Can Security Attack Me If I Didn’t Pay My Bill at a Bar?

Use-of-Force Policies of Security Guards

Security guards or “bouncers” are hired by private security companies, to protect the patrons and property of a bar. A private security guard can be armed or unarmed. These individuals working at the bar work during open bar hours, after hours and often before the bar opens, to secure the bar areas. A security guard at a bar is there to keep the place safe for the patrons, prevent fights, prevent issues with uninvited or intruder threats, and keep the peace at the bar during bar working hours.

The security guards at a bar need to be properly trained in the proper amount of use-of-force to use with a customer. This will also include the limitations on what type of force can and cannot be used on a customer who is a guest at the bar. Use of force is meant to be used by a security guard in situations where the security guard needs to defend himself, or needs to protect the property of the owner of the bar.

Security Guards Cannot Use Their Own Version of Force on Patrons of the Bar

Security guards cannot employ their own version or brand of use-of-force policies, such as using choke holds or other television versions of “take downs” or “smack downs” if a customer does not pay for a bill at the bar. The appropriate authorities are responsible for determining when use-of-force is required, used properly and applied correctly by a security guard at a bar. Security guards are not permitted to go rogue and use any force they personally deem appropriate for a situation such as a non-paying guest at the bar.
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Security Guards Need to Use Level Thinking When Doing Their Job at the Bar

A security guard needs to use common sense, when performing the job of security at a bar. A security guard is not able to subjectively use brute force on a customer at a bar, just for not paying a bar bill. It is possible for the security guard, owner, manager and even server to discuss a non-paid bill with a customer first, before the security guard would actually attack the customer for nonpayment of a bill.

Security guards need to be able to analyze the situation and know when to use force, in the course of their duties working at a bar. A security guard needs to be hired, trained and reviewed based on his or her performance related to performing security guard duties at a bar. These security guard duties will include:

• Analyzing all security breaches at the bar and ameliorating the situation
• Conflict resolution
• Identifying specific tasks for the job to secure the bar during shift hours
• Understanding the security environment at the bar and acting accordingly to secure the bar
• Analyzing customer risks at the bar
• Breaking up fights and de-escalating arguments among patrons at the bar
• Identifying security issues that affect the bar
• Identifying theft risks at the bar
• Assisting police and law enforcement, when necessary, on the property
• Identifying immediate dangerous threats and people at the bar, and removing them from the bar
• Stopping attackers at the bar interested in hurting, killing or maiming customers
• Use a reasonableness of response to seriously harm or stop an attacker at the bar
• Using less harmful responses when permissible at the bar
• Halting threats to public safety at the bar

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Security Guards Need to Understand the Full Nature of Their Jobs Protecting Patrons at the Bar

Security guards or “bouncers” at a bar need to be highly trained individuals, not people who enjoy hurting others in the name of protecting the property of the owner of a bar. A security guard is not able to take the position at a bar, and begin a ritual of harassment for the patrons who have not yet paid a bar bill.

The security guard is not permitted to attack a customer simply for the non-payment of a bill. In this way, a security guard needs to have a firm understanding of the parameters of the job, to act appropriately in this capacity, including being able to perform the following skills, such as:

• Avoiding death or serious injury of a patron while performing security guard duties at the bar
• Neutralizing any active shooters at the bar
• Denying access to unauthorized people at the bar
• Restraining people with unauthorized access at the bar
• Forcibly removing drunk or belligerent people from the bar
• Use verbal warnings when needed to stop problems at the bar
• Use soft physical pressure to remove someone from the bar
• Use non-lethal hard physical pressure when necessary to remove someone from the bar
• Avoid unintentional injury, death or damage from hurting someone at the bar
• Understand the use of a firearm at the bar, and the legal ramifications of using a firearm against a patron of the bar
• Understand that using a firearm at the bar can provoke another party to fire back or use deadly force into the crowd at the bar
• Defend customers at the bar from harmful acts or imminent threat of harm from other people in the bar

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Security Guards Need to Use a High Level of Emotional Intelligence When Working at a Bar

A security guard needs to have a high amount of emotional intelligence, and not use the job as a way to “blow off steam,” to hurt other people at the excuse of protecting the property or patrons at a bar. Emotional intelligence relates to knowing how to manage your own emotions. This is especially important in high level stress situations, when there are real dangers at the bar that the security guard needs to protect the patrons or property from in that case.

For this reason, the security guard needs to know the job of protecting the patrons and property, securing the property, and neutralizing threats to safety at the bar. The security guard also needs to understand:

• Use self-defense tactics to protect self while performing security guard duties at the bar
• Maintaining a hostile profile only when necessary, during security guard duties
• Establish physical barriers for unwanted guests to the bar
• Only use force for specific duration of time to subdue an assailant or during self-defense for the security guard
• Disarm a patron with a knife or gun at the bar
• Know when to use non-deadly force on people who enter restricted areas without permission at the bar
• Respect the dignity of all bar patrons at all times, in the security guard duties
• Maintain a record of all daily activities, interactions, apprehensions or detainments of patrons at the bar
• Create records of confiscated items of patrons at the bar
• Use video and surveillance of all actions of the security guard protecting the property and patrons at the bar

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Can a Security Guard Attack Me for Not Paying My Food Bill?

A security guard may have used unreasonable force on you, if you were attacked for not paying a food bill. This is why you need to call our law office today to discuss this case in detail, to determine your next course of action to recover compensation for your personal injuries related to the attack by a security guard at a bar.

Typical Injuries After Getting Attacked by a Security Guard

The typical injuries that you can incur for getting attacked by a security guard include:

• Back injuries
• Broken ribs
• Broken fingers
• Broken limbs
• Concussion
• Lacerations
• Bruises
• Spinal injuries
• Traumatic brain injuries
• Coma
• Death
• Internal bleeding
• Internal organ damage
• Broken bones in the face
• Broken teeth

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Can I Sue for Being Attacked by a Security Guard for Non-Payment of My Bar Tab?

Yes, we can sue for the attack you suffered at the hands of a security guard at a bar, when you did not pay your tab or bill at the bar. You can call us to discuss your case with our Los Angeles case lawyers, they are here to talk to you about filing a lawsuit based on your personal injuries in this case.

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