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It all happened on Saturday, when special operations detectives with the Placer County, CA, Sheriffs Office tracked down Timothy Trujillo, who was wanted on a Nevada felony warrant for numerous alleged burglaries. The PCSO said in a Facebook post that they tracked down Trujillo, spotting him in the parking lot of the Best Buy in Roseville. When they tried to stop him, Trujillo allegedly punched one of the detectives in the face and tried to escape.
Thats when the security guard sprang into action. When they confronted him, the man punched one of the detectives and tried to run off, thats when the security guard tackled the man, preventing him from escaping, Lt. Andrew Scott said. The guard, an Army veteran only identifying himself to media as Tyler, said he was just trying to help. He started running past me and I thought I was doing the right thing by stopping him, Tyler told the local station.
Detectives were able to arrest Trujillo, thanks to Tyler. The sheriffs office said that detectives searched him and his car, finding methamphetamine, stolen property and burglary tools.The suspect is now facing assault, burglary, and drug possession charges, and was being held without bail. An investigation connected the suspect to burglaries in Placer County as well as Nevada.
Tyler, meanwhile, was fired for his efforts because he violated company policy. My manager called me in and said corporate decided to let me go because I used excessive force and it was against Best Buys policy to intervene. Tyler did say that he knew at the time that hed get into some type of trouble for violating the policy, but when he saw someone running from law enforcement officers, it seemed like the logical thing to do.
https://lawandcrime.com/caught-on-video/i-thought-i-was-doing-the-right-thing-best-buy-security-guard-fired-for-tackling-suspect-who-allegedly-hit-cop-video/
yodermon
(6,146 posts)2) If he's a *security guard*, isn't this, like, his *JOB*?
Not his job to assault anyone. He's not a peace officer. You have to swear an oath to legally assault people and kill them.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)Mr. Quackers
(443 posts)I live in the DMZ in a civilized blue state north of the Mason-Dixon line.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I live in Florida. I have to think about that every time I go out.
912gdm
(959 posts)aka secret shopper looking for shoplifters
Recursion
(56,582 posts)As a private security guard your job is to be seen and nothing else
shanti
(21,679 posts)Count on it.
Doremus
(7,261 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,991 posts)Man put himself at risk to assist law enforcement after witnessing an assault. That's above and beyond civic duty. I fail to see any way that jeopardizes Best Buy profits.
ADX
(1,622 posts)...The guy tackles a felonious dope-fiend thief who just assaulted a deputy sheriff and instead of commending him Best Buy FIRES him for it?
What a bunch of bullshit.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Than doing the morally correct thing.
ADX
(1,622 posts)...Dude should get a raise and a promotion...
Takket
(21,874 posts)if he was aware of it, and violated it, he should be fired.
BUT
I'm interested in what the policy actually is. Best Buy I'm sure doesn't want to see shoplifters tackled and cracking their heads open on the sidewalk over a $20 cell phone case. But this situation really isn't a "Best Buy security" issue. It was a police issue that just happened to be unfolding in their store. If the policy doesn't cover a situation like that it is woefully incomplete, which is not Tyler's fault.