At my Church Security seminar I attended in Dallas this week, I learned that the experts are highly recommending the hiring of a uniformed police officer to attend Sunday Morning service.
Still working through how I feel about that.
They discouraging using Concealed Handgun Licensed individuals unless they are NOT armed (for liability reasons). They only recommend active duty police officers, or honorably retired police officers (because they can carry a firearm 24/7), and at least one of the police officers needs to be in uniform, in a high visibility position.
My son-in-law happens to be our sound guy right now, is an active duty police officer, and is a member of the multi-jurisdictional SWAT team. The sound booth is slightly elevated, and has a commanding view of the entire auditorium.
Oh, and I learned a new acronym - highly technical! DLR. "Doesn't Look Right".
One of the security guys from First Baptist Bellevue (Memphis, TN) was there, and shared an account that happened on Easter Sunday Morning at FBC Bellevue. One of the security team members (an unarmed volunteer woman) saw what she thought was a gun in the pants pocket of a man who also happened to have a backpack. She reported it to their on-duty police officer, who approached the man, and asked, "sir, are you carrying a weapon?" The man put his hands out in a show of compliance, and said, yes, it's in my back right pocket. (Even if he had a CHL, he violated it by allowing the weapon to be visible)
The police officer said, "OK, I'm going to take the gun, remove the magazine, and put it in your backpack". As the officer was doing this, he found a 300 Blackout Rifle in the man's backpack, and grabbed the backpack to pivot the man into the wall, and detain him. He was very heavily armed with additional magazines, in addition to his .40 Cal Beretta.
So, even the parking lot attendants, the greeters, the ushers - part of their job is to watch for and report "DLRs".
Still working through how I feel about that.
They discouraging using Concealed Handgun Licensed individuals unless they are NOT armed (for liability reasons). They only recommend active duty police officers, or honorably retired police officers (because they can carry a firearm 24/7), and at least one of the police officers needs to be in uniform, in a high visibility position.
My son-in-law happens to be our sound guy right now, is an active duty police officer, and is a member of the multi-jurisdictional SWAT team. The sound booth is slightly elevated, and has a commanding view of the entire auditorium.
Oh, and I learned a new acronym - highly technical! DLR. "Doesn't Look Right".
One of the security guys from First Baptist Bellevue (Memphis, TN) was there, and shared an account that happened on Easter Sunday Morning at FBC Bellevue. One of the security team members (an unarmed volunteer woman) saw what she thought was a gun in the pants pocket of a man who also happened to have a backpack. She reported it to their on-duty police officer, who approached the man, and asked, "sir, are you carrying a weapon?" The man put his hands out in a show of compliance, and said, yes, it's in my back right pocket. (Even if he had a CHL, he violated it by allowing the weapon to be visible)
The police officer said, "OK, I'm going to take the gun, remove the magazine, and put it in your backpack". As the officer was doing this, he found a 300 Blackout Rifle in the man's backpack, and grabbed the backpack to pivot the man into the wall, and detain him. He was very heavily armed with additional magazines, in addition to his .40 Cal Beretta.
So, even the parking lot attendants, the greeters, the ushers - part of their job is to watch for and report "DLRs".
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