What We Stand On

I will protect people first and property second.

Truth and integrity come first.

Before my convenience, and before what anybody would rather I said. After them comes the client I am protecting, and their clients, then this company, then myself.

In that order, every time.

I will use no physical force.

Unless it is necessary to protect myself or another person. If force becomes necessary, I will use only the least amount needed to stop the threat, and I will stop when the threat stops.

I will not use force beyond what the law allows.

Kentucky law governs every degree of it, from a hand on an arm to deadly force. I accept that KRS Chapter 503 — not my temper and not my judgment in the moment — is where each of those lines is drawn.

I am not a police officer.

I have no authority beyond that of any citizen and the rules of the property I am on, and I will never let anybody believe otherwise.

I will enforce the rules I am given.

The same way, for every person, every time. I will not make exceptions for people I like, and I will not make examples of people I do not.

I will document and preserve the truth of what happened.

To the best of my ability, using every tool and device available to me — body-worn camera first, then dash camera, then phone, and last my own memory.

In that order, because that is the order they can be trusted in.

I will record it accurately and completely.

Whether or not it reflects well on me. The record is worth nothing if it is only kept when it is flattering.

I will not seek a confrontation I could avoid.

And I will not avoid a duty because it is uncomfortable.

I will always treat people with dignity, humanity and respect.

Including the ones in the wrong.

I will hold in the strictest confidence all information I gain in connection with this work.

What I see, what I hear, what I photograph, what I record and what I set down in a report — whether I am on duty or off, on a client’s property or away from it.

I will not disseminate it by any means, to anyone.

Not to friends, not to family, not to the press, and not online. The only exceptions are testimony I give under oath, and a disclosure I am compelled to make by subpoena, court order or other binding legal process.

I understand that my conduct is this company’s reputation.

And that I am trusted with it.

I take this oath freely, of my own will and desire.

Nobody has forced me or pressured me into it. I have read it, I understand what it asks of me, and I take it because I intend to be held to it.