Security Stories 1 - Knockouts, drowning and arrest!

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • I had a few people ask about my time in the security sector. I spent 23 years doing security work of various types and I have some pretty crazy/funny/terrible stories from that time. This first story features a self confessed terrorist, a knockout, a drowning lady followed by a drowning Police Officer, and a trip to the custody suite for me. It sounds mad but it really happened back in the good/bad old days!
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Комментарии • 230

  • @peterkukay
    @peterkukay 3 месяца назад +141

    Most of the ''real'' tough guys I've known in my life have not been loud & boisterous, but calm, intelligent & thoughtful like you. Your storytelling is riveting, please tell more.

    • @glxtchedOTR
      @glxtchedOTR 3 месяца назад +11

      I totally agree. He's a natural born story teller. I think just any of his life stories would be interesting. I'd definitely watch. I didn't even realize the channel was not all just these stories. Yeah. Great story teller. Kinda rare these days.

    • @thebutton
      @thebutton 3 месяца назад +5

      I was just about to comment that exact thought. Great upload

    • @JP-xs5lo
      @JP-xs5lo 3 месяца назад +5

      I think a good fighter had to been humbled at some point and they’re very intellectual and soft-spoken. A lot of Pacific Islanders are really good fighters. I grew up around Hawaii Guamanian Somoa Tonga a lot if good fighters just indestructible and sleeper attitudes really nice people but have that switch and then there is no talking

    • @glxtchedOTR
      @glxtchedOTR 3 месяца назад +1

      @JP-xs5lo I'm sure he'd be the first to admit it. I've always had big friends. Either consciously or not. But being a small guy with a big mouth it's always nice to have one around. Especially if they're friends enough to shut me up before I start something I know I can't finish. It was the alcohol. I had to stop. I totally turn into a person I don't know. I'm so laid back and chilled but when I'd drink I'd get stupid mean. Lucky all I lost from it was my teeth. There is definitely a reason for weight classes. 😆 PeaCe. Didn't mean to rant

    • @alansmith4655
      @alansmith4655 Месяц назад +2

      I've trained with some absolute animals when they turn it on, but the nicest people outside of that. In fact, they are the last people who want to fight.

  • @popgas3821
    @popgas3821 Месяц назад +3

    The balls of those officers serving you an arrest warrant is just chef's kiss of audacity 💀.

  • @readbetweenthelinestwice
    @readbetweenthelinestwice 3 месяца назад +44

    I can’t stop laughing about the cigarette flick 😂

  • @jeffinphx517
    @jeffinphx517 4 месяца назад +71

    "I was dressed as Britney Spears," easily the most terrifying visual on your channel. 😮

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  4 месяца назад +12

      😅🤣

    • @glxtchedOTR
      @glxtchedOTR 3 месяца назад +1

      😂😅😂

    • @brettm.s.1169
      @brettm.s.1169 3 месяца назад +4

      Hang on there… let’s see the photos first !

    • @jakelister5152
      @jakelister5152 2 месяца назад +2

      Kinda wish he had added a photo of it 😅

  • @valiant971
    @valiant971 3 месяца назад +53

    A general thought on the police. They are neither your friend nor your enemy. They are there to do a job and there are as many apathetic ones as with any other job. Be polite and protect your rights.

    • @bazsuperbi
      @bazsuperbi 2 месяца назад +1

      I fully agree with you.

    • @Marktheshark-e7f
      @Marktheshark-e7f 2 месяца назад +2

      I have noticed over the years if I was looking for an enemy I always found one😂😂. Doesn't work the same way looking for a friend tho 😂😂

  • @PhucYuBich
    @PhucYuBich 4 месяца назад +31

    RUclips algorithm has worked in your favor! Love the story!

  • @Ugfromumantman
    @Ugfromumantman 2 месяца назад +8

    Great advice. Never, ever, ever talk to the police without council present.

  • @benwinter2420
    @benwinter2420 4 месяца назад +17

    Pool tables were the bane of my existence when working security in pubs , always fights surrounding them

    • @billionsandbillions
      @billionsandbillions 4 месяца назад +5

      I was involved in a pool hall fight once. The night started out alright hanging with my friends. Then It went south and went south quick. Some Hispanic boys tried picking up pool sticks for striking. Basically the entire fight went down around the pool table. Lots of opportunity weapons laying around. Pool sticks, balls, beer bottles and glasses. Yeah that was a crazy night. The place cleared out after that fight.

