Hospital security

wicklaman83

My mam was in a south dublin A&E for a day and a half. While i was there visiting her i noticed the security lads holding down a woman who was shouting and roaring and hitting staff. They seems to do this for a couple of hours until the woman got tired and fell asleep at which stage they left her
Another time i seen a man bringing alcohol in to the hospital drinking it and security stopped him and told him to go back out with it which he refused so the security lad took it out of his hand and poured it out and put the bottle in the bin.
In away i was sort of impressed but are they allowed do this. Should the guards not have been called to deal with these things. Was the security lads just on a power trip. I've posted in es firum because i know guards post here.

Delancey

If Hospital Security called the Guards every time they had a difficult situation then they would be of no use - the idea is that they deal with ' minor ' stuff and call the Guards for more serious problems.
Of course they have the right to take alcohol away from people - were they to rely on the Guards to enforce a rule like that then people would rightly ask '' whats the point in paying these guys ? ''

wicklaman83

Delancey wrote: »

If Hospital Security called the Guards every time they had a difficult situation then they would be of no use - the idea is that they deal with ' minor ' stuff and call the Guards for more serious problems.
Of course they have the right to take alcohol away from people - were they to rely on the Guards to enforce a rule like that then people would rightly ask '' whats the point in paying these guys ? ''

No probs. I just asked because if you look around this forum you will see security have no extra powers etc so when i seen a woman being forcibly held on a bec by two men and then taking something off someone who lawfully owns it i was wondering if it was right.
They do put up with some crap though.

AlekSmart

wicklaman83 wrote: »

No probs. I just asked because if you look around this forum you will see security have no extra powers etc so when i seen a woman being forcibly held on a bec by two men and then taking something off someone who lawfully owns it i was wondering if it was right.
They do put up with some crap though.

No need to wonder about the "rightness" Wicklaman,as long as the security staff were properly trained and accredited and using "appropriate reasonable force" then your mother and yourself can rest easy.

On a seperate note,it's a great pity the A&E Security Staff are not empowered a little more to deal with the aggressive anti-social nonsense which everybody else is expected to suck-up to !