My name is Ginny plus I am a cannabis dispensary security guard.
Many people have never once been to a dispensary before, plus may picture it either as a head shop or a regular pharmacy.
Did you assume that most dispensaries have a full security team hanging around? Even if there is just a single guy at the door checking IDs, there usually will be more out of sight, enjoying you through the security system. This kind of security job honestly can be easily lucrative, because there are more dispensaries opening every day in these parts plus not enough trained personnel to guard them. Why do cannabis dispensaries of modern day need such intense security measures, you may be asking. This is simply because although many states have legally cannabis use, the federal government has not. It is still illegal to sell cannabis, which means dispensaries cannot process checks or take patron credit/credit cards, then cannabis is a purely currency business, so over the course of a single busy day a sizable dispensary might take in 35 thousands dollars in currency. Over the course of a weekend, a single cannabis dispensary may end up with 90 thousand dollars in currency in the safe. This kind of money makes lucrative cannabis dispensaries prime targets for robbery. The guards at the dispensary aren’t distraught about thieves shoplifting cannabis, they are watching out for armed robbery. I job the graveyard shift, usually by myself, plus I have a trusty sidearm plus a shotgun with myself and others as I watch the security monitors clearly showing myself and others the entire outside of the cannabis dispensary. I have never fired a shot, although I am prepared to!