What can security guards legally do in California & DFW?

✔️ Detain (citizen’s arrest)
✔️ Protect private property
❌ Can’t arrest like police
❌ Can’t search you w/o consent
❌ Can’t use force unless necessary

Knowing the limits = safer security.
👀 Found a great breakdown on a security company blog. Worth a read.

#SecurityGuards #PrivateSecurity #DFW #California #SecurityTips #MastodonSafety

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Ever wonder how security guards keep public spaces safe without invading your privacy? 👀 It’s all about trained observation, respectful distance, and smart tech like CCTV monitoring. Real professionals don’t make you feel watched—they make you feel safe. 🛡️

#Security #PublicSafety #CCTV #PrivacyMatters #SecurityGuards #CommunitySafety #UnarmedSecurity #MastodonSafety

One area of Mastodon safety that doesn't get much attention is the way that the reporting interface is abused.

When a report is forwarded to another server, it doesn't say what user created the report.

That allows hateful accounts to report people as a means of harassment, as in our case, Babka Social has users reported simply for being Jews.

The reports are blank, or else contain an either false or inflammatory statement about the user.

The users don't see it, but the admins and moderators do, and there's nothing we can do other than disable reporting from an instance- which we don't want to do because we want to ensure our users *are* good Fediverse citizens and we want reports when they're not.

This causes emotional strain on moderators and yet I've never heard anyone talk about this issue in a serious way.

#Mastodon #MastodonSafety #Fediverse

While the wheels of Mastodon turn slowly -- way too slowly, in my opinion -- they do actually turn. Here's a screenshot from the latest Mastodon Engineering blog.

#Mastodon #MastodonUsability #MastodonSafety

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/trunk-tidbits-september-2024/

Dear Friends,

Today was the first time I blocked a domain on Mastodon. I hope it works!

I blocked it in my browser by going to a profile page of an account from that server, clicking the menu (three vertical dots next to the Notify bell) and selecting Block Domain at the bottom of the list.

Be well!
ESM

#Mastodon #BlockDomain
#MastodonSafety #SafeMastodon

The point of this post is to report #trolls. There is no arbitrary committee (or idiotic billionaire) deciding who should get blocked. IT'S YOU! You decide, you report. That's how the #fediverse works.
#trollfarm #mastodonsafety #Mastodon

https://universeodon.com/@prodygy/109731081776649950

A troll farm is active on Mastodon. I’m going to post profiles from them.

They’re posting nonsense, hoping to start conflict.

This us typical and boring troll farm behavior. They’ll try to get under your skin and get you to argue.

Just block and report. Reporting is key.
#trolls #trollfarm #mastodonsafety #Mastodon