Kia Ora,
Well Friday night & despite the new Bylaw here in Christchurch there has really being no change here.
Whilst certain streets had the boy racer cruising issue, this area has more had the diesels & more lately the lone car doing a burnout starting tonight at about 8.20pm followed by a shot from what I would say was an air rifle.
The vehicle then speed off.
Just the other day I mentioned to a local business about chip in his window. "stone chip?" "no, air rifle. Pellet went into & destroyed the glass of the cabinets at the front of the premises."
They found the pellet in there next morning.
The modern air rifle is much more powerful & in fact if it wasn't for the small mass of the pellets, their velocity (as quoted to me by an owner of one or two) were faster than most military rifles. I thought they had made a mistake.
But as the police have found in the last few years in the wrong hands or used indiscriminately they can be very dangerous.
Hence the push to bring them under the firearms legislation to be treated as a full firearm.
Obviously these adverts I have here could not enter NZ just by buying them on line, but offshore it is clearly a different story.
Using a firearm is not game but many play the computer games these days & think that all they have to do is push a button to start again.
Pull the trigger & you have to live with the consequences.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
What the Lost Youth & Poor turn too!
Kia Ora,
I found yesterdays blog or the information contained in it very concerning when I came across it.
But as the self confessed ex Jihadist says "what if?"
World wide he is the sort of person the extremists recruit, young & lost or the poor.
There are reports today of suspected Islamic terror groups in Britain talking of different targets.
What is to stop that being a group in New Zealand? The fact New Zealand refers to itself as safe is the biggest attraction to these guys.
Initially anyway terrorist groups tend to be made up of lost young males who are filled with the 'spirit' of what ever religion or 'mission' (ie eco greens)& this makes them risk takers. The same thing happens early in a conventional War when nationalism results in usually the greatest casualty rates.
But what if someone follows the path this guy says he followed & actually does complete his training, then really does believe. As they found in Britain, the biggest threat now is from those who are home grown.
It will start a vicious cycle where ignorance takes hold. Every Muslim will get the blame for the actions of a few & the actions generally by the same sort of person who carried out any attack in the name of another religion usually.
But like in the US after 9/11 it will hurt those that are not even connected.
Like the Sikh who was shot dead in Texas in the mistaken belief he was a Muslim.
Yes, I did forecast there was likely to be people like this in NZ, but it is still not great to find you were right.
That is why I believe the NZ Security Industry needs to raise its standards because of all countries in the world, NZ is the one that could stop this cycle continuing here, by been effective along side the police & other agencies.
http://www/foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
I found yesterdays blog or the information contained in it very concerning when I came across it.
But as the self confessed ex Jihadist says "what if?"
World wide he is the sort of person the extremists recruit, young & lost or the poor.
There are reports today of suspected Islamic terror groups in Britain talking of different targets.
What is to stop that being a group in New Zealand? The fact New Zealand refers to itself as safe is the biggest attraction to these guys.
Initially anyway terrorist groups tend to be made up of lost young males who are filled with the 'spirit' of what ever religion or 'mission' (ie eco greens)& this makes them risk takers. The same thing happens early in a conventional War when nationalism results in usually the greatest casualty rates.
But what if someone follows the path this guy says he followed & actually does complete his training, then really does believe. As they found in Britain, the biggest threat now is from those who are home grown.
It will start a vicious cycle where ignorance takes hold. Every Muslim will get the blame for the actions of a few & the actions generally by the same sort of person who carried out any attack in the name of another religion usually.
But like in the US after 9/11 it will hurt those that are not even connected.
Like the Sikh who was shot dead in Texas in the mistaken belief he was a Muslim.
Yes, I did forecast there was likely to be people like this in NZ, but it is still not great to find you were right.
That is why I believe the NZ Security Industry needs to raise its standards because of all countries in the world, NZ is the one that could stop this cycle continuing here, by been effective along side the police & other agencies.
http://www/foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Jihad in New Zealand! Yeah Right! Or is it?
Kia Ora,
I was trying to work out how to use Youtube better last night when I came across two threads.
One was a person from Britain who immigrated to New Zealand & had re entered the area of door security. I aim to look more into his postings but seems good & professional, I would like to keep an eye on his take on issues.
The second was much more disturbing.
The initial post that caught my eye was "I used to work for the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)" & it goes into how he was used undercover to identify Jihadists in Auckland.
Is he the real deal? Not sure but there were some things that made me take note & think maybe he is.
