—and I believe management started it—that I had been arrested and escorted off the property for bringing in contraband to the inmates and having sex with the inmates.

I’m a teacher at the prison complex, and in the meantime they now have me sitting at the camp education department. They’re trying to make it appear as if I’m under investigation, but that’s not what’s happening: I’m at the camp because I can’t be around OC spray and can’t walk long distances because of the injuries sustained to my lungs. But the rumor has spread.

At the Bureau of Prisons, here’s what they like to do when they have an issue with you: They kill off your character. That’s what mean bosses do. They kill off your character. To try to give you no credibility within the agency or with your peers. And that’s what they’re trying to do with me.

This agency is a monster. And as we speak now, I am trying to either transfer to another agency or leave the institution where I’m at. I would love to go to the Department of Defense with the military school system, or to work with the Department of Education itself in DC. But the BOP is just not it.

Something I've noticed with the masses that hire Security Officers.

     One main thing, one important thing. People who complain, submit grievances, exhibit attitude and blame Security at the workplace for everything that goes slightly wrong or missing. Are the pansy-asses that could never be a Security Officer. They can't do it. We are taking about weak minded people who were bullied in elementary and high school. Now with a job that gives them a title they've acquired over a few months by sucking dick or carpet munching. they feel it necessary to downplay any other employee or vendor or contract employee. So, the bullied becomes the bully, and they are no better. They're cowards and liars, but they seem to keep their jobs the longest. 

    These same folks can say all kinds of things but you know what, they can't stand for 8 or 9 or 12 hours a shift. Bet they can't talk to people from EVERYWHERE without pissing them off. Bet they couldn't uphold specific orders on altercations with the public. During your break/lunch, you're still on call. Most job posts, you aren't allowed to fraternize with the staff you're working for.

    Do you think you could you do that?

    Those assholes don't have what it takes to keep themselves mentality captivated for one shift. Not able to withstand the tough physical demands with the light work load. Confusing, huh? When Security says, "this job is light as shit." They mean, not a same thing to do. Even with the job you have, you still have to deal with people from the ghetto barnyard or religious cults or racist militia or Boulder Highway hookers or just conservative republicans. They couldn't do it!

Aamer Sarfraz: Security guards aren’t getting the recognition or rights they deserve. It’s time politicians changed that.

Even in another country, it seems that they get the fact of Security Officers needs to be respected, not disrespected and taken for granted to the point of abuse. In this town, companies like, Allied Universal and Marksmen don't ever support their Staff. They just fired them hoping for new blood. Somebody send those clowns this to read.

Aamer Sarfraz: Security guards aren’t getting the recognition or rights they deserve. It’s time politicians changed that.

By Lord Sarfraz

Lord Sarfraz is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and a Member of the Science and Technology Committee.

There are 370,000 licensed security professionals in this country, more than double the combined manpower of the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. They include security guards, door supervisors, and CCTV operators.

These men and women are at the front line in our banks, supermarkets, nightclubs and sporting events. Sadly, little attention is paid to their welfare.

The job of a security guard is very challenging.  A study by the University of Portsmouth found that 50 per cent of security guards face abuse once a week, and 40 per cent show symptoms of PTSD. Security guards work long hours, usually standing, with little opportunity for career progression. It is unsurprising the sector has high staff turnover.

Security guards are not employees of the establishments at which they are deployed. As contractors, they do not share in employee benefits, such as insurance or health care. Many are hired by small security firms, who offer no benefits at all. 

Critically, security guards don’t usually receive the hourly wages billed by security firms on their behalf. As an example, a security firm may charge a client £15 per hour, but most security guards earn close to the £8.91 minimum wage, with the difference kept by contractors and sub-contractors. The top five security firms in the UK have combined revenues in excess of £1.5 billion.

During the pandemic, security guards served diligently, like many frontline workers. The ONS published data in March 2020, stating that security guards faced the highest risk of death from Covid-19, more than any other occupation. We rightly clapped for carers, but security guards get virtually zero recognition.

The UK security sector is growing at six per cent annually, and given work conditions, there will no doubt be a shortage of staff in this sector. Unlike Uber drivers, security guards don’t benefit from “surge pricing” when demand is high.

Security guards invest in their own training and licensing – none of this is paid for by their employers. Training covers criminal and civil law, report writing, maintaining evidence, crime scene investigation, drugs, first aid and CPR, communication skills, firefighting, managing vulnerable people, conflict management, and use of force. All of this content, akin to a mini MBA, is delivered in less than one week.  

