As a Security Officer I would hope they are ARMED and not made into defensless targets like so many in my profession are.
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Clearly this idiot councilman either failed basic economics or worse doesn’t care about the costs the gas station owner would have to shoulder in order to provide security. They only make roughly 2-3 cents of profit per gallon sold. To hire a guard for even 12hrs a day or for 24-7 coverage would make the cost of gas comparatively skyrocket.
And exactly what would patrons be getting? Not much more than what a security camera already provides, which is to observe and report. The guard could serve as a visual deterrent and that’s about it. To actually hire an armed guard and then empower him to act on a patron’s behalf would cost a great deal per hour. Why? The costly insurance premium in the event he is injured or killed on the job.
What would happen in just a few short months is all the gas stations in the city of Detroit would go out of business or move because they wouldn’t be able to compete with the lower prices found in the surrounding suburbs who weren’t forced by the government to hire private security. This here is another perfect example of a politician destroying livelihoods and suffering no consequences.