Editor: Gloria Beech (Letters, ….

Editor:

Gloria Beech (Letters, July 30) asked, “Who are these traffic people at the front gate?” As a former traffic officer, I can answer that question.

Currently, there are three different types of employees working for Security: full time GRF employees, part time GRF employees, and temp workers. The temps are provided by Off Duty Officers Inc., which has been providing temps for Security since September 2019. In spite of the company’s name, the temps are not off duty police officers. You can spot the temps because they wear black uniforms, which are intended to look like police uniforms.

Learning to be a traffic officer is not something you can learn in a classroom or by reading a textbook. You have to learn it while working on the job. Although I had some excellent trainers, I made a lot of mistakes when I first started.

The problem with relying on temps is that the constant turnover results in a workforce with a wide range of experience and skills. When you encounter an ODO temp at the Main Gate, it is important to remember that the temp could have been working as a traffic officer for a couple of weeks or a couple of hours.

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