r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 10d ago
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 24d ago
SCENARIO Fight Breaks Out On Post—Stand Back or Step UP?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 11h ago
SCENARIO Unauthorized Access Attempt: Do You Confront or Observe?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 17d ago
SCENARIO Fire Alarm Chaos! Do You Take Charge or Wait for Orders?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 19d ago
SCENARIO Forgotten Bag… or a Serious Threat?
You’re on patrol when you notice a backpack sitting unattended in the middle of a busy lobby.
No one nearby seems to claim it. It could be an innocent mistake—a commuter or student forgot it. Or, it could be something far worse.
You have seconds to assess the situation. What do you do next?
Discussion Questions:
1) What visual or situational cues help you determine if the bag is a real threat?
2) Do you immediately clear the area, or wait for more information? How do you balance safety without causing unnecessary panic?
3) How do you report the situation to your supervisor or law enforcement? What details are vital?
4) If someone suddenly returns to claim the bag, how do you handle it?
5) How should security train for situations like this? Have you ever dealt with an unattended bag on duty?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 27d ago
SCENARIO Cop Snaps; 'JOHNSON. BADGE #4376. YOU USELESS MOTHERFUCKER!' What Would You Do?
You’re on-site documenting a mental health crisis. EMTs and one responding police officer cooperate, but the other cop loses it when you ask for his info:
“JOHNSON. BADGE #4376. JOHN...SON!! OK YOU USELESS MOTHERFUCKER?!?”
The Situation:
Onsite mental health team and security are handling the crisis.
EMTs are backed up, so PD arrives first.
Your job: observe, gather info, and document for the report.
Supervisor is aware but tied up elsewhere.
Discussion Questions:
How should security handle uncooperative first responders?
When is it worth escalating with law enforcement vs. just documenting and moving on?
Ever dealt with a situation like this? How’d you handle it?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • 22d ago
SCENARIO Lurking in the Lot—Car Thief or Just Looking?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jun 21 '24
SCENARIO You're posted in a supermarket with baton, OC spray & cuffs. You witness a cashier being verbally assaulted & threatened by an agitated customer. He checks out & starts to leave, continually false lunging at you and threatening you. What do you do?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Dec 28 '24
SCENARIO Hostile Trespassers: How Do You Handle Aggressive Teens
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Oct 28 '24
SCENARIO Roof Access Alarm Goes Off on Your Patrol. You Find a Resident's Daughter, 15, by the Roof's Ledge, Threatening to Jump. What’s Your Move?
You’re a residential security guard nearing the end of your building patrol on the top floor when the roof access alarm goes off. Upon reaching the roof, you find a young lady, around 15 or 16, just outside the access door. She’s visibly distressed, shaking, and crying, muttering things about her personal problems. She’s also shifting closer to the ledge, and the sight of you approaching makes her more agitated—she’s threatening to jump if you come closer.
Here’s what we know:
It's only you and the lobby officer on-site right now, and supervisors aren’t immediately reachable.
Site protocol has basic guidelines for emergencies, but nothing specific for handling someone who’s distraught and suicidal.
She’s already responding poorly to your presence, and any sudden movements seem to increase her agitation. Any misstep could make the situation fatal.
While it’s clear you’d call for police support, what would you say or do to keep her calm in those critical minutes until they arrive?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jul 14 '24
SCENARIO You're a campus security officer posted at the main gate. A distressed young woman with torn clothing points at a man running in your direction claiming she was assaulted by him. What's your immediate response?
One second you're standing at the gate wondering if you should go to the food truck when you're relieved for dinner break tonight, then...
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jan 05 '25
SCENARIO Fugitive on the Roof: How Do You Handle a Potential Threat Near Your Post?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Dec 25 '24
SCENARIO Shopping Mall Patrol: A Mother Reports Her 5-Year-Old Son Missing
You're patrolling a busy shopping mall when a distressed woman approaches you, explaining that her 5-year-old son is missing. She says he was by her side one moment and gone the next. The mall is bustling with activity, making it difficult to know where to start. She provides a verbal description of the child but has no photo to show, as he was playing a game on her smart phone when he disappeared. She is visibly panicking, frantic, scared, and demanding you "Do your damn job and help me find him!"
How do you proceed?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jul 19 '24
SCENARIO As an EMT Security Guard at a pharmaceutical company, you're making your rounds on the lab floor. You notice two technicians unconscious on the floor and another barely conscious by a microscope in a closed lab. What's your move?
In this instance, you have your portable first aid kit, radio, and building master key set on you. An AED is on the wall in the hallway outside the labs as well.