Once a prospective security guard completes their training, they have three years to apply for a security license, which is in turn valid for another three years. As such, a security guard could go six years with no refresher training.

A select group of security professionals, door supervisors, participate in a “physical training” module, in which they learn how to restrain people and manage rowdy crowds. This training is delivered in one day, with no simulations or exercises thereafter. The vast majority of security guards are offered no physical training whatsoever. Yet we expect them to manage a football mob better suited for riot police.

The Security Industry Association (SIA), established under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, is responsible for regulating the security industry in the UK. Today, I am tabling a written question in the House of Lords asking the Home Office what their strategy is to protect the mental and physical wellbeing of security guards. Security guards keep our families safe every day, and we owe it to them to recognise their work.

The Island

ARMX marks International Security Officers’ Day

Published

32 mins ago

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2021/08/2

Highlights importance of treating them with kindness and respect

ARMX Security Solutions Private Limited (ARMX) celebrated International Security Officers’ Day on the 24th of July 2021, for the first time in the history of Sri Lanka’s security industry. An initiative that all partnering clients took to heart, involved a series of attempts to appreciate and recognise the 24/7 service of security officers attached to a variety of businesses. This celebration followed the precedent of the celebration of International Security Officers’ Day, across the world and was introduced by ARMX to Sri Lanka.

Following in the footsteps of the global celebration of International Security Officers’ Day, AMRX decided to initiate the celebration in Sri Lanka hoping that it will make a difference, opening the eyes of Sri Lankans and people around the world to the importance of treating security officers with kindness and respect. The feelings of fulfilment that come from being appreciated and valued for their services, are sure to further motivate these hardworking individuals.

Founder of ARMX Sri Lanka, Janaka Batawalage commented on the celebration, “You could be a CEO of a company or a security officer but it’s important to remember that both are trying to put food on the table for their families. We understood that treating security personnel with the respect they deserve, increased the loyalty and commitment towards the client. We are fortunate that our clients have recognized the value of this and have taken the steps necessary to make this day a success. We hope too that this day, which is celebrated throughout the world, will take flight and that all businesses across the island will celebrate this day on the 24th of July in the years to come.”

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Police: Man stabs security guard ex-girlfriend in throat at Vegas casino

By: Larry Ish

Posted at 1:32 PM, Feb 12, 2020

and last updated 2:32 PM, Feb 12, 2020

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A female security officer at the Westgate Hotel was stabbed in the throat by her ex-boyfriend while on duty, according to police.

The incident occurred at around 1:50 a.m. on Feb. 5.

That is when, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police's arrest report, the woman's former boyfriend, Kem Peters, approached the victim, who was working hotel's lobby and casino area.

Peters pulled a knife out of his pocket and stabbed the woman in the throat, according to the report.

A porter for the hotel working nearby saw the altercation and attempted to pull Peters off of the victim. Peters then, allegedly, cut the porter on the cheek with the knife.

The attacker then dropped the knife and ran off. He was taken into custody at around 2:10 a.m.

Both victims were taken to Sunrise Hospital and treated for their injuries.

The woman is expected to survive, but the wound required 20 stitches.

Peters is facing two charges of attempted murder, one charge of domestic battery, one charge of battery and a charge of burglary.

The report also notes that Peters has had multiple prior domestic convictions in the past.

Police: Shoplifting suspect fatally stabbed by mall security officer

 I have to admit. I would've done the same damn thing. Some of these people forget you're a human being first, and employee second. You threaten my life, I'm coming back at you. Job be damn! UNION UP SECURITY!!     

By Glenn Puit Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 1, 2021 - 12:39 pm

 

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Updated February 1, 2021 - 6:16 pm

Henderson police said a fatal stabbing in a mall parking lot Sunday involved a private security officer who stabbed a shoplifting suspect after being threatened with a knife.

Henderson police said they were called to the 1300 block of West Sunset Road, the address for the Galleria at Sunset mall, at 5:40 p.m. Police said the call involved a confrontation between “an on-property security officer” and a 34-year-old man suspected of stealing merchandise from a store.

“The business’ 56-year-old security officer was alerted to the theft and attempted to retrieve the stolen merchandise from the male outside the business,” police said in a news release on Monday. “When confronted, the theft suspect brandished a knife.”

Police said “the officer then produced his own knife, which resulted in the theft suspect being stabbed.”

The stabbing victim was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died.

