{"id":15845,"date":"2024-09-11T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/my-uniforms-more-valuable-than-i-am-a-security-guards-take-on-bodyworn-cameras\/"},"modified":"2024-09-11T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T05:37:24","slug":"my-uniforms-more-valuable-than-i-am-a-security-guards-take-on-bodyworn-cameras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/11\/my-uniforms-more-valuable-than-i-am-a-security-guards-take-on-bodyworn-cameras\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My uniform\u2019s more valuable than I am\u2019: a security guard\u2019s take on bodyworn cameras"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help fight abuse and theft<\/p>\n

When you work in security it can be a battle to stop people stealing. Most thieves know that they have the same legal power as guards, and it\u2019s not easy trying to decide who gets to dole out \u201creasonable force\u201d when a teenager\u2019s cutting through a bike lock in front of you.<\/p>\n

My shift mates and I recently observed a heroin user cutting through our car park repeating a shopping list into her phone: shampoo, school uniform, other low order goods. She\u2019s part of a growing number of people stealing for others<\/a>, focusing on stuff that people need but don\u2019t want to pay for.<\/p>\n

When to press buttons isn\u2019t my only fear around BWCs. My job\u2019s starting pay is \u00a311.44 per hour, the current minimum wage; the camera I wear retails for \u00a3534. I don\u2019t want to think about what happens if I damage it. Sometimes I feel my uniform\u2019s more valuable than I am.<\/p>\n

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\nPublic-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help fight abuse and theft
\nWhen you work in security it can be a battle to stop people stealing. Most thieves know that they have the same legal power as guards, and it\u2019s not easy trying to decide who gets to dole out \u201creasonable force\u201d when a teenager\u2019s cutting through a bike lock in front of you.
\nMy shift mates and I recently observed a heroin user cutting through our car park repeating a shopping list into her phone: shampoo, school uniform, other low order goods. She\u2019s part of a growing number of people stealing for others, focusing on stuff that people need but don\u2019t want to pay for.
\nWhen to press buttons isn\u2019t my only fear around BWCs. My job\u2019s starting pay is \u00a311.44 per hour, the current minimum wage; the camera I wear retails for \u00a3534. I don\u2019t want to think about what happens if I damage it. Sometimes I feel my uniform\u2019s more valuable than I am. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public-facing staff in shops and frontline services are donning cameras to help fight abuse and theft When you work in security it can be a battle to stop people stealing. Most thieves know that they have the same legal power as guards, and it\u2019s not easy trying to decide who gets to dole out \u201creasonable …<\/p>\n

\u2018My uniform\u2019s more valuable than I am\u2019: a security guard\u2019s take on bodyworn cameras<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15845"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}