Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:01 pm

Did anyone grab that video?

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Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 18:30 wrote:
elfismiles » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:17 am wrote:Is this the video?

https://www.facebook.com/GioRios/videos ... 671221376/

Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 03:18 wrote:The ed opperman video is worth a listen. I can believe that what happened or did not, at caesars and bellagio etc...could be due to the open carry survivors/swat teams/police, instead of people in on it, if shots were fired at all. At the mandalay bay and surrounding areas like tropicana, the overlapping bursts of gunfire in videos and eyewitnesses like Gio Rios, imo, point to the possibility of more than one shooter. I'm not so sure that we should rule out eyewitness testimony altogether. Rio states that he clearly heard and saw other shooters with his own eyes (including muzzle fire), including what he believes was a shady man with a suitcase. All near Mandalay, Tropicana, and NYNY/Excalibur. He just posted a video going into detail, as well as Q&A: https://www.facebook.com/GioRios
Could these shooters be open carry civilians, or over zealous cops shooting?? These shootings seemed to more brief. Gio seems pretty legit to me, despite some of his hypothesizing. The police scanners that day talk about an active shooter at NYNY/Excalibur that day

<snip>


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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:29 pm

Did an Unidentified Woman Warn Las Vegas Concert-Goers They Were 'All Going to Die'?

http://www.snopes.com/woman-warned-las-vegas-shooting/

Burnt Hill » 11 Oct 2017 04:00 wrote:
stillrobertpaulsen » Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:45 pm wrote:
Burnt Hill » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:21 pm wrote:
stillrobertpaulsen » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:27 pm wrote:Looks like Daniel Hopsicker is interested in this. He just posted this video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XuXNtV7-8U

And wrote:

There are a lot of unanswered questions in the Las Vegas massacre. But if this one doesn't get addressed, there needs to be a sit-in at NBC.


Well the end is always near.

This has a lot more credibility if the woman was really with someone else, though only the woman got taken away?.


The eyewitness being interviewed gives a pretty detailed description of both the woman who was "messing with the other lady" and subsequently escorted out by security and her boyfriend. Presumably, her boyfriend left with her, though that is not clear from the interview.

Burnt Hill » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:21 pm wrote:Not clear if this was a completely first hand account of the situation though.


What is not clear to you? The woman being interviewed is describing what she witnessed prior to the shooting. She said this woman escorted out by security 45 minutes prior to the shooting "told us we were all going to die." The woman being interviewed seems pretty shaken, even though she admits that her group left 10 to 15 minutes before the shooting started. This is because she "thought it had a positive correlation" - that either they were being warned or being taunted by someone with foreknowledge.

Burnt Hill » Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:21 pm wrote:And eye witnesses are notoriously unreliable, as already known.


As a blanket statement, that's really un-RI to be that dismissive. True, in a court of law this would be considered hear-say. So would Sandra Serrano's testimony about the polka-dot dress lady saying, "We shot him!" regarding the assassination of RFK, yet that didn't stop the LAPD from doing their utmost to make her look unreliable. As a court of public opinion, I think this discussion board needs to look deeper at these sorts of strange contradictions to whatever official story the authorities and media are trying to spread.


I don't know that the girl being interviewed is offering a complete first hand account,
I wonder if she is not also offering info she got from her sister,
and her group when they got together after the event.
Calling attention to the unreliability of eye witnesses is not dismissive, its a fact.
Offer her testimony as much value as you like, I more need corroborating info.
Info on her - the woman escorted out - companion is sketchy
Of course ~ look deeper!
I look forward to more from Hopsicker.
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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby stillrobertpaulsen » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:41 pm

elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:29 pm wrote:Did an Unidentified Woman Warn Las Vegas Concert-Goers They Were 'All Going to Die'?

http://www.snopes.com/woman-warned-las-vegas-shooting/


Good ol' Snopes. Here's the money quote with their emphasis on what they find telling.

Speaking to us on 3 October 2017, Hendricks saw events differently and no longer believed the woman’s threats and behavior were related to the shooting.

When it first happened, and it was reported that there were three shooters surrounding the area, I believed that this lady was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. But after finding out that there was only a single shooter, it’s harder to believe that she would have known.