  • @charliedurnford3277
    @charliedurnford3277 Год назад +30

    I enjoyed those stories. Disturbing how only one of the policemen tried to help the woman in the sea because of 'red tape'!

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +12

      I was pretty shocked. Worse still he got a reprimand!!!

    • @paulgibbons2320
      @paulgibbons2320 2 месяца назад

      @@charliedurnford3277 I lived by the coast. The number of cases the person who enters the water first survives and the good samaritan who trys to rescue them dies is pretty shocking. It's very common. People even die in to rescue their dogs. Dog survives and they don't.
      If your not a competant swimmer you will make the situation worse.
      Rescue 101 don't put yourself in danger.

  • @noelht1
    @noelht1 Месяц назад +3

    13:07 i’m from Blackpool. The police do not go in the sea. Back in the 1980s, a man went in the sea after his dog. Two policemen and a p9licewoman went in after him. None of them got out. Not even the dog.
    There is a memorial to them to this day. In fact I saw it over the weekend.

  • @alexsm3882
    @alexsm3882 10 дней назад +1

    I like hearing these stories mate keep them coming 👍

  • @jollyjohnathan9524
    @jollyjohnathan9524 3 месяца назад +24

    Dont ever talk to a cop or give any kind of statement without a lawyer present. Ever

  • @billionsandbillions
    @billionsandbillions 4 месяца назад +36

    Not water trained. I think the cops meant to say not potty trained. Crazy because cops in the US would jump at the opportunity to save someone’s life because of the massive hero complex they have. Great story man.

    • @noahmosher6543
      @noahmosher6543 3 месяца назад +4

      There's been plenty of instances where they stood by and watched people drown for the exact same reason.

    • @misanthrophex
      @misanthrophex 3 месяца назад

      Female cops as well... 99% of them are a liability

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 3 месяца назад +1

      @@noahmosher6543there are useless cops everywhere sadly. Will say though that in my experience US cops are a lot more enthusiastic about their jobs than cops abroad, for better or worse.

    • @DS-kg4do
      @DS-kg4do 2 месяца назад +1

      You call it a hero complex; I call it people actually really wanting to help other people and that’s why they do that job in the first place.

  • @tekopuakanapanapa6824
    @tekopuakanapanapa6824 3 месяца назад +13

    The Brittany Spears art of the story had me chuckling 😂... Top detective work on their part😂

    • @simhthmss
      @simhthmss 3 месяца назад

      I think maybe they were concerned about the optics of possibly arresting a trans person. Trans organisations can really kick up a fuss and get a lot of press attention if they think the police are being transphobic. There are some trans people who just put on a wig and Britney Spears clothes and call it a day.

  • @50PullUps
    @50PullUps 8 дней назад +1

    If you're not confident in your swimming abilities, do NOT jumpt into the water to rescue someone who is drowning. You will only add to the pile of dead bodies.

  • @jeffnobles214
    @jeffnobles214 22 дня назад +1

    Wow these are really entertaining. Great story telling, and I'm learning some British slang.

  • @TheOriginalNiceGuy
    @TheOriginalNiceGuy 3 месяца назад +10

    I was arrested here in Japan. The police did the same thing to me, and I worry about what kind of secret records thry have now. Total prejudice against foreigners here. Horrendous.

  • @Matt-km3po
    @Matt-km3po 3 месяца назад +5

    In some very precarious situations I’ve found flatulence to be the best non lethal weapon. My mother in law taught me everything I know in that regard. Her ass was an absolute bazooka in the presence of danger.

  • @Allthepills
    @Allthepills 4 месяца назад +20

    Thanks for sharing this. I've done security for 20 odd years too, I'm in Victoria Australia, I've got about a hundred stories too I could tell and I might tell a few on my channel. It's the same over here - if a guard hits someone in self defense it's always the guards fault! Depending on where I've worked I've had some great cops, but most of them couldn't care less about you or even have contempt for you, you are right in saying coastal towns are the worst, I worked in a coastal town for about 10 years, the main trick is to get in with the locals cos when shit went down they would have your back, especially when big groups from big cities would come down and start trouble

    • @melbman43
      @melbman43 4 месяца назад

      Have you worked in any King St clubs?

    • @Allthepills
      @Allthepills 4 месяца назад +1

      @@melbman43 nah haven't worked in the CBD at all

    • @forwardprogressonly
      @forwardprogressonly Месяц назад

      Like your door stories

  • @theloniuspoon
    @theloniuspoon 2 месяца назад +4

    We need like hundreds of these stories man that’s the most epic part of this channel

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад

      Ha! Thanks I have many!!

