Reply #43: No legal duty, perhaps, but certainly a moral duty and, [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

if nothing else, it hits the bottom line.

At the movie theater I work at we had a lot of problems with car break ins, fights in the parking lot, etc. We contracted with off-duty police to patrol. Incidents declined to near zero.

Corporate management figured the crisis was over, refused to continue paying the cops. Incidents went up, attendence at the theater declined, nearly to the point of closing us down. We could not make enough money to keep operating.

With a fortuitous change of ownership, we started getting patrols again. Now we are making money again, increasing payroll, and paying for the patrols. Profitability increased.

Good security improves the bottom line, even if you don't really give a fuck about the employees.