So I don’t believe now, looking at it, that she was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. I think it was just a statement that maybe she felt like she needed to throw out there because this lady would not let her into the front of the concert. [Emphasis added]


Here's the same quote with my emphasis on what I find significant.

Speaking to us on 3 October 2017, Hendricks saw events differently and no longer believed the woman’s threats and behavior were related to the shooting.

When it first happened, and it was reported that there were three shooters surrounding the area, I believed that this lady was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. But after finding out that there was only a single shooter, it’s harder to believe that she would have known.

So I don’t believe now, looking at it, that she was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. I think it was just a statement that maybe she felt like she needed to throw out there because this lady would not let her into the front of the concert. [Emphasis added]


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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby JojoCivil » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:47 pm

Sounder » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:37 pm wrote:Thanks minime, I pretty much agree but expectations can be a killer.

Also agree about the bit where the gambler makes money is absurd. Now people do use casinos to 'wash' cash, but they don't 'beat the house', instead they are giving the house a cut of their illicit income stream and get taxable (clean) money in return.



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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby Brentos » Wed Oct 11, 2017 8:53 pm

elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:01 pm wrote:Did anyone grab that video?

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Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 18:30 wrote:
elfismiles » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:17 am wrote:Is this the video?

https://www.facebook.com/GioRios/videos ... 671221376/

Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 03:18 wrote:The ed opperman video is worth a listen. I can believe that what happened or did not, at caesars and bellagio etc...could be due to the open carry survivors/swat teams/police, instead of people in on it, if shots were fired at all. At the mandalay bay and surrounding areas like tropicana, the overlapping bursts of gunfire in videos and eyewitnesses like Gio Rios, imo, point to the possibility of more than one shooter. I'm not so sure that we should rule out eyewitness testimony altogether. Rio states that he clearly heard and saw other shooters with his own eyes (including muzzle fire), including what he believes was a shady man with a suitcase. All near Mandalay, Tropicana, and NYNY/Excalibur. He just posted a video going into detail, as well as Q&A: https://www.facebook.com/GioRios
Could these shooters be open carry civilians, or over zealous cops shooting?? These shootings seemed to more brief. Gio seems pretty legit to me, despite some of his hypothesizing. The police scanners that day talk about an active shooter at NYNY/Excalibur that day

<snip>


Yes, that is the one.


Looks like he took that video down.
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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby SonicG » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:07 pm

JojoCivil » Thu Oct 12, 2017 7:47 am wrote:
Sounder » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:37 pm wrote:Thanks minime, I pretty much agree but expectations can be a killer.

Also agree about the bit where the gambler makes money is absurd. Now people do use casinos to 'wash' cash, but they don't 'beat the house', instead they are giving the house a cut of their illicit income stream and get taxable (clean) money in return.



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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby JackRiddler » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:57 pm

I'm going to be pounded but in the absence of the lady (and her companion) - who I have no reason to doubt repeatedly said something like "you are all going to die" - I think of times I've seen people flip out and say stuff like that and get kicked out of concerts or the like, for whatever reason they might have done so. This is something that one remembers as significant or analyzes only if 300+ people* get shot right afterward, which, perhaps to understate it, may not be related. Also, on this board, I'm surprised the possibility of precognition hasn't been forwarded, whether or not I'd believe that.

* officialish count, 2/3 of the 500 said to have gunshot wounds, the rest injured in the stampedes.
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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby Elvis » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:33 pm


see enlargable here: https://i.redd.it/zl5uavhxj9rz.png

:shock:
Well isn't that interesting.


One thing about Campos is that he was, according to an early report, hit by a ricochet; after being deflected, the bullet is considerable slowed down, which means less serious injuries. Apparently he walked around for at least an hour after the injury, but spent, what?—an entire week?—in the hospital. And now he's vamoosed.

Any further details on Campos' injury?