 The Clark County coroner’s office will identify the man killed once his relatives have been notified. Neither the name of the security officer nor the store where he worked were released.

Police said they would not release additional information on the case in the short-term, citing an ongoing investigation “to determine whether criminal charges are forthcoming.”

 

 

 

In January 2017, a security guard working at the Jared jewelry store across the street from the mall at 1071 W. Sunset Road fatally shot an employee during an attempted robbery.

The guard, whom police never named, had opened fire on an attempted robber but missed, instead striking employee Kimberlee Kincaid-Hill, 57, in the chest. The coroner’s office ruled her death a homicide, and the would-be thief ran away empty-handed.

Henderson police at the time described the shooting as an accident and did not seek charges against the guard. In 2018, Kincaid-Hill’s estate filed a wrongful-death lawsuit. The case against the guard, identified as Michael Deshawn Lyons in court records, is scheduled for trial later this year.

SECURITY OFFICERS!!! Build Back Better with Unions—Pass the PRO Act!

 The work and influence of the entire labor movement, which lobbies hard for relief for regular folks, improves all our lives. So, today is your chance to help build the power of working people and to ensure fair labor laws  — with just one phone call to your senator to say you support the PRO Act.

Our labor laws are outdated and no longer protect our right to form and join unions. The PRO Act is the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression. The PRO Act will:

• Hold corporations accountable for union-busting.
• Protect and empower workers’ ability to form and join unions, including in new industries like Big Tech.
• Repeal the so-called “right-to-work” laws that only lower wages and benefits for workers.

We made this super easy to do: Just use this link, and it will connect you with your senator!

SECURITY OFFICERS EVERYWHERE. Unions demand higher wages, benefits, and protections for their workers, and also establish standards and norms for compensation for similar work.

SECURITY OFFICERS EVERYWHERE

All working people deserve safe jobs, family-sustaining wages, and time to care for our loved ones. Too many of us are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with few if any protections or benefits. Unions demand higher wages, benefits, and protections for their workers, and also establish standards and norms for compensation for similar work. Strengthening the right to organize is a critical part of supporting working families. As a constituent, I strongly urge you to support the PRO Act.

"Men and Women of Las Vegas. We need to Unionize Security. Time to stop being used and abused by the Vegas man."

 

PRO Act, called ‘most important labor legislation in several generations,’ passes House

Last Updated: March 10, 2021 at 6:07 a.m. ET First Published: March 9, 2021 at 9:09 p.m. ET

By

Levi Sumagaysay

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the PRO Act, which supporters called the most significant labor legislation in decades and opponents characterized as a gift to unions at the expense of workers.

The bill would provide new protections to workers seeking to unionize and penalize companies that violate workers’ rights. Significantly, amid the rise of gig work, it could also make it more difficult for companies like Uber Technologies Inc. UBER, +2.37% to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors.

The Protect the Right to Organize Act, or HR 482, passed 225 to 206 along mostly partisan lines — only five Republicans voted for it — and now goes to the Senate, which last year failed to take it up after the House’s approval.

Judging from the amount of Republican opposition to the bill, it is not guaranteed passage in the Senate even if it is brought to a vote this year. But the lead author of the bill, which has three Republican co-sponsors, is calling for legislators to act.

“Over the past year, every elected official has celebrated the courage and resilience of our workers,” said Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., in a statement. “But there is a difference between praising hard work and standing up for hardworking people. Workers need our solidarity, and they need our action.”

Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., said wages and purchasing power “have barely moved” from four years ago and called the PRO Act “the most important labor legislation in several generations.”

A group representing gig companies Uber, Lyft Inc. LYFT, +5.82%, DoorDash Inc. DASH, -2.03% and Instacart said in a statement Tuesday that it was disappointed.

“We will continue working with members across the aisle and the Biden administration for modern policies that preserve worker flexibility and independence, while providing the security of a robust benefits plan to every worker who needs it,” the App-Based Work Alliance said. (President Joe Biden supports the bill.)

“The PRO Act clarifies that we have the right to organize together and form our own unions, and gives us real tools to hold these companies accountable,” said Nicole Moore, a part-time Lyft driver who organizes for Los Angeles-based Rideshare Drivers United. “This is a first step for app-based worker justice.”

Proponents of the bill on Tuesday called unions the “backbone of the middle class” and said unionization rights under the National Labor Relations Act have been chipped away over the years as companies have amassed more wealth and power.

