So I recently worked an event, I don't want to say what event, or who with as they advertise on here. There was a member on here which worked along side me during the day and I bet he would have the same view point as me.
This event was rather big and plenty of folk went there, along side quite a few security, which was handled by one main firm who subcontracted to I believe two other smaller firms.
This main company, surprised me quite a bit. At send out, they issued as many pairs of handcuffs as they possibly could. And they were rigid cuffs. We aren't talking 10/20 pairs, we are talking quite possibly 75-100+ easily. All that was required was the member of staff to say "yes" when asked if they are cuffed trained.
I'm not a fan of Rigid cuffs been issued to non-police/military, and think it should be limited to hinge cuffs, but everyone had the rigids. The holders were 40mm holders, which got attached to standard belts (not duty belts, so they were dangling a bit).
In talking to one or two of these cuff staff, they admitted they didn't have a key, and didn't actually know how to use it. I also noticed that several staff had their cuffs so they wouldn't be able to access them efficently (ie, holder opener wrong way up, cant quick release, and even if they did get it open, the cuff was upside down in their hand..!).
I am quite a fan of private security been able to carry such items, but it does beg the question when you witness such an event like this with this sort of approach.
Just thought I would share this with you, and see what opinions you may have..!
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This event was rather big and plenty of folk went there, along side quite a few security, which was handled by one main firm who subcontracted to I believe two other smaller firms.
This main company, surprised me quite a bit. At send out, they issued as many pairs of handcuffs as they possibly could. And they were rigid cuffs. We aren't talking 10/20 pairs, we are talking quite possibly 75-100+ easily. All that was required was the member of staff to say "yes" when asked if they are cuffed trained.
I'm not a fan of Rigid cuffs been issued to non-police/military, and think it should be limited to hinge cuffs, but everyone had the rigids. The holders were 40mm holders, which got attached to standard belts (not duty belts, so they were dangling a bit).
In talking to one or two of these cuff staff, they admitted they didn't have a key, and didn't actually know how to use it. I also noticed that several staff had their cuffs so they wouldn't be able to access them efficently (ie, holder opener wrong way up, cant quick release, and even if they did get it open, the cuff was upside down in their hand..!).
I am quite a fan of private security been able to carry such items, but it does beg the question when you witness such an event like this with this sort of approach.
Just thought I would share this with you, and see what opinions you may have..!
P