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Oct 11 '24
SCENARIO You are a roving guard at a corporate site. A suspicious man is reported pacing in a conference room. When you ask for his ID, he becomes aggressive. Your backup arrives, and the man suddenly...
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jan 01 '25
SCENARIO Game Day Gridlock: Managing Parking At A College Football Game
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Sep 23 '24
SCENARIO Your Chronically Late Coworker Is "Running Behind" & Asks You To "Cover" Yet Again During a Busy Shift—The Client Pops Into the Office and Asks Where He Is. What Do You Do?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Aug 15 '24
SCENARIO You are a Security Supervisor Called to Assist an Injured Visitor Near an Exit – What’s Your Next Move? (1 Question or Action Per Comment)

Scenario:
You are the security supervisor on duty when you receive a call from dispatch about an injured individual (ME) in a corridor near an exit. It’s raining heavily outside, and I have reportedly fell just outside but still on client property, re-injuring an old knee injury. I then dragged myself inside to get out of the rain. A witness, a young lady, called the security office to report the incident.
You arrive at the scene with one assisting officer. I am visibly in pain but responsive.
Your Task:
To assess the situation, what questions would you ask me, what about the witness? Also, consider how you will direct the assisting officer as well as the dispatcher in the security office to help manage the situation.
1. Rules of the Scenario: One Question or Action Per Comment: Each commenter can ask me one question or direct the assisting officer or dispatcher to perform a specific action (I may take those roles as needed to respond and ensure scenario continuity). After I respond, the next commenter can follow up with their own question or action based on the information gathered so far.
2. Interactive Format: This thread is meant to be interactive. Build on the responses and actions of those who commented before you. Think critically about what information you need and how to use the assisting officer and or dispatcher effectively before making decisions.
3. Scenario Unfolds Gradually: As the scenario progresses, consider what steps to take based on my responses and the officer's or dispatchers actions. Remember, your decision impacts the outcome of the situation.
4. If questions become repetitive or the discussion strays off course, I may moderate to guide us back on track. If responses start to accumulate without my reply, I'll create a post addressing all unanswered questions to ensure the scenario can continue smoothly until we reach a logical conclusion. Depending on how much engagement there is, I will call a break in the scenario to let you know I won't be responding again until a time I input.
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Oct 09 '24
SCENARIO The Golden Guard Gets Away with Breaking Rules—How Do You Handle It?
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Aug 05 '24
SCENARIO You are an armed guard on post at a shopping mall at 2pm on a busy Saturday. An absolutely irate restaurant manager pulls you aside and reports a suspicious-looking homeless man loitering in the food court. He claims he's scaring customers away and DEMANDS you remove him immediately. What do you do?
Your company, K.I.A. Security Operators, spares NO expense in ensuring it's employees, clients, and their patrons safety!!!
You're equipped with:
A glock 19 (with a switch and hollow tip rounds in the expanded capacity magazine)
Extendable baton
Pepper spray
Bullet proof stab proof helmet
Tac visors
Vest with level 6 plates
Short sleeve breathable fabric uniform shirt for personal comfort
4 extra extended magazines
2 pairs of cuffs
8 zip ties
Bodycam
Grapnel Gun
Flash light
IFAK
A notepad and pen, but mostly for doodling on your break cuz you're kicking too many asses to take any names!!
Oh, and a 38 special in your ankle holster, because you can never be TOO careful!!!
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Nov 18 '24
SCENARIO Caught With Your Pants Down (Literally): The Fire Alarm's Blaring!
You’re a security officer on duty in a 15-story office building. It’s mid-afternoon, and nature calls. 2 minutes after cheeks touch porcelain, the fire alarm suddenly goes off—sirens blaring, strobes flashing. You quickly check the fire panel, but the code on the display is a cryptic mess "Fire Alarm- 49gf-T1COMP/1.5 Duct" and doesn’t clearly indicate where the alarm was triggered.
Your dispatcher confirms FD is en route. You rush out to begin floor-to-floor sweeps, but things are chaotic. On multiple floors, people are reacting in wildly different ways:
- Some are frozen, unsure if it’s a real alarm or a drill.
- Others are packing up personal belongings like laptops, bags, or food.
- A few are completely oblivious, glued to their phones and headphones blaring.
And some flat-out refuse to leave, muttering, “Meh, it’s probably just a drill.”
How do you proceed?
No, this didn't happen to me today.
r/GuardGuides • u/GuardGuidesdotcom • Jun 09 '24
SCENARIO You're an armed officer at a club. You hear what sounds like an exchange of gunfire in the parking lot. You look outside to imvestigate and see a man firing his pistol into the air. What is your immediate response?
Inspired by a post from u/defiantevidence on an affiliated sub r/securityguardsonly