“In the late ’70s, CEOs made 35 times what their workers made,” said Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, on Tuesday during the debate on the bill on the House floor. “Today it’s 300 times that. Heaven forbid we pass something that’s going to help the damn workers in the United States of America. Heaven forbid we tilt the balance that has been going in the wrong direction for 50 years.” He yelled at Republicans to “stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us on behalf of the American workers.”

Meanwhile, Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., on Tuesday called the PRO Act part of the “Democrats’ socialist agenda.” She added that the bill, which would require workers of an organized workforce to pay union dues even if they do not join the union, would “harm the economy and the American worker, and do a great injustice to employers who risk their capital every day to create jobs.”

Also opposed to the legislation are chambers of commerce and other business groups, plus some freelancers and independent contractors who say they will lose work if the bill passes because it includes the so-called ABC test. Under the test, workers can be considered independent contractors only if they control their work; if their duties fall outside the scope of a company’s normal business; and if they have an independent business doing that work.

John Logan, a professor and director of the Labor and Employment Studies Department at San Francisco State University, said, “The PRO Act needs to address the growing number of workers who are excluded from the protections of the NLRA, which is what the ABC test is partly intended to do.”

“Trying to force everybody into a union is the goal of this law,” said Foxx during a news conference Monday, the day before the debate on the House floor. She was joined by Monica Wyman, a weddings and events florist in California who said she has lost business since the state adopted the ABC test.

“I can no longer take those jobs without knowing if I could hire other freelancers and workers,” Wyman said.

                                                    Keep thinking that you're safe at those casinos.                                                                 You're not! You still can be fired at anytime.                                                                            For any dumbass thing.                                                                                                                   UNIONIZE. spfpa.org

 

 But Catherine Fisk, labor law professor at UC Berkeley, told MarketWatch: “The PRO Act applies only to rights to unionize and bargain collectively.” She added that because it would apply nationwide, freelancers would have no competitive advantage from one state to another.

Scott, the author of the bill, said in a statement that the PRO Act closes the “loophole” of companies misclassifying workers to avoid giving them the right to organize. It would give “eligible freelancers and gig workers, who are classified as employees, the right to decide for themselves whether to form union. Or not. Anyone making wild claims that this bill would mean the end of freelancing or restrict workers’ flexibility is either mistaken or deliberately misrepresenting the facts.”

To address concerns by freelancers, independent contractors and small businesses, an amendment to the PRO Act calls for the Government Accountability Office to prepare a report on the impact of the changes made by the bill to the definition of “employee” under the ABC test and the definition of “joint employer” under the NLRA. The president would be required to consider the report and recommend Congress modify the definitions, if needed.

UPDATE: TOP 10 WORST PEOPLE SECURITY OFFICERS ENCOUNTER

Now that people have gotten their 2nd Stimulus check. Which means, any of the boneheads won't use the money for rent, insurance, utility bills. Instead, Hair weaves, manicures, Air Jordans, and the like. Sad, just sad.

Since the pandemic started just about every person that I've ran into at work or outside of work, have turned into a complete imbecilic moron. Not sure if that is a oxymoron. I'm just trying to make a point, “People b done git dumm”.  IQ points have dropped down to 1 number across the board for MOST people around Las Vegas. People, if you don't care about yourself, at least, try and care about other people. You can't be selfish all the damn time. 

                            Wear a mask! Wash the mask! Wear it again!

Now, as a Security Professional, we all encountered people I've listed below on a everyday basis. These people suck yeast infected donkey dicks. So, let me introduce to you, the TOP 10 Worst People Security Officers Encounter. 

WARNING: If you are offended by this list. Then, I must be talking about you.

TOP 10 WORST PEOPLE SECURITY OFFICERS ENCOUNTER

10: Older White over-exaggerative Karens' and Kens'

These folks don't ever mind their goddamn business.

Never can admit they're wrong.

Not able to say the word “sorry.”

Have strong prejudicial feelings.

Could be a full blown racist.

They feel the need to loudly express their love for the GOP (no need for that).

Express that rules and regulations they don't like are bullshit.

Can be the most Ill-mannered bastards, since the caveman.

9: Black and Latino men between 50 - 70

(Not all though)

Misplaced hatred to everyone.

Pull the race card whatever chance they get.

Never can admit when they are wrong.

Can't say the word "sorry".

Taken as a whole, they are entirely too Loud, and too Ill-mannered.

8: Young Latin, Wannabe Gang/Hard males

Have no clue to what they're doing.

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Loud

Thinks its “cool” to say N**** all the time.