Now about the 'Hispanic women who said they'd all die'—that Snopes piece linked by elfismiles includes this:

Damon Zumwalt, CEO of Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC), the company that ran security at the concert, told Buzzfeed that the initial reports surrounding this episode were false. However, it’s not clear whether this means the woman in question did not warn or threaten concert-goers about the shooting, security staff did not remove her from the venue, or whether CSC contends that there was no incident involving any woman issuing any threats at all during the concert.

Zumwalt told us he believed one woman had been ejected from the festival for being “inebriated” but said he had heard “no report of any information relative to your story” and referred us to MGM Resorts International, which owns and operates the Mandalay Bay Hotel and contracted CSC to provide security at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.

We asked Zumwalt to offer further clarification about his response, whose meaning is unclear, and asked MGM about the incident, but did not receive an answer from either party by publication time.

http://www.snopes.com/woman-warned-las-vegas-shooting/


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Contemporary Services Corporation, (CSC) is a crowd management and security company. They operate at concerts, professional sporting events, collegiate athletic events, and conventions.[citation needed]


History

CSC was founded in Los Angeles in 1967.[citation needed] As of 2015, they operate more than 50 branch locations serving over 200 cities within the United States and Canada.[citation needed]

CSC’s services have been “Designated” as Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) by the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act (SAFETY Act) of 2002.[citation needed]

CSC protected certain establishments such as strip malls and department stores during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

At one point, CSC Officials traveled to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to recruit the Sentinelese into their rankings but failed. [what's that about? see links at Wiki page]

During VidCon 2017, two heroic CSC guards destroyed YouTuber Christian Burns. The guards stood their ground and prevented him from barging his way into the Anaheim Convention Center.


Current operations

CSC is the largest event staff, and one of the largest security companies in North America. They are present in almost every major city in the US and Canada and are easily recognizable by their yellow and black shirts. CSC has also provided extra security for numerous presidential inaugurations since 1980. CSC provides services for major convention shows across the US and Canada and are well known at most convention centers. After CSC's rival Staff Pro expanded into the Japanese market in the early 90's, CSC shortly followed. In Japan, they currently are contracted with the JFRC to operate freight trains from Tokyo to Takahagi.

They are the main line of security for several NFL teams, such as the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.

CSC also provides security for the Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim MLB teams.

They provide services at the Coachella Music Festival in Indo California.

CSC's arch rival is Staff Pro, a fellow security company. Violent clashes between CSC and Staff Pro employees have occurred. Despite the tensions, there are numerous events where they are forced to collaborate, such as Comic Con International and E3. Another one of CSC's arch rivals is Elite, a San Diego based security company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempor ... orporation


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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby Burnt Hill » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:57 pm

Elvis wrote:One thing about Campos is that he was, according to an early report, hit by a ricochet; after being deflected, the bullet is considerable slowed down, which means less serious injuries. Apparently he walked around for at least an hour after the injury, but spent, what?—an entire week?—in the hospital. And now he's vamoosed.


Actually ricochet wounds wounds can be as bad or worse due to the fact that a ricocheted bullet is no longer symmetrical.
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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:14 pm

Vegas vacation turns into nightmare for couple - Honolulu, Hawaii ...
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Eyewitness Report of Shooting at the Tropicana and NY NY - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvActO9U8eI


elfismiles » 12 Oct 2017 00:01 wrote:Did anyone grab that video?

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Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 18:30 wrote:
elfismiles » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:17 am wrote:Is this the video?

https://www.facebook.com/GioRios/videos ... 671221376/

Brentos » 10 Oct 2017 03:18 wrote:The ed opperman video is worth a listen. I can believe that what happened or did not, at caesars and bellagio etc...could be due to the open carry survivors/swat teams/police, instead of people in on it, if shots were fired at all. At the mandalay bay and surrounding areas like tropicana, the overlapping bursts of gunfire in videos and eyewitnesses like Gio Rios, imo, point to the possibility of more than one shooter. I'm not so sure that we should rule out eyewitness testimony altogether. Rio states that he clearly heard and saw other shooters with his own eyes (including muzzle fire), including what he believes was a shady man with a suitcase. All near Mandalay, Tropicana, and NYNY/Excalibur. He just posted a video going into detail, as well as Q&A: https://www.facebook.com/GioRios
Could these shooters be open carry civilians, or over zealous cops shooting?? These shootings seemed to more brief. Gio seems pretty legit to me, despite some of his hypothesizing. The police scanners that day talk about an active shooter at NYNY/Excalibur that day

