And he should nicely ask, that after the person/s currently using the ATM was finished that persons in line, 'Could you please step 10 feet away from the machines for our safety?' And if someone didn't comply that's just too bad for the guard. In other words, out of the holster but being held at their side pointed down. Re: The ATM story, I think it's okay to have their gun drawn, but they can't point it at someone. Now in the Nevada case - there had better be a witness that the car was headed right for the guard if there laws are anything like California laws. As the police explained - absolutely no reason to pull a gun. We got the name and number of the armored car, (easy to do), and they got the guard. I immediately called the police who came sirens blasting. One of the guards got out of the armored car with his gun DRAWN and ordered everyone away from the ATMs.
I don't know what the law is in Nevada, but here in California the security guard would have been arrested.Ībout eight years ago I was at a Bank of America ATM shortly after the bank closed - and other customers were also at the ATMs outside the bank - when an armored car pulled up to empty the ATMs.