  • @loomibiq
    @loomibiq 2 месяца назад +4

    My mate is a 140kg Islander. 4 Sudanese came to the club he worked at. He wouldn’t let them in. One pulled a knife and said to him have you ever been stabbed. He said back have you ever been knocked out. The bloke pulled a knife and my mate knocked him out and then knocked another one out. The other two ran off. Cops came and shook his hand and left.

  • @DocSineBell
    @DocSineBell 3 месяца назад +6

    Steve's a legend

  • @Mat-kr1nf
    @Mat-kr1nf 3 месяца назад +10

    15:56 “Not been ‘water trained’” reminds me of when PCSOs first appeared on the scene, a little boy drowned in a pond that was about 4” deep, watched on by two PCSOs who did not lift a finger to help because, they said, they hadn’t received “training”.😩🤷‍♂️. It may have been in Liverpool, I can’t remember, it was quite a long time back. It fed into the debate on just how effective these new recruits actually were. Come to think about it, it could well have been in the time period you are talking about here.🤔

    • @alexjohansen1337
      @alexjohansen1337 3 месяца назад

      As fucked up as this is I think a lot of it is because if they get involved and something happens to the child and they haven't had training they will be held liable for the death or something like that

    • @cyan_oxy6734
      @cyan_oxy6734 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@alexjohansen1337 That's just nonsense. While I'm not familiar with UK law any reasonable country has laws that when you're trying to help you can't be held liable for things you do wrong unless it's gross incompetence like you pretty much actively would need to try to do harm.
      You're just completely unfit to be a police officer if you'd watch a kid drown because there's like a small chance you'd get sued and a 0% chance you'd actually be found at fault.
      The more I hear about life in Britain the more baffled I am. Being from Germany I thought Britain is fairly similar to us but they seem to have fully gone down the gutter.

    • @zigzagtoes
      @zigzagtoes 2 месяца назад

      ​@@cyan_oxy6734UK. This was a thing.
      Only as recently as 2015 (SARHA) did the good samaritan law come in to effect. This law (SARHA) is designed to protect people from legal action, for performing heroic acts that go wrong.
      On the opposite side, it is also not illegal, to do nothing (there are few execeptions).

  • @Romulus609
    @Romulus609 2 месяца назад +1

    U think u could get Steve on and two some stories together along with this story from his perspective? I think it would be cool af!

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад

      It would be but I havent seen the legendary Steve in many years!

  • @djames6780
    @djames6780 3 месяца назад +11

    Never trust a copper

  • @antonysimpson5304
    @antonysimpson5304 Год назад +11

    Thant sums up the Police for sure.

  • @badlandskid
    @badlandskid 4 месяца назад +11

    To serve and protect!
    Serve their bosses
    Protect their pensions
    The drowning lady story just goes to illustrate that in spades. They didn’t come to help, they came to write a report. They one clown that jumped in became a liability himself and was probably reprimanded by some Karen sergeant back at the HQ.
    In reality their motto needs to read “To Subject and Observe”

    • @vetusmeam8357
      @vetusmeam8357 4 месяца назад +1

      "To harass and collect"

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 4 месяца назад +1

      @@vetusmeam8357 haha.. good one

  • @DG123z
    @DG123z 4 месяца назад +11

    Keep talking. Your stories are fascinating

  • @leeallen3633
    @leeallen3633 2 месяца назад +2

    You’re a legend too man! I have to day, you could never talk to an American cop that way, they would’ve been beyond pissed and probably tried to fight you. Crazy story though!

  • @PyroFeenix
    @PyroFeenix 4 месяца назад +6

    Glad i got recommended one of your videos, legend for adding that picture of you with the women ahha loving life

  • @aidandonnelly638
    @aidandonnelly638 3 месяца назад +5

    I’ve just come across your channel and commented on a different video. These videos are brilliant. Having worked the door for 10 years plus other security jobs alot of the stories resonate or make me laugh and been sending them to guys I used to work with. The Britney costume is hilarious

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад +1

      Great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the content bud!

  • @alix73
    @alix73 2 месяца назад +2

    I love your no-b.S. attitude. Great content.

  • @ChrisSmith-qk2vk
    @ChrisSmith-qk2vk 2 месяца назад +1

    would love to hear more about Steve, sounds like an absolute legend! he still about?

