Safety in Numbers

I’ve been in security since 1985, and I recognize many of the industry’s shortcomings described in Jasper Craven’s report [“The Thin Purple Line,” September]. Training leaves a lot to be desired. In my first licensing class, our instructor was a police officer with a trove of wisdom on street situations, safety, and taking pride in one’s appearance and demeanor. As he said (and as Craven notes), authority has a lot to do with image projection. He was later replaced with another officer who slugged in and said to us, “Look, you know this is…