First his Arabic seems very good.
Though his letter to the Prime Minister is a bit of a ramble (something I have been accused of at times myself) there are a few parts in it that peaked my interest.
That is the part where he talks about his SIS handlers saying he didn't have to go fully into the role of a Muslim (since he now says he has converted to atheist & everything must be based on science). That is on the point I have been trying to make. If they don't really know or haven't experienced anything like a suicide bombing then Kiwi's will not understand.
Jihadists are not just nutters who take the Koran, as he calls them literalists (they exist in all religions & are generally the extremists), literally in their interpretation, but usually very good at counter surveillance & reconnaisance.
Through his chats though it emerges as he identifies himself at one point a picture of a young guy who was lost & his nature comes across as addictive, He now requires everything to be referrenced in a scientific nature. Time & experience will tell him that not everything is absolute. Alot is gut instinct & experience.
As my experience has shown along with some of the comments to his postings, the average Muslim is very accepting, in fact more accepting than most westerners. But it is not them you have to worry about.
There are a few comments though that seem to come within NZ that back up some of his claims with their rants against his postings on Islam.
Then there is the postings above & below which back up some recent comments on some Maori forums. I have even read one Maori convert say Islam is the black man's religion. Doesn't know his religion as well as he thinks.
NZ has issues mainly concerning the Treaty of Waitangi & racism that we need to sort through & to a great extent are. Neither side is fully happy, so we must be doing something right.
Islam may actually be good for many Maori unless they take up the radical side & there are already enough Maori advocating armed conflict that this could turn nasty.
Will mean that "you will have to give the pork bones a miss though bro. More for me".
These videos have been getting posted for a while. So is Jihad possible in New Zealand? Most definitely.
Are the authorities on top of things? I doubt it as they have never experienced this type of thing it will be hard for them to envisage it. When they speak to their foreign counterparts although the words used will be the same, they will mean different things.
The day after a TV programme to my way of thinking confirms what I already thought that a mass murderer was allowed to walk free, NZ has to look at the way it views the world & acts in it.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
I was trying to work out how to use Youtube better last night when I came across two threads.
One was a person from Britain who immigrated to New Zealand & had re entered the area of door security. I aim to look more into his postings but seems good & professional, I would like to keep an eye on his take on issues.
The second was much more disturbing.
The initial post that caught my eye was "I used to work for the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)" & it goes into how he was used undercover to identify Jihadists in Auckland.
Is he the real deal? Not sure but there were some things that made me take note & think maybe he is.
First his Arabic seems very good.
Though his letter to the Prime Minister is a bit of a ramble (something I have been accused of at times myself) there are a few parts in it that peaked my interest.
That is the part where he talks about his SIS handlers saying he didn't have to go fully into the role of a Muslim (since he now says he has converted to atheist & everything must be based on science). That is on the point I have been trying to make. If they don't really know or haven't experienced anything like a suicide bombing then Kiwi's will not understand.
Jihadists are not just nutters who take the Koran, as he calls them literalists (they exist in all religions & are generally the extremists), literally in their interpretation, but usually very good at counter surveillance & reconnaisance.
Through his chats though it emerges as he identifies himself at one point a picture of a young guy who was lost & his nature comes across as addictive, He now requires everything to be referrenced in a scientific nature. Time & experience will tell him that not everything is absolute. Alot is gut instinct & experience.
As my experience has shown along with some of the comments to his postings, the average Muslim is very accepting, in fact more accepting than most westerners. But it is not them you have to worry about.
There are a few comments though that seem to come within NZ that back up some of his claims with their rants against his postings on Islam.
Then there is the postings above & below which back up some recent comments on some Maori forums. I have even read one Maori convert say Islam is the black man's religion. Doesn't know his religion as well as he thinks.
NZ has issues mainly concerning the Treaty of Waitangi & racism that we need to sort through & to a great extent are. Neither side is fully happy, so we must be doing something right.
Islam may actually be good for many Maori unless they take up the radical side & there are already enough Maori advocating armed conflict that this could turn nasty.
Will mean that "you will have to give the pork bones a miss though bro. More for me".
These videos have been getting posted for a while. So is Jihad possible in New Zealand? Most definitely.
Are the authorities on top of things? I doubt it as they have never experienced this type of thing it will be hard for them to envisage it. When they speak to their foreign counterparts although the words used will be the same, they will mean different things.