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад

      Hmm not sure as I moved away. He was a pretty tough dude, kinda like a strict Dad type. He beat me up a few times in sparring sessions!

  • @CASPTHEGHOST
    @CASPTHEGHOST Год назад +8

    Enjoyed the story , thanks . One thing I didn't get. Rules on entering the sea or not. Couldn't they have helped pull the rope ?
    Or were they scared of potential blisters.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +9

      I didnt understand that either! Maybe they weren't rope trained! I have also witnessed Police failing to gather vital evidence which was being destroyed because it involved them ascending a ladder. They had to call a "ladder team" who bought their own ladder with them. It was almost Benny Hill like in ridiculousness. If I were a career criminal I would learn all the things they arent allowed to do and structure my activities accordingly. Maybe dealing drugs off the second floor of a small boat is a viable career choice these days...

  • @BruceLeroyUK
    @BruceLeroyUK 9 месяцев назад +6

    More stories like this please mate.

  • @chaplinesque111
    @chaplinesque111 Год назад +8

    Respect to you my man, you are one cool, gentle GIANT. Absolutely loved this. Thoroughly entertaining. 👍

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +4

      Aww thanks Chaplin! Too kind!!

  • @Zampan0
    @Zampan0 4 месяца назад +14

    The "rant at the end" was the truth that people should know about. 90+% of cops aren't out to help anyone but themselves and don't deserve any support.

    • @HoaxHoax-d5f
      @HoaxHoax-d5f 4 месяца назад

      Like any other job?😂

    • @Freefall347
      @Freefall347 3 месяца назад

      @@HoaxHoax-d5f yeah, but the whole point of the police is to protect the innocent. When they don't do their job, people can end up dead. And the really disgusting part is sometimes when citizens get sick of it and decide to do the cop's job themselves, then THEY get arrested. Like, WTF are people supposed to do, just let themselves get victimized?

  • @firestarter1888
    @firestarter1888 2 месяца назад +2

    Sounds like Rutherfords/Lush, always kicking off there 😂😂😂 avoided it like the plauge.

  • @Twanger..
    @Twanger.. Год назад +11

    This was very enjoyable..from my armchair admittedly. Would love to see and hear some more of your stories chap..thanks!

  • @moiseshernandez1553
    @moiseshernandez1553 4 месяца назад +6

    Great story teller! Thank you.

  • @dleetr
    @dleetr 3 месяца назад +2

    Crikey! The bollocks people have to go through.

  • @jojogrrl2756
    @jojogrrl2756 3 месяца назад +3

    I think it’s important to tell people what’s going on. I am a retired ED/ICU registered nurse and when I tell people something of the shit I had to deal with in the past they don’t get it. If you say anything that mentions certain demographics you’re a racist or another “ist” or “obe” but I don’t care as I dealt with that violent behaviour whilst having to try and treat patients. People wonder why there’s a shortage of people in some professions.

    • @zigzagtoes
      @zigzagtoes 2 месяца назад +1

      I was accused of being 'ist' and was even called into disciplinary (security at uni graduation). I was given instructions of who was permitted entry with vehicles (for obvious reasons). The passenger of one car I refused immediately called me a R'ist and would not stop, creating a huge scene, and it broke my character.
      I ended up laughing and couldnt take what was happening serious.
      Little did anyone know, I had been covertly audio recording for 3 days, and this I started doing within the first 2hrs on day one, after a collegue was being extremely racist, and when I confronted him, he failed to stop. I escalated it, and my management didnt believe me. I genuinely feared that at any moment, I would be associated with him as an ally and it could all go south. Many international students and their families were around.
      Before I know it, end of day 3, I'm called in with many ppl claiming security being R'ist. Me being the youngest, all the management assumed it were me, even though I made the complaint myself days before about the racism. It got to a point before being called into office, that me and the colleague went nose to nose, in the city centre (where the graduation was held), where again, I fell out of character and burst into laughter, because I had this 60 yr old thinking he was going to put me on my rear.
      Anyways, I produce the recordings and all it did was save my job. He kept is job, as apparently management are clueless on laws, employment or otherwise. Tried accusing me of illegally recording. Again, I laugh, and point out their incompetence.
      So yeah, its most jobs now. If no one in senior positions are willing to back you, then no one new is going to come along and stay.

  • @cunnyfred9562
    @cunnyfred9562 Год назад +44

    Tell us more of your stories, so that we can learn how to survive better in a country that has losts its common sense.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +6

      Will do!

