AD in court

[Queen_of_Thunder]

From my local paper. The El Paso Times

Gun accidentally goes off at Northeast El Paso municipal court 11/07/2013 2:00 AM

A gun accidentally went off this morning at the Municipal Court in Northeast El Paso, putting a bullet into the floor. El Paso Police spokesman Mike Baranyay said that at about 8:15 a.m. a Ruiz Protective Services guard's gun fired into the floor of the court, 9600 Dyer. No one was injured.

Ruiz Protective Services provides security for the municipal court, which is located next door to the police department's Northeast Regional Command Center, Baranyay said.

A representative from Ruiz could not be reached.

 

[joe-bue]

Nice, Makes me feel safe that they're on duty.

 

[Sam1911]

Is there a THR discussion here? What's the take home message?

Beyond, "Uhhh, don't do that!" I mean.

 

[Speedo66]

Hard to believe they're using Rent-A-Cops in a courthouse. Should be staffed with trained, professional court officers.

Too much confidential material, security needs, contact with felons, need for firearms retention, etc. to entrust public security to other than armed peace officers.

Lesson learned is you can't go cheap/low bid and expect professionalism.

 

[DT Guy]

Because cops never have AD's....yep.


Larry

 

[twofifty]

From my local paper. The El Paso Times

Gun accidentally goes off at Northeast El Paso municipal court 11/07/2013 2:00 AM

A gun accidentally went off this morning at the Municipal Court in Northeast El Paso, putting a bullet into the floor. El Paso Police spokesman Mike Baranyay said that at about 8:15 a.m. a Ruiz Protective Services guard's gun fired into the floor of the court, 9600 Dyer. No one was injured.

Ruiz Protective Services provides security for the municipal court, which is located next door to the police department's Northeast Regional Command Center, Baranyay said.

A representative from Ruiz could not be reached.

Another media example of a gun, of its very own volition, jumping out of a holster and pulling its own trigger.

edit:

How hard would it be for the reporter to have writen the above hilited parts as follows:

"Shot fired in Northeast El Paso municipal court."

and

"A gun was accidentally fired this morning at the Municipal Court..."

and finally

"...a Ruiz Protective Services guard fired his gun into the floor of the court..."

 

[Midwest]

How common is it to have rent-a-cops in a courtroom? This is the first I heard of using rent-a-cop, I thought the Sheriff's department or State Police takes care of court room security.

 

[danez71]

Is there a THR discussion here? What's the take home message?

Beyond, "Uhhh, don't do that!" I mean.

Nope. That's about it.

Unless you consider the inevitable 'Security people are just plastic badge wanna-be cops posts coming up to be appropriate THR discussion.

 

[Outlaw Man]

I think twofifty is on the right track. The (deliberate?) misinformation in this article just serves to push the "guns kill people" mantra.

Too bad we can't force firearms training to be a requirement for a journalism degree.

 

[Sam1911]

Unless you consider the inevitable 'Security people are just plastic badge wanna-be cops posts coming up to be appropriate THR discussion.

And I don't.

THR isn't a private security issues site, nor a police issues/procedures site, and a court security officer having an ND* really doesn't fall into the "guns and responsible citizen gun ownership" discussion set.

I'll close this unless someone has more information that we should all consider.





* -- (or AD...we really have no information at all here to say. The gun could have literally been broken/malfunctioning somehow. No info, lots of speculation.)