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I was at my son's school this morning and a brinks money courier walked into the school OCing. I never gave much thought to anyone other than the police.

So who all is able to carry at a public school?

Peace Officers and anyone with permission from the ISD. We had armed money couriers go into the admin building to collect the daily bank deposits at my old ISD.

Aren't the Brinks and other similar folks licensed security personnel and can only OC when working and in uniform?

Also, as an aside, what kind of school has a Brinks courier bringing or retrieving money? I don't think I've ever seen one at any school before.

Realize that a security guard is carrying on the authority of his security license. So CHL/LTC rules do not apply. The school and/or school district would have a signed contract with the guard company and it most certainly gave them permission to have Level III Security (uniformed and openly armed) perform the duties of the contract.

Now if he wasn't on duty AND performing a contracted job at the school then that I think would be a violation.

C-dub wrote:Aren't the Brinks and other similar folks licensed security personnel and can only OC when working and in uniform?

Also, as an aside, what kind of school has a Brinks courier bringing or retrieving money? I don't think I've ever seen one at any school before.

He was in uniform and the truck was out front

Richbirdhunter wrote:

C-dub wrote:Aren't the Brinks and other similar folks licensed security personnel and can only OC when working and in uniform?

Also, as an aside, what kind of school has a Brinks courier bringing or retrieving money? I don't think I've ever seen one at any school before.

He was in uniform and the truck was out front

I figured that was the case.

Sorry. That was a poorly worded question on my part and not really directed towards you.

C-dub wrote:Aren't the Brinks and other similar folks licensed security personnel and can only OC when working and in uniform?

Also, as an aside, what kind of school has a Brinks courier bringing or retrieving money? I don't think I've ever seen one at any school before.

It's actually commonplace, since schools deal with a good amount of money each day, and must be deposited frequently, and securly. At my wife's elementary school (she was the principal there, before she died a couple of years ago) they had daily armed courier pickups of deposits, and they usually had somewhere between a couple of hundred to a thousand dollars in their deposits. Why? Lunch money, primarily, along with fees and moneys for student activities. At $2.25 per lunch, it adds up quickly.

I have no business whatsoever in any public school so, not me.