The day after a TV programme to my way of thinking confirms what I already thought that a mass murderer was allowed to walk free, NZ has to look at the way it views the world & acts in it.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
What about the Security Guards?
Kia Ora,
Today the NZ government signalled the increase of punishment for anyone attacking a Police officer or Corrections officer. Fair enough they need more protection.
But what about the Security Guards?
More often than not dealing with the same people on their own.
If the NZ Security Industry was professional in outlook it would be viewing Health & Safety as empowering to increase the numbers in line with international requirements.
It would be seizing this movement by the current government as a time to push its case prior to the Rugby World Cup 2011.
But not a peep out of any industry organization.
Their version of risk assessment is don't get involved. Well a lot of the idiots out there now do not care if you are involved or not. If you are there, they will attack in a group.
As I said in a previous blog, when a group of ten people showed up at one task here in Christchurch, some armed with iron bars.
They would of taken me on just for standing there, had it not been for a guard from another company coming across from their task for a chat & warning his mates over the radio.
As it stands there will be nothing done until guards start dying.
Oh & well done the Israeli patrol in the West Bank. Just normal soldiers, taking the mickey out of their situation. Seems, as with the NZ Navy reaction to people posing with firearms(something you will see the world over in the armed forces), that the world has gone too PC in the wrong places.
Just these days it goes over the internet!
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Today the NZ government signalled the increase of punishment for anyone attacking a Police officer or Corrections officer. Fair enough they need more protection.
But what about the Security Guards?
More often than not dealing with the same people on their own.
If the NZ Security Industry was professional in outlook it would be viewing Health & Safety as empowering to increase the numbers in line with international requirements.
It would be seizing this movement by the current government as a time to push its case prior to the Rugby World Cup 2011.
But not a peep out of any industry organization.
Their version of risk assessment is don't get involved. Well a lot of the idiots out there now do not care if you are involved or not. If you are there, they will attack in a group.
As I said in a previous blog, when a group of ten people showed up at one task here in Christchurch, some armed with iron bars.
They would of taken me on just for standing there, had it not been for a guard from another company coming across from their task for a chat & warning his mates over the radio.
As it stands there will be nothing done until guards start dying.
Oh & well done the Israeli patrol in the West Bank. Just normal soldiers, taking the mickey out of their situation. Seems, as with the NZ Navy reaction to people posing with firearms(something you will see the world over in the armed forces), that the world has gone too PC in the wrong places.
Just these days it goes over the internet!
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Monday, July 5, 2010
The Security Muppet show! What is the difference between Baghdad & New Zealand?
Kia Ora,
The following footage was taken covertly in Baghdad in 2005 of what we called the daily muppet show. It involved up to 20 vehicles of all descriptions passing our villa at about the same time every day as well as several other times a day as an Iraqi prominent person was moved about the city.
It could be quite amusing to watch, but filming it could be more of a threat to your health. Sounds just like Christchurch!
So what is the difference between Baghdad & Christchurch/New Zealand?
Well both know their own people, but whilst the Iraqis are well aware of real security, the New Zealand Security Industry, although there are a lot of people in it who want to carryout real security, tends to not think that should be pushed as doing the extra will not earn them money.
The Iraqis see it differently as they are more worried about their lives but also the money just to keep their family alive.
Many of our jobs, especially in my first contract were as a former member of the British SAS described them as "playing at it",
That was what hit me when coming back. Though many in the industry are putting their best foot forward doing way more than their lowly wages ask of them, overall the industry is only playing at it.
In Baghdad even the muppet show knew it was their lives on the line & you often would see them fire shots into the air to clear the path forward.
In New Zealand it is more a case of "I don't get paid enough(which is true)& it is nothing to do with me".
People forget what the word service means. It is one of the big shocks when you leave the military where you have given a life of service & by being paid a sslary just get in & get things done.
The one difference between NZ & offshore security is offshore you are paid to carryout security & that is what you do. In NZ you are paid to do security but are expected to be the bum boy as well(that is not service, that is slave labour).
Though no one asks me as I have made it clear that I will only carryout security as that is what I am paid for.
Where the confusion is that whilst NZ security industry stops its staff from carrying out actual security it requires them to act as slave labour at the expense of security.
I like the Iraqi attitude. If you want me to do what amounts to another job that will mean my security duties are being neglected, the client will pay a months wages in compensation, cash in hand, over & above normal billing for security services.
As long as it is declared of course for taxation purposes etc.