    • @minttul.8237
      @minttul.8237 Год назад +5

      Your country is unfortunately not the only one loosing that, greetings from Finland...

    • @jefesalsero
      @jefesalsero 3 месяца назад

      ​@minttul.8237 Because there is a war against humanity happening. Most don't realize it.

    • @StriatedSternum
      @StriatedSternum Месяц назад

      It’s actually a takeover my friend. Same playbook in all western countries.

  • @DragonsBeard444
    @DragonsBeard444 2 месяца назад +1

    interesting thanks, I've subscribed

  • @smokenjoe001
    @smokenjoe001 Год назад +13

    I think these are some wonderful stories! I also like the way you tell the stories! I'm listening while I shovel my drive. Very interesting 👌. Please tell more!

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +1

      Thx Joe! Good luck with the drive!!

  • @axhed
    @axhed 3 месяца назад +2

    one tiny point for murica: if a judge told a jury to infer guilt because someone stayed quiet in interrogations, i'm pretty sure that case would be thrown out on appeal.

    • @Freefall347
      @Freefall347 3 месяца назад

      That's a good point, Americans sometimes forget other places aren't America, and don't necessarily have an exact equivalent to the First Amendment or the Right to Remain Silent. I don't know enough about the UK to comment on them specifically though.

  • @JMG896
    @JMG896 Год назад +4

    That was RUclips gold 🙌🙌 Would love to hear more. Many thanks 👍

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +1

      Thanks! I will keep them coming!!

  • @cyan_oxy6734
    @cyan_oxy6734 3 месяца назад +4

    You can gain an adverse inference from remaining silent in the UK? That's crazy! Basically anywhere else everyone always tells you to never answer questions, always remain silent and only ever have your lawyer make staments on your behalf.
    Police never want to find out the truth they want to have as many convictions as they can get so doing an interview never works out in your favour if you're accused of a crime.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад

      The Court could draw an adverse inference if a suspect is being questioned by the police and the suspect does not mention a fact which he relies upon in his defence (because the suspect exercised their right to silence) and it was in the circumstances existing at the time reasonable for the suspect to have mentioned the fact when questioned.
      An example of this would be a person being interviewed for dangerous driving, that person provides a ‘no comment’ interview and at trial raises a defence of mistaken identity. The Court is less likely to believe the defence, as such a crucial point would have been within the knowledge of the suspect during the interview, and therefore the defence should have been place on record at the police interview.

  • @absoluteit1614
    @absoluteit1614 4 месяца назад +5

    Excellent yarn brother, keep em comin! & hey, "the rant & the end" was bang on.

  • @rosscampbell1173
    @rosscampbell1173 4 месяца назад +3

    I could listen to you all day. It’s a lot more work than at the BadaBing! and a lot more interesting.

  • @danielcasas500
    @danielcasas500 2 месяца назад +2

    Great stories mate!

  • @hassanjaved4091
    @hassanjaved4091 3 месяца назад +3

    Dude your storytelling skills are top notch. You just made me interested in your content and I am subbed! Keep up the good work.

  • @BigBWolf90
    @BigBWolf90 3 месяца назад +3

    Respect for police who do their job & aren't assholes about it. Not so much for those that feel entitled to anything

  • @jacobdickert4236
    @jacobdickert4236 3 месяца назад +3

    Just discovered your videos today and I am binging them all, really good stuff. Just an honest guy who has had really interesting life experiences sharing them with the world, we need more people like you on RUclips. The British legal system sounds like a total nightmare.

  • @brianherlihy4159
    @brianherlihy4159 2 месяца назад +1

    Just started listening. Your stories are great. Calm, cool and even tempered.

  • @Allthetube01
    @Allthetube01 2 месяца назад +1

    Great stories, not only entertaining but full of useful lessons, thanks for sharing.

  • @alexplayford3628
    @alexplayford3628 3 месяца назад +2

    First day catching your stuff… absolutely great. I plan on checking all your videos.

  • @davidlinehat4657
    @davidlinehat4657 2 месяца назад +1

    your stories are interesting! I'm an American student and I'm in law school, so I find it endlessly interesting to learn about the laws of other countries. Thanks for the video!! stay safe!

  • @timscimeca978
    @timscimeca978 3 месяца назад +1

    You seem to be a good guy and a tough one at that. Love the stories.