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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby stickdog99 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:50 pm

stillrobertpaulsen » 12 Oct 2017 00:41 wrote:
elfismiles » Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:29 pm wrote:Did an Unidentified Woman Warn Las Vegas Concert-Goers They Were 'All Going to Die'?

http://www.snopes.com/woman-warned-las-vegas-shooting/


Good ol' Snopes. Here's the money quote with their emphasis on what they find telling.

Speaking to us on 3 October 2017, Hendricks saw events differently and no longer believed the woman’s threats and behavior were related to the shooting.

When it first happened, and it was reported that there were three shooters surrounding the area, I believed that this lady was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. But after finding out that there was only a single shooter, it’s harder to believe that she would have known.

So I don’t believe now, looking at it, that she was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. I think it was just a statement that maybe she felt like she needed to throw out there because this lady would not let her into the front of the concert. [Emphasis added]


Here's the same quote with my emphasis on what I find significant.

Speaking to us on 3 October 2017, Hendricks saw events differently and no longer believed the woman’s threats and behavior were related to the shooting.

When it first happened, and it was reported that there were three shooters surrounding the area, I believed that this lady was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. But after finding out that there was only a single shooter, it’s harder to believe that she would have known.

So I don’t believe now, looking at it, that she was telling us that there was going to be a shooting. I think it was just a statement that maybe she felt like she needed to throw out there because this lady would not let her into the front of the concert. [Emphasis added]


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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby stickdog99 » Wed Oct 11, 2017 11:54 pm

JackRiddler » 12 Oct 2017 01:57 wrote:I'm going to be pounded but in the absence of the lady (and her companion) - who I have no reason to doubt repeatedly said something like "you are all going to die" - I think of times I've seen people flip out and say stuff like that and get kicked out of concerts or the like, for whatever reason they might have done so. This is something that one remembers as significant or analyzes only if 300+ people* get shot right afterward, which, perhaps to understate it, may not be related. Also, on this board, I'm surprised the possibility of precognition hasn't been forwarded, whether or not I'd believe that.

* officialish count, 2/3 of the 500 said to have gunshot wounds, the rest injured in the stampedes.


Agreed that this was always unpersuasive as clear evidence of foreknowledge, but I find Snopes' putting words in this young lady's mouth very typical.
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Re: Mass shooting in Las Vegas, 2/10/2017

Postby stickdog99 » Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:45 am

Elvis » 12 Oct 2017 02:33 wrote:

see enlargable here: https://i.redd.it/zl5uavhxj9rz.png

:shock:
Well isn't that interesting.


One thing about Campos is that he was, according to an early report, hit by a ricochet; after being deflected, the bullet is considerable slowed down, which means less serious injuries. Apparently he walked around for at least an hour after the injury, but spent, what?—an entire week?—in the hospital. And now he's vamoosed.

Any further details on Campos' injury?


Now about the 'Hispanic women who said they'd all die'—that Snopes piece linked by elfismiles includes this:

Damon Zumwalt, CEO of Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC), the company that ran security at the concert, told Buzzfeed that the initial reports surrounding this episode were false. However, it’s not clear whether this means the woman in question did not warn or threaten concert-goers about the shooting, security staff did not remove her from the venue, or whether CSC contends that there was no incident involving any woman issuing any threats at all during the concert.

Zumwalt told us he believed one woman had been ejected from the festival for being “inebriated” but said he had heard “no report of any information relative to your story” and referred us to MGM Resorts International, which owns and operates the Mandalay Bay Hotel and contracted CSC to provide security at the Route 91 Harvest Festival.

