The Dope Boyz won't be guarding Lake Caroline any longer. The Lake Caroline Homeowner's association announced:
JJ reported Friday Madison County deputies busted two security guards at the exclusive neighborhood for smoking or possessing dope while on duty. Damien Riggs was charged with of paraphernalia and Mason Riggs was charged with possession of marijuana with a firearm enhancement and DUI-other on May 3. Earlier post.
A former Lake Caroline security guard commented on the arrests on social media:
(#1) I was the Security Guard out at Lake Caroline for a while. Not sure any of you would remember me, but it was a while back. Luckily while I was working for the company I was, and you all at Lake Caroline, you were in good hands. Much more than a “Paul Blart”. I was firearms trained, with licenses and credentials to show it. I made my presence known, and made sure I did the job I was hired to do. I approached the folks fishing y’all’s lake you all didn’t want there, and ran the folks off you all wanted me to that were using y’all’s amenities.The problem is, your board stepped in. The person over the security, decided they didn’t want armed security guards any longer. So I quit. I refused to work without my firearm. Why? Because you’re wanting me to approach fisherman on the outskirts of a lake, that I don’t know, and confront them. Big deal? Not necessarily. But as an outdoorsman, what do they keep on them, especially with grown up grass on the bank of a lake, a weapon. Someone at y’all’s clubhouse hanging out randomly, a group, and you don’t think anyone has a weapon, you’re mistaken.The people who make the security decisions for Lake Caroline dropped the ball, and failed the homeowners of Lake Caroline, by lowering what standard they expected. While working we didn’t have bring your friend to work day. We worked shifts by ourselves, made our presence known, and helped when needed no matter what it was. We handed out candy to the kids, and made known who we were for anyone that had any questions or needed anything.With hiring just a “Paul Blart”, you’re going to get that standard. Anyone then can do it. It’s the firearm license and credentials that got y’all the security yall expected.(#2) Quite frankly, it was the guy that came into the board while I was working security for Lake Caroline that wanted the changes. He was as I was told “in the FBI and this and that”. As I was told, they decided that they did not want the security guards to be armed anymore. They didn’t want us to look “some certain way” carrying weapons. I’m not sure if that played a part in anything new. It almost seemed they were wanting to make the contract cheaper. It was in June of 2024 when the board president wanted that change. They didn’t sign a new contract toward the end of August 2024. I’m not sure who the security company is now, but it was Bullock Investigations and security then. There were 4 of us that worked those shifts. There were weekly hours, weekend hours, and then the hours upped during the summer time. All 4 very much firearm qualified and professional. Dress code, and a log we kept down to the minute everytime we made our rounds at 4-5 certain destination, that were turned in to Lake Caroline. These allowed us to show we were maintaining and doing our job. I’m not sure who the security company is there now, but I’m curious.
Interesting stuff.
2 comments:
I don’t think I would call a place full of sub $400k houses “exclusive”. That’s cheaper than a doublewide in most of Colorado.
No good deed goes unpunished.
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