  • @melbman43
    @melbman43 4 месяца назад +3

    That was brilliant, you must liven up many parties.

  • @jameswhite8664
    @jameswhite8664 2 месяца назад +2

    always amazing stories clearly a salt of the earth kind of guy, that being said, do you think this lifestyle has taken its toll on your your day to day living?
    And if so, how ?

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад +1

      It did. I really struggled to fit into normal office type work after years of crazyness. Getting bossed about by Malcolm in accounts was pretty much unbearable! Luckily I found a different career path.

  • @Liverpool76-76
    @Liverpool76-76 Год назад +3

    Light hearted content again before bed time my friend 😂 keep them coming. Just need to stop eating carbs btw ha take it easy 😊

  • @soulskater9821
    @soulskater9821 Месяц назад +1

    Love these stories, keep them coming👍

  • @josephking2987
    @josephking2987 3 месяца назад +2

    More stories please!

  • @gilgamecha
    @gilgamecha 2 месяца назад

    Rant at the end was spot on.

  • @Romulus609
    @Romulus609 2 месяца назад +1

    From Nj n summered at the Jersey shore since a child. The ocean is no joke especially when it’s cold! That’s a crazy story that everyone got super lucky they had scuba Steve at the ready! “Adam Sandler movie ,big daddy reference “ we have a town down here in south jersey shore named WildWood Nj. Aka ChildWood or Camden on the waterfront. Camden is a small city in Nj that was the US most dangerous city many years running till hurricane Katrina happened in New Orleans took the record. It got so bad in Wildwood in the mid 90s. They had to have the National Guard along with the state police come down on memorial weekend to help with all the people that came down from Philadelphia, New York City n North Jersey. It was the only shore town that u could walk around under the drinking age and still drink without the cops arresting you. So it was popular with the under 21 crowd

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад

      Sounds pretty wild!

    • @Romulus609
      @Romulus609 2 месяца назад

      @@thatgearguy one thing I always wondered is whatever era was crazier and more violent between the 70s and 80s , The 90s and early 2000s or the mid 2000s and now . Because the 70s and early 80s was a lot more free as far as they’re not being cameras gun laws weren’t as strict but the 90’s n 2000s with the crack error and street gangs becoming so popular violence seem to be normalized. Now Everything seems to be out of hand and people don’t even think or care about the consequences on a level never seen before. With it being hard to take into consideration, just reported crime with so many crimes going unreported. I always guess overall now is worse than ever. What would you say if you had to take a guess?

  • @clarabenton
    @clarabenton 3 месяца назад +2

    Just found your channel today. Really great videos and super interesting stories 🙏🏻💯

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад

      Thankyou! Glad your enjoying it!

  • @joelsallee2046
    @joelsallee2046 2 месяца назад

    We're dragging the woman, my mate and his pants... lol. I'm interested in what you describe "old man pants"

  • @johnporterfield7523
    @johnporterfield7523 Год назад +3

    Yeah man keep them coming Britney 😂

  • @DS-kg4do
    @DS-kg4do 2 месяца назад +1

    I’ve been a door man and I’ve been a police officer and you are right; it’s one thing having access to CS Gas (which I never used by the way) and a baton (which I only used once) and back up at the end of a radio. And it’s quite another thing to just have you, and potentially some colleagues to assist you. I still respect the police, although I have no confidence in them these days. And I hate how many of them conduct their job with regards to door men. Especially as I’ve been on both sides of the fence. I’ve also got tons of experience in the military and other aspects of Security from static guarding to hostile environment close protection, so I’m not a one trick pony but I agree with everything you said in this video.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks for the comment. I am pro a competent and strong Police force. Unfortunately we are now far away from that. The force has slowly declined as senior figures look to virtue signal and panda to trendy politics. The cause of much of the current Police brutality we see is because the Officers are ill suited to the job at hand. All the staunch, decent guys left for the private sector. It is a huge concern. Private security has gone much the same way. Jacket fillers and folk wholly unsuitable for dealing with difficult confrontational situations.

  • @munzwakuveya7597
    @munzwakuveya7597 Год назад +4

    More of the same mate all the best from Kwekwe Zimbabwe. I'm a 67 year old just got back into fitness training to put on weight so been doing some dirty bulking loads of food and loads of training and it's working it's like I'm back to where I was at 30

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +2

      Good to hear the videos are getting watched in so many countries. The best of luck in your bulking!!