Pour the whole bottle of cologne on their body.

Wants everything for free.

Flashing cash around acting like they're celebrities.

"Dine-n-Dash" is their motto.

Think they're gods' gift to women.

Always high.

Tied for 6^th Place. 7 (6): Young Snobby Asian/White males

Loud.

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Always in party mood.

Have no clue to what they're doing.

Always high.

Thinks its “cool” to say N**** all the time.

6: Very Young Snobby White females

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Possess selective hearing.

“I know who owns this place.” The owner is my boyfriend.

"Don't you know who my Daddy is?"

Think their shit don't stink.

Glued to their cell phones.

 

 5: Young Latin American Princesses, Jewish American Princesses, and "Kardashian" type females

Pretty much explains itself.

Glued to their cell phones.

Think they're shit don't stink, it does EVERYWHERE.

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Possess selective hearing.

4: Young Black Wannabe Thugs, Pimps, Uneducated males

Absolute IDIOTS!

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Possess selective hearing.

Either don't read or completely illiterate.

Cannot speak in complete sentences without saying n***** every other word.

Knows nothing outside of their neighborhood.

Wants everything for free.

3: Drunk MILF's, "Sex in the City" type White females

Always a loud group of 4 or more.

Possess selective hearing.

These females are tipsy, buzzed is more descriptive.

They always have a drink nearby.

First one, is the gorgeous rich girl that puts the group together.

Second one, is mid Hot. Manages the money for the night out.

Third one, complete hottie who ain't bright but can hold a full conversation about ANYTHING.

Fourth one, Cute, and the "hoe" of the group. If it dangles, she wants it.

Tied for 1^st Place. (2) 1: Young Black Ill-mannered, disgusting, uneducated "Hoochie Momma" females

SAME as the definition above, these "it's" are at their worst when they try to speak.

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

Have the WORST attitude.

Barely speak complete sentences, use N**** every other word.

Wears those huge, chipmunk tail fluffy bedroom slippers as shoes.

Wears fake eyelashes that resembles a Swiffer mop.

Colored contact lenses. "Bitch, you black as my hair. Blue eyes my ass."

Wears ridiculously, long stoopid fake fingernails.

1: Young Black Ghetto Barnyard female animals

Worst of the worst.

You can’t call them ladies, "it" is more like it.

Highly disrespectful and Ill-mannered.

They dress like 1970s hookers from Shaft or Superfly movie.

Wear clothes that don't fit while looking nasty and skanky-ass.

Wears those huge, chipmunk tail fluffy bedroom slippers as shoes.

New York court security officers and staff are eligible for COVID vaccines — but not judges

 New York State judges are not yet eligible for coronavirus vaccines — but court staff and court security officers can receive the coveted shots in the arm.

 An email obtained by the Daily News from Administrative Judge Lawrence Marks, who oversees the state court system, reveals that the state’s revised vaccination guidelines turn the judicial hierarchy upside down.

“After considerable thought and discussion, we are interpreting the additional references in the guidelines to ‘Other Sworn and Civilian Personnel’ and ‘Support or Civilian Staff’ to include...all non-judicial personnel of the Unified Court System,” Marks wrote Tuesday.

“We will continue to strongly advocate that the eligibility guidelines be immediately interpreted or expanded to include UCS judges and justices.”

Judges who are 65 years or older or immuno-compromised are eligible for vaccines, just like anyone else who falls into those categories. Dennis Quirk, the head of the union repping court security officers, said judges were upset about the decision. 

“They’re not happy,” Quirk said, speaking from a hospital where he’d just been vaccinated. “I’m going to have to be working with judges who are not eligible to get the shot? It’s outrageous.”

The union boss, who has been an outspoken critic of the court system’s handling of the pandemic, called the decision “totally irresponsible” and “insane.”

The pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption of the wheels of justice. Only a handful of trials have taken place. Proceedings that normally would be in-person are conducted via video. Outbreaks have ravaged jails and prisons.

The state Health Department did not immediately have information on judges’ eligibility. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for the Office of Court Administration, said it was bound by the language of Gov. Cuomo’s revised vaccine guidelines.

“As to judges, we strongly believe that they should be eligible. This would apply to all judges and justices who do not qualify under the CDC expanded vaccination eligibility list to include persons age 65 and older, as well as persons with immuno-compromised conditions,” Chalfen said.

“We are continuing to vigorously advocate that the eligibility guidelines be immediately interpreted or expanded to include UCS judges and justices. 