Part of it though is for the industry to stop just putting bodies out there with little consideration & to start educating the clients, who often actuall think they are getting more.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
The following footage was taken covertly in Baghdad in 2005 of what we called the daily muppet show. It involved up to 20 vehicles of all descriptions passing our villa at about the same time every day as well as several other times a day as an Iraqi prominent person was moved about the city.
It could be quite amusing to watch, but filming it could be more of a threat to your health. Sounds just like Christchurch!
So what is the difference between Baghdad & Christchurch/New Zealand?
Well both know their own people, but whilst the Iraqis are well aware of real security, the New Zealand Security Industry, although there are a lot of people in it who want to carryout real security, tends to not think that should be pushed as doing the extra will not earn them money.
The Iraqis see it differently as they are more worried about their lives but also the money just to keep their family alive.
Many of our jobs, especially in my first contract were as a former member of the British SAS described them as "playing at it",
That was what hit me when coming back. Though many in the industry are putting their best foot forward doing way more than their lowly wages ask of them, overall the industry is only playing at it.
In Baghdad even the muppet show knew it was their lives on the line & you often would see them fire shots into the air to clear the path forward.
In New Zealand it is more a case of "I don't get paid enough(which is true)& it is nothing to do with me".
People forget what the word service means. It is one of the big shocks when you leave the military where you have given a life of service & by being paid a sslary just get in & get things done.
The one difference between NZ & offshore security is offshore you are paid to carryout security & that is what you do. In NZ you are paid to do security but are expected to be the bum boy as well(that is not service, that is slave labour).
Though no one asks me as I have made it clear that I will only carryout security as that is what I am paid for.
Where the confusion is that whilst NZ security industry stops its staff from carrying out actual security it requires them to act as slave labour at the expense of security.
I like the Iraqi attitude. If you want me to do what amounts to another job that will mean my security duties are being neglected, the client will pay a months wages in compensation, cash in hand, over & above normal billing for security services.
As long as it is declared of course for taxation purposes etc.
Part of it though is for the industry to stop just putting bodies out there with little consideration & to start educating the clients, who often actuall think they are getting more.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Sunday, July 4, 2010
How safe is it out there for Security Guards?
Kia Ora,
People hire a security guard but do they really think about the dangers they are putting them in.
Two incidents I witnessed Friday night highlighted just how close security guards sometimes come to real danger.
After completing a previously organized security task, it was back to being on standby for the new 0900 Suspicious service & whilst waiting again went out to see if I could gain any footage of criminal activity.
Took up a new position & in little over 40 minutes witnessed a number of criminal activities (two close to where guards were or appeared to be.)
The first involved a patrol in a vehicle roving around a premises. He had his lights on full & though that is not good security, with a big area it is often all the patrols are forced to do coupled with time constraints.
Only issue with lights on full was they didn't see the person at the edge of their lights dash into cover behind a container. Guard must of signed a book (in office on other side of the container) then left with lights going out & person was seen to move out onto a main road.
Twenty minutes later two persons whom I have seen before also trespassed across that private property.
Was preparing to leave when see in the other direction what appeared to be a security guard searching a property with his torch. Suddenly about 20 metres down & out of his line of sight, jumped over a fence a group of at least 3 people & who also trespassed on this other property.
Expecting the guard might of being answering an alarm, I moved to next side street to confirm before we could ring the police. But it transpired the 'guard' would of actually entered that property from next street over.
Meanwhile the new boy racer by law was in action & there was a noticeable change in tactics as well as a continuation of some old ones.
The two vehicles on the footage could be heard racing at an estimated speed of over 120kmh. The night before had seen a large number of vehicles come down that same road at speed then exit down a side road.
There was still a large number of burnouts, mainly in the line with a quick burn out then move to the next intersection & so on. Hard one to police unless someone can give a registration number.
Yet again there appeared to be shots. Problem is there were four 'reports' the first sounded like an air rifle, the next two were more explosive & the fourth had what in the military we called 'crack & thump' so a firearm was involved.
Again though like the precious occassions, it appeared to be from a moving vehicle, so unless you have a registration or have actually seen the weapon it is hard to call in.
It is actually quite common at night in Christchurch & the reckless use of firearms is more prominent as shown by a media investigation, than most people would realize. Most are just not reported.
That also came out during the shooting of a gunman in Christchurch, in that he had fired shots before but no one in the street had called the police for most incidents & the one they had he was able to explain away.