  • @Robertarcher2035
    @Robertarcher2035 2 месяца назад +1

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @minttul.8237
    @minttul.8237 Год назад +2

    I just love to listen you, like having a big brother telling rough stuff for a sheltered lil sis😅
    Can't get over your body and B. Spears combined. Must have been impressive😂

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +1

      Aww thanks little Sis! Britney would have been horrified!!

  • @ZeJelly
    @ZeJelly Год назад +5

    Great vid. I started watching your videos for the fitness content, which is awesome by the way, but I would love to see more stuff like this

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  Год назад +3

      Thanks Ze! If a few people like it I will tell some more!!

    • @djek1976
      @djek1976 Год назад +3

      Count me in 👍🏻

  • @paulgibbons2320
    @paulgibbons2320 2 месяца назад +1

    The 6 months waiting hear back from SiA. See if you have a job or not. Some destructive psychology right there.
    Got that t shirt.

  • @klote82
    @klote82 4 месяца назад +2

    Awesome videos. Youre a great storyteller, thats a quality Ive always valued, i guess from the days as a kid. I like your channel! Shawn in Florida/USA

  • @Kaaashhhhhhh
    @Kaaashhhhhhh 3 месяца назад +1

    Well said sir and great storytelling

  • @TheBenchPressMan
    @TheBenchPressMan Год назад +1

    more of
    these stories please, they are genuinely hilarious and you are a great story teller!

  • @bazsuperbi
    @bazsuperbi 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice to listen to you.
    I have no problem with the police. The ones who come to pick you up can be a bit prickish, but they are only protecting themselves. I am usually quite drunk and unpredictable, as one of them said in his statement.
    Ha, trying to cuff me.
    "Stop resisting!"
    "I'm not."
    I was just standing with my elbows locked so they couldn't bend my arms.
    "Stop resisting!"
    "Oh come on guys, there are two of you."
    😅
    But everyone at the station are all really nice and understanding.

  • @letsdothis9996
    @letsdothis9996 Год назад +3

    More, yes please, its a good craic, protection stories how you got into that 😀

  • @intangible_kant
    @intangible_kant 3 месяца назад +4

    No 5th amendment in the UK for not incriminating yourself in an interview? Scary.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад

      The Court could draw an adverse inference if a suspect is being questioned by the police and the suspect does not mention a fact which he relies upon in his defence (because the suspect exercised their right to silence) and it was in the circumstances existing at the time reasonable for the suspect to have mentioned the fact when questioned.
      An example of this would be a person being interviewed for dangerous driving, that person provides a ‘no comment’ interview and at trial raises a defence of mistaken identity. The Court is less likely to believe the defence, as such a crucial point would have been within the knowledge of the suspect during the interview, and therefore the defence should have been place on record at the police interview. - Kang and Co solicitors

    • @MrEdrftgyuji
      @MrEdrftgyuji 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank Tony Blair for that one, plus destroying many more of the rights we used to have.

    • @mechadonia
      @mechadonia 3 месяца назад

      @@thatgearguywow that’s interesting. In the US remaining silent or refusing to comment cannot be used to imply guilt by the prosecution. It’s recommended to not be interviewed by police without a lawyer because police can use anything you say against you even if you are innocent. That prewritten statement trick is an interesting workaround hahah

  • @SIMUL4CR4
    @SIMUL4CR4 3 месяца назад

    Very valuable lessons here, and you're an excellent storyteller. Role model to other guards and doormen 👏 keep em coming

  • @paulgibbons2320
    @paulgibbons2320 2 месяца назад +1

    Penny for your thoughts on the anti terror copper giving Islamic youth a cheeky kick while he was already doing his morning prayers.
    How many door lads have been sacked this same offence ? 😂 more than one or two, I'm sure.
    I'm sure it would be a good addition to your channel.
    Now we have the 'full' footage.

  • @nickjohnson4923
    @nickjohnson4923 Год назад +1

    Enjoyed hearing your experiences.....priceless!

  • @pAuL-nb2ud
    @pAuL-nb2ud 3 месяца назад +1

    HOLY CRAP !!!! that drowning story … and the police !!! WOW 👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮👮 AMAZING on multiple levels
    edit: HAH britney spears….. jesus these stories ….
    also good sensible legal advice there 👩‍⚖👩‍⚖👩‍⚖👩‍⚖👩‍⚖👩‍⚖

  • @piakiby1566
    @piakiby1566 Год назад +3

    Can we have a picture of you as Britney Spears please 😂

  • @neem4138
    @neem4138 3 месяца назад +2

    Yeah I don't think anybody would blame you if the cigarette flick had been intentional

  • @suhwateezea.214
    @suhwateezea.214 3 месяца назад +1

    Love your stories man.

