I worked as a security guard at 1220 Sacramento Street in the downtown Redding Shasta County welfare office. I had a problem with who I should turn in my incident reports into as in my opinion a rather troubled client named "Donny," (not real name) had been swinging a cane dangerously close to my security guard partner. Several days later this individual Donny was outside yelling and flipping the bird at somebody out in the parking lot. I later saw the fellow Donny was fighting with and individual said Donny "has raped several women in Redding."
Next day this same individual was in office when Donny came in and started yelling "this guy is accusing me of rape" which supervisor "Sammy Jo" did an incident report. I told supervisor Athena about the Donny incidents and have been told by "Supervisor Athena" with Supervisor Fawn in Fawns office that "I was to quit investigating Donny" and the City of Redding wants them to relocate due to the people they attract, and the number of police calls they generate.
3 guards I know of alone were told NOT to call the police... and I believe my incident reports on Donny have been "misplaced" by welfare staff...
Another security guard that works there said he goes out with them at night socially, (Welfare workers) and has told them the same thing about City of Redding wanting them to relocate.
For the sake of the safety of the county workers I am guarding any allegations of rape that occur in the parking lot I am guarding and inside the welfare office on my watch certainly WILL be investigated.
Another security guard there and I were taken into the office and their expectations were made known to us by supervisors "Sammy Jo" and Maureen. They told us that if there were any incidents, we were to call them on little two-way radios and not emergency police, or EMS and they would respond. I said to these supervisors are they telling me I have to call them if I am assaulted and not the police?
Supervisor Maureen replied, "Well two heads are better than one."
She then gave me a slip of paper with 2 phone numbers should I have a problem
In an effort to appease the pressure allegedly applied by the City of Redding and reduce emergency dispatches to the facility it is shocking to me that officer safety, especially a disabled officer, is being undermined, especially in an area where severe mental health and addictions are so prevalent, some of these folks are violent.
Should I be punished for such conduct by Shasta County Welfare staff?
I certainly would like and believe that I am not banned as they now say from all Shasta County sites my security guard company serves and need an attorney to guide me through this strange episode of the real-life Twilight Zone.