We asked Zumwalt to offer further clarification about his response, whose meaning is unclear, and asked MGM about the incident, but did not receive an answer from either party by publication time.

http://www.snopes.com/woman-warned-las-vegas-shooting/


"Contemporary Services Corporation," great name. Knowing how some of these security companies operate, we owe it to ourselves to take a quick look at CSC. Note the Wikipedia flags at top:


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Contemporary Services Corporation, (CSC) is a crowd management and security company. They operate at concerts, professional sporting events, collegiate athletic events, and conventions.[citation needed]


History

CSC was founded in Los Angeles in 1967.[citation needed] As of 2015, they operate more than 50 branch locations serving over 200 cities within the United States and Canada.[citation needed]

CSC’s services have been “Designated” as Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology (QATT) by the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act (SAFETY Act) of 2002.[citation needed]

CSC protected certain establishments such as strip malls and department stores during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

At one point, CSC Officials traveled to North Sentinel Island in an attempt to recruit the Sentinelese into their rankings but failed. [what's that about? see links at Wiki page]

During VidCon 2017, two heroic CSC guards destroyed YouTuber Christian Burns. The guards stood their ground and prevented him from barging his way into the Anaheim Convention Center.


Current operations

CSC is the largest event staff, and one of the largest security companies in North America. They are present in almost every major city in the US and Canada and are easily recognizable by their yellow and black shirts. CSC has also provided extra security for numerous presidential inaugurations since 1980. CSC provides services for major convention shows across the US and Canada and are well known at most convention centers. After CSC's rival Staff Pro expanded into the Japanese market in the early 90's, CSC shortly followed. In Japan, they currently are contracted with the JFRC to operate freight trains from Tokyo to Takahagi.

They are the main line of security for several NFL teams, such as the Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.

CSC also provides security for the Washington Nationals, Miami Marlins, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim MLB teams.

They provide services at the Coachella Music Festival in Indo California.

CSC's arch rival is Staff Pro, a fellow security company. Violent clashes between CSC and Staff Pro employees have occurred. Despite the tensions, there are numerous events where they are forced to collaborate, such as Comic Con International and E3. Another one of CSC's arch rivals is Elite, a San Diego based security company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contempor ... orporation


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Christensen grabbed other guards and patrons and pushed them toward a side gate. She and co-workers at the private security firm Contemporary Services Corporation lifted people over barriers and hid them behind pillars and under the stage. One of its guards was among the 58 people who died.

...

"We're the ones often in the background, in the shadows, but we were actually the ones right there in the thick of it all," he said.

The staff was already unsettled before the shooting because a drunken attendee had punched one of their guards in the face Saturday, putting the guard in the hospital.

Supervisor Cheryl Metzler was working Sunday in a command center that resembles a shipping container, watching the concert on seven large surveillance monitors, when someone called to ask if there were supposed to be pyrotechnics at the show.

As people began to flee, the guards fanned out across the venue, coaxing shell-shocked concertgoers too frightened to move to head to a safer spot.

...

Law enforcement officials hailed Jesus Campos, an unarmed security guard at the Mandalay Bay hotel casino, as an "absolute hero" for alerting officers to the gunman's location despite having been shot in the leg.


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Distinguished Lecturer, Security, Fire & Emergency Management at City University of New York - John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Mark Camillo began his CSC career in 2009 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning. Prior to joining CSC, Mark completed a distinguished 21-year career as a Special Agent in the U.S. Secret Service, which included three separate assignments at the White House. Specialized assignments required protecting four U.S. Presidents and family members in various capacities and ultimately serving as head of the White House Security Branch, which encompassed the supervision of daily security, emergency preparedness and all-hazards operations at the White House Complex. Following his final White House tour of duty, Mark was appointed to the position of Secret Service Deputy Assistant Director, detailed to the headquarters of the newly created Department of Homeland Security.

Mark has held several key positions during his career in major event planning, most notably being appointed as the Olympic Coordinator for the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. Under his direction, the Secret Service executed its mission through Presidential Executive Order to design, plan and implement the federal operational security plan for the Games. Mark also serves as an appointed member of the American Society of Industrial Security’s Global Terrorism Council, is an active member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and is Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Academy for Venue Safety & Security, conducted annually by the International Association of Venue Managers. Most recently, Mark was named a Senior Fellow at the George Mason University Center for Infrastructure Protection, serving as a subject matter expert in security studies and operations.
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