  • @Croneposse429
    @Croneposse429 3 месяца назад

    These are pure gold! I hope you are saving a few of these for film treatment! Seriously!😅

  • @jewelcitizen2567
    @jewelcitizen2567 4 месяца назад +8

    The Police no longer uphold the law,
    just ideologies. The preponderance of them are a national embarrassment.

  • @DianneWestbrook
    @DianneWestbrook 25 дней назад +1

    😊

  • @Wantedpresents
    @Wantedpresents 3 месяца назад +1

    In the picture at 1.30 you look like a hench Karl Pilkington! But seriously, you're a very good story teller and you've lived an interesting life.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад

      Ha I can accept that! A hench Pilkington!

  • @AceWall73
    @AceWall73 Год назад +1

    Awesome story man!

  • @vsiegel
    @vsiegel 2 месяца назад +2

    Regarding the police situation, I think it is useful to better understand what their task is:
    When they interview you, it is not only about whether you convince them that what you did was right. What they need to do is write it down in a way that convinces somebody els, who has not met you, that what you did was right.
    This other person is the prosecutor. The police can not close the case, even if you have fully convinced them. Which is good, because it means they can not be corrupted or somehow forced to let you go. That would just be obviously wrong for anybody to see.
    So they need to write it down to convince the prosecutor. And because you have already convinced them, they know they need to write it down convincingly, because if they do not totally convince him, if he had any doubt, it would need to go to court. And the police already know that would literally waste the time of the court, and your time. (You would not have any problem to convince the court, because you would literally only need to explain the points that the police did not write down in a convincing way.) The prosecutor gets the report, and can not discuss it with you if he is unsure - that is just not his job.
    In this example, it was probably obvious for the police that it was self defense after you said why you made the step forward. But the prosecutor does not speak to you, does not know your personality and does not see your body language. He only sees the step forward on the video.
    So I think the police actually did a good job and was full on your side. But annoyed you, because they needed to understand it well enough to write it down in a 100% convincing report. (Yeah, it would help if they would actually explain that.)
    The letter you got much later was from the prosecutor, when he had time to work on the report. It was not urgent, because the police would probably indicate in some informal way that it is a case that they think should be closed - and so it is less urgent than any other kind of case.
    Note that they do the annoying part, still asking when you thing you must have convinced them, and you actually have, just as much in your interest an in the interest of the court. And I think it is actually hard to write an absolutely convincing report. Very convincing is not enough - it must be 100% for the prosecutor to close it.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  2 месяца назад +1

      Believe me the Police were never on my side. It would be nice to think they were.

  • @jamestrueblood1990
    @jamestrueblood1990 3 месяца назад +3

    Odd in the USA in my community the police work as doormen at nights and the departments have a working relationship with bouncers to combat crime even sharing info and training like a symbiotic relationship. UK seems a bit more woke police.

  • @razadaza9651
    @razadaza9651 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great stuff!!

  • @ert1033
    @ert1033 4 месяца назад +5

    Just don't talk to the police. At least it's a right in America but I know it's hard to do. We're programed to answer questions

  • @joanstone6740
    @joanstone6740 3 месяца назад +1

    Good stuff

  • @misanthrophex
    @misanthrophex 3 месяца назад +1

    I was thinking of getting SIA, was in the 1st meet, where the guy said "If you really don't feel like this is for you, don't do this", and I've listened to him. I've actually worked in clubs, but mostly as barback/bartender/sometimes checking/scanning documents by the door, dealing with tickets, cleaning, basically everything except security, but even then when something happens, you go check and help... I worked in a very niche goth club, where people have a bit more "depth" to them usually, but I've seen how they can be. From what you talk, I can clearly see how it is true, and good that I didn't go to security, I'd just collapse under that tension, I think, or do something over the line...
    Did you have martial arts experience? Of course in those situations raw strength and especially endurance matters more, the ability to deescalate is, of course, the priority.

    • @thatgearguy
      @thatgearguy  3 месяца назад +2

      I usec to box and do martial arts (Bujinkan) and then MMA later on. These days the tension would be "why am I not allowed to do anything"..

  • @straubulous9511
    @straubulous9511 2 месяца назад +1

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