 

(Stephen Rex Brown covers New York courts and criminal justice issues, with a focus on Manhattan Federal Court and Manhattan Supreme Court.)

TOP 7 Worst Films Featuring Security Officers

 Here are the Top 7 Worst Films Featuring Security Officers

    For years, Hollywood had made movies depicting Security Professionals in such a bad light that people actually believe ALL Real Life Security Officers are what they see in those films. By the power of Grey Skull, you're such a Dumb-ass!

    Check this out, people go to college to obtain a degree in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Forensic Science, Political Science, or Pre-Law. Now, you can get a Masters' in Cyber Security, Cyber Crimes and Security, Executive Juris Doctorate, Juris Doctorate, Legal Studies, and the like. It's a LIFE SUSTAINING CAREER/PROFESSION. Some may even obtain a job as Security to up their insight in the field on how people truly are. That means, you have to find a decent Security company in Las Vegas, where you can make enough money while studying. Which can be hard to do since a majority of them aren't worth a shit. I have a list. Will present at request.

    Lastly, I will be going back to college to start my Masters' in Cyber Security/Cyber Crimes, or maybe, Legal Studies in Dispute Resolutions. (Haven't completely decided yet.) Anyway, watch these films and the next time you come across a Security Officer, realize that they have been on the Front Line throughout the entire pandemic hoping that they don't catch Da Rona. It wouldn't hurt for you to say “Thank You” or “I appreciate you for doing such a hard job.” It's only the nice thing you can do, and it don't cost a thing. 

Let's get on with the movies:

7: Armed and Dangerous (1986):

John Candy and Eugene Levy, from Second City, team up and made a bit of history in this loud buddy comedy; the bumbling duo play a recently fired cop and amoral lawyer who take jobs as security guards, only to find that they've unwittingly become members of a corrupt company. In real life, these guys would be fired or dead.

6: National Security (2003):

Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn as Earl and Hank; two completely different security guards from different walks of life that have one thing in common: the security company they work for. Their history of hating each other stems from Earl's key role in Hank's dismissal from the police force. This movie is funny, hilarious at some times. Though, again, there is no way an security professional would ever do the shit they do. NEVER.

5: Observe & Report (2009):

This dark comedy features Seth Rogen as a depressed, on-the-brink guard who is head of the security department at Forest Ridge Mall. When he fails to get into the police force and is belittled by the officer taking over his operations, he embarks on a dual mission of madness: to prove himself and catch the elusive mall flasher. Everything he does in this film will get you fired so fast it'll make your head spin. If a security officer ever talks to an female employee in a mall. You're reported, and then fired. This film is such shit to the profession.

4: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009):

Kevin James plays Paul Blart, who dreams of being an police officer for the New Jersey State Police. However, his ample size doesn't help his chances of being a cop, so he has to make do with being a security guard at his local mall. Its a family film alright. Absolutely silly, than funny. Too many fat jokes.

3: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015):

Same ignorant garbage. No Security Officer would ever do the things he does.

HONORABLE MENTION. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)

HONORABLE MENTION. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

2: Night at the Museum (2006):

Larry Daley is the newly hired night shift security guard at New York's American Museum of Natural History. Upon beginning his shift, he's instructed not to let anything "in or out." Being in need, as an out of work average Joe, he follows those instructions pretty damn good, but soon come to realize the significance of this creepy warning: The Museum comes to life at night, kicking off a bone-tingling phenomenon that delighted movie-goers of all ages. The one thing about this film is that people forget he's a “Single Dad”, doing whatever it takes to keep visitation rights for his kid. In some cases, people are known to take security gigs to the money flow without having to go back, and fight the unemployment line. Besides the museum coming to life, he's pretty damn good security professional.

1: Friday After Next (2002):

This is the WORST of all the films portraying Security Officers as imbecilic fools. Yet, you know you are too weak to ever become a Security Officer because of the abuse and harassment “you” give them. In the Black community especially, unintelligent ghetto barnyard people talking all kinds of shit to Security for NO REASON. When something happens, we're the first ones you call.

Top Flight Security: Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) find crime on the first day of their new job, and back in the old neighborhood where it all began. It's Christmas time and a ghetto Santa Claus breaks into their run-down apartment, stealing all their presents, along with anything else he can stuff into his sack, including the rent money hidden in their stereo speakers. Their only hope to not get evicted before Christmas is to take jobs as security guards at a local mall, where they learn some comic lessons about the true meaning of the holidays.