Security Guards often are facing all that on their own!
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
People hire a security guard but do they really think about the dangers they are putting them in.
Two incidents I witnessed Friday night highlighted just how close security guards sometimes come to real danger.
After completing a previously organized security task, it was back to being on standby for the new 0900 Suspicious service & whilst waiting again went out to see if I could gain any footage of criminal activity.
Took up a new position & in little over 40 minutes witnessed a number of criminal activities (two close to where guards were or appeared to be.)
The first involved a patrol in a vehicle roving around a premises. He had his lights on full & though that is not good security, with a big area it is often all the patrols are forced to do coupled with time constraints.
Only issue with lights on full was they didn't see the person at the edge of their lights dash into cover behind a container. Guard must of signed a book (in office on other side of the container) then left with lights going out & person was seen to move out onto a main road.
Twenty minutes later two persons whom I have seen before also trespassed across that private property.
Was preparing to leave when see in the other direction what appeared to be a security guard searching a property with his torch. Suddenly about 20 metres down & out of his line of sight, jumped over a fence a group of at least 3 people & who also trespassed on this other property.
Expecting the guard might of being answering an alarm, I moved to next side street to confirm before we could ring the police. But it transpired the 'guard' would of actually entered that property from next street over.
Meanwhile the new boy racer by law was in action & there was a noticeable change in tactics as well as a continuation of some old ones.
The two vehicles on the footage could be heard racing at an estimated speed of over 120kmh. The night before had seen a large number of vehicles come down that same road at speed then exit down a side road.
There was still a large number of burnouts, mainly in the line with a quick burn out then move to the next intersection & so on. Hard one to police unless someone can give a registration number.
Yet again there appeared to be shots. Problem is there were four 'reports' the first sounded like an air rifle, the next two were more explosive & the fourth had what in the military we called 'crack & thump' so a firearm was involved.
Again though like the precious occassions, it appeared to be from a moving vehicle, so unless you have a registration or have actually seen the weapon it is hard to call in.
It is actually quite common at night in Christchurch & the reckless use of firearms is more prominent as shown by a media investigation, than most people would realize. Most are just not reported.
That also came out during the shooting of a gunman in Christchurch, in that he had fired shots before but no one in the street had called the police for most incidents & the one they had he was able to explain away.
Security Guards often are facing all that on their own!
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Wake up New Zealand! It is only a matter of time!
Kia Ora,
Yet again you have to ask the question as to whether New Zealand is ready to host the Rugby World Cup 2011 from a security perspective, little lone the summer Olympics as now proposed by the current Mayor of Auckland.
I say this because of the photo across the front of the Christchurch 'Press' with several police officers & members of the public standing in the middle of the road after a bomb alert.
It ends up the bomb was just an attempt to thieve.
But that crowd was the perfect target for a suicide bomber or IED after an initial 'come on' explosion or call.
This is a common terrorist tactic, but with the suicide bomber it has meant that considerations of innocents is taken less into account than with the IRA campaigns or even the Real IRA bombing in Omagh.
In one incident in Baghdad US soldiers were trying to win the hearts & minds campaign by when in a cordon giving out sweets.
The British based on their experience would of ensured the children were inside the cordon. That lesson was to be soon learnt as a suicide bomber then exited a nearby street & targeted the nearest military vehicle, which just happened to be the one the children were gathered around.
It seems though that New Zealand will only learn that once it happens here.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
Yet again you have to ask the question as to whether New Zealand is ready to host the Rugby World Cup 2011 from a security perspective, little lone the summer Olympics as now proposed by the current Mayor of Auckland.
I say this because of the photo across the front of the Christchurch 'Press' with several police officers & members of the public standing in the middle of the road after a bomb alert.
It ends up the bomb was just an attempt to thieve.
But that crowd was the perfect target for a suicide bomber or IED after an initial 'come on' explosion or call.
This is a common terrorist tactic, but with the suicide bomber it has meant that considerations of innocents is taken less into account than with the IRA campaigns or even the Real IRA bombing in Omagh.
In one incident in Baghdad US soldiers were trying to win the hearts & minds campaign by when in a cordon giving out sweets.
The British based on their experience would of ensured the children were inside the cordon. That lesson was to be soon learnt as a suicide bomber then exited a nearby street & targeted the nearest military vehicle, which just happened to be the one the children were gathered around.
It seems though that New Zealand will only learn that once it happens here.
http://www.foxhoundsecurity.co.nz
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