Comments for Argus Europe http://www.arguseurope.co.uk Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sony GDV-1000E by Thomo http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/surveillance/sony-gdv-1000e/#comment-545 Thomo Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:41:39 +0000 http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/?p=3889#comment-545 A fantastic piece of kit, try to purchase the remote control as they are a nightmare to get hold of. The internal battery lasts for ages and if it is to be used in an op you can run the PV1000 through it!!! Very handy indeed....... You can still pay well over three hundred for them but money well spent in my eyes! A fantastic piece of kit, try to purchase the remote control as they are a nightmare to get hold of. The internal battery lasts for ages and if it is to be used in an op you can run the PV1000 through it!!! Very handy indeed…….

You can still pay well over three hundred for them but money well spent in my eyes!

]]> Comment on Transition to Civvy Street by Nick http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/training/transition-to-civvy-street/#comment-519 Nick Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:04:19 +0000 http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/?p=3753#comment-519 Gents As you know i get little irate when i come across the big i am attitude from former servicemen and women, there is simply no need for it and no-one thinks it is a good thing. We have all been there we have all served and left. We should all be proud of what we have done but you must LEAVE the military and accept that you are making a new start and to a degree will have to re-train or at least adapt what you already know to a new and exciting working environment. We also have to accept that there are good people from all Regiments. There are also excellent operators out there who have no military or Police background, the security industry is not the sole premise of the former military that is for sure. We have 2 ears and one mouth so i find it better to listen twice as much as you speak...... Nick www.arguseurope.co.uk Gents

As you know i get little irate when i come across the big i am attitude from former servicemen and women, there is simply no need for it and no-one thinks it is a good thing.

We have all been there we have all served and left. We should all be proud of what we have done but you must LEAVE the military and accept that you are making a new start and to a degree will have to re-train or at least adapt what you already know to a new and exciting working environment.

We also have to accept that there are good people from all Regiments. There are also excellent operators out there who have no military or Police background, the security industry is not the sole premise of the former military that is for sure.

We have 2 ears and one mouth so i find it better to listen twice as much as you speak……

Nick

http://www.arguseurope.co.uk

]]> Comment on Transition to Civvy Street by Hugh Keir http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/training/transition-to-civvy-street/#comment-517 Hugh Keir Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:34:37 +0000 http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/?p=3753#comment-517 Well said Mark. Some of the ways of the military are best left with the clerk when you pick up your termination paperwork but there are also so many skills you can bring with you and make work. I especially like your "keep your mouth shut until you are accepted" comment. Many guys I think can find this difficult at first. Indeed, many will have come from some sort of Command appointment within the military and perhaps this is one of the main reasons they find it difficult to revert to the part of the student and not the teacher. But it needs to be done. As much as I would like to believe that the attitude, ethos and team spirit of the military is replicated in the the private security sector - unfortunately it is not. Get your feelers out and workout how the civilian game is played before you get off the bench. A bad start can have lasting repercussions. Ease yourself into the life and the job. Well said Mark. Some of the ways of the military are best left with the clerk when you pick up your termination paperwork but there are also so many skills you can bring with you and make work.

I especially like your “keep your mouth shut until you are accepted” comment. Many guys I think can find this difficult at first. Indeed, many will have come from some sort of Command appointment within the military and perhaps this is one of the main reasons they find it difficult to revert to the part of the student and not the teacher. But it needs to be done. As much as I would like to believe that the attitude, ethos and team spirit of the military is replicated in the the private security sector – unfortunately it is not. Get your feelers out and workout how the civilian game is played before you get off the bench. A bad start can have lasting repercussions. Ease yourself into the life and the job.

]]> Comment on Photography making a comeback, why? by Durham Investigations http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/surveillance/photography-making-a-comeback-why/#comment-515 Durham Investigations Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:20:12 +0000 http://www.arguseurope.co.uk/?p=3735#comment-515 Mark, your post is spot on. Having trained with wet film in the dim and distant past whilst in the military i did not jump on the digital bandwagon - as far as work goes anyway. I did keep my hand in with DSLR doing family and fun stuff but have not utilised it for commercial investigations until quite recently. Many, indeed most people/businesses seem to want video footage and it has its place and that is actually a large place in the Private Investigators kit bag but i firmly believe that the DSLR should now be in there. As you point out it has some quite big advantages over video, especially in terms of low light. It is great to see others embracing the DSLR and indeed demonstrating to their clients that video is not always the answer and will in many cases not actually give you the answer! www.durham-investigations.co.uk Mark, your post is spot on. Having trained with wet film in the dim and distant past whilst in the military i did not jump on the digital bandwagon – as far as work goes anyway. I did keep my hand in with DSLR doing family and fun stuff but have not utilised it for commercial investigations until quite recently.

Many, indeed most people/businesses seem to want video footage and it has its place and that is actually a large place in the Private Investigators kit bag but i firmly believe that the DSLR should now be in there. As you point out it has some quite big advantages over video, especially in terms of low light.

It is great to see others embracing the DSLR and indeed demonstrating to their clients that video is not always the answer and will in many cases not actually give you the answer!

http://www.durham-investigations.co.uk

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