6/19/2023 0 Comments Bouncer security equipment![]() ![]() As the TPD officer started ticketing a block away, we informed one of the bouncers on the door that the Tampa Police Department is ticketing peoople. None of them were carrying flashlights, for that matter, in a dark bar. Large, unarmed, wearing "SECURITY" T-Shirts. The club had a contingent of 10 bouncers. We took the ticket anyway, for documentation purposes. The media (Two radio stations) and patrons were not so lucky. ![]() ![]() We were allowed to move our vehicle after the TPD officer recongized us. TPD turf war - one black officer was authorizing people to park on the sides of the street, when he was called away, a white officer would come up and issue citations to everyone. We get out there, find ourselves in the middle of a TPD vs. Green immediately places it as a gangsta rap club. Green are tapped to work this assignment. The Operations Manager was told it was a Jazz club. The city agreed that third party armed uniformed security was acceptable. The club, in turn, hired the company because they didn't want to pay 47.00 per hour per officer - and the police wanted two officers with cruisers. The city made the club, as a stipulation of a permit, hire off-duty police officers for security. Reminds me of a confrontation at an "affulent" but "notorious" nightclub in Tampa that my former employer had been hired to provide armed security officers for. Shell Answer Man knows very well what nightclub i'm referring to I know of a particular, well-known Minneapolis nightclub that typically hires the "road house" types, gives them little/no training, throws them in a flashy suit, and allows them to go at it. What the bouncer lacked was the proper training to realize that his method of laying on top of the unruly patron could result in further injury, in this case death. I believe that the bouncer had the right intention, that being control the patron until PD arrives to take custody for disorderly conduct or something of that nature. ![]() In doing so, he basically suffocated the patron by restricting oxygen to the brain resulting in the patron going into a coma and dying after 19 days on life support. How do you ask? According to witness statements, the bouncer "laid on top" of the unruly patron with his face down until the police arrived. Evidentally, the bouncer denied entrance and physically restrained the unruly patron. A "bouncer" at the Red Carpet Bar in St Cloud, MN was charged with manslaughter in the death of a patron who was kicked out of the bar, and attempted to force his way back into the bar. This reminds me of a story from last year. Hiring experienced and well-trained security personnel can mean the difference between a smooth and profitable operation and losing the business in a lawsuit. This is a scary and dangerous concept which potentially can expose a club to damaging liabilities. In a crisis, inexperienced bouncers will be forced to rely on their brawn and physical instincts to solve a problem. Many of these bouncers have little experience and receive no real training. Unfortunately many nightclubs foster that image by hiring ex-jocks or bodybuilders to handle their security needs. Bouncers are often portrayed in movies as tough, thug-like scrappers who love to fight as in the movie "Road House" with Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott. The term "bouncer" presents an image of ex-football players who look intimidating and break up fights and throw out drunks and undesirable patrons. ![]()
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