2 bridge guards fired after citizen photographs & posts pics of them sleeping

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/02/sleeping.guards.fired/index.html
:boring: :boring: :boring: :boring:


"If there's two people on this bridge who don't care about my safety and the safety of anybody who comes over this bridge, then I really don't have an obligation to withhold what I have," he said.

Given the George Washington Bridge's iconic status and huge traffic volume, officials have long cited it as a potential terrorist target.

Lepore said he was moved to photograph the slumbering sentries after witnessing the same guard napping on three occasions.

"The first time I shrugged it off and said, 'I can't believe he's sleeping,'" said Lepore. "The second time I was very annoyed. Third time -- that's it."

Lepore said he later approached the guard, told him he had caught him asleep at his post three times, and said he had the photos to prove it. The profusely apologetic guard vowed it would not happen again.

Three weeks later, it did happen again, but this time with a different guard, according to Lepore.

Instead of discreetly taking photos from a distance, an indignant Lepore marched up to the guard's booth and snapped away. The guard did not stir.

[dixiegrrrrl]

1. I love that he walked up and took the pic.

'Course, if it had been a Xe ( Blackwater) guard, he might have been shot. They seem to have very itchy trigger fingers.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. Meh. They are still about as effective a deterrent if they were awake.

Let 'em sleep. Leave them as a monument to stupid "security" measures.

[madokie]

3. I'm sure I'd of at least woke their asses up rudely like if nothing else

The best they can do there is a manufactured building for a guard shack??? WTF is that all about

[Pangolin2]

5. Er, as opposed to one that grew out in the forest?

:silly:

[madokie]

8. No, under a rock

[Pangolin2]

9. Well, that makes as much sense as the other comment.

I still have no idea what the hell you were getting at...

[ensho]

4. thank you Lepore for taking action

nt

[itsrobert]

6. Security Guards sleeping?

That never happens in the history of the world. :sarcasm:

[Stevenmarc]

7. The real crime is trying to sell a low paid rent-a-cop as a terrorism expert

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey can't be serious about their concern if they hire people who couldn't possibly had the training that would be adequate enough for the job they were hired for.

[XanaDUer]

10. Thank you

Yeah, they should not have been sleeping, but they are still low-wage slaves (contractors?) being paid crap.