Q: Are venue security guards need to catch crowd surfers during shows?
Hello. There was a situation lately, in San Francisco, when a security guard at a venue during concert did not catch a crowd surfer. It escalated to physical altercation, and some people we're discussing about guard behavior. Some people say that it's Security Guard job to make sure that everyone are safe, and his job was to catch that person, but some people are saying that it's not a Security Guards job to risk they health and possible life, to catch that person, because he put himself it it knowing, that he may get hurt. So did that Security Guard should catch that person and possible risk his health?
A: I don't think so. Crowd surfers are engaging in a highly risky act, trusting that some anonymous person is going to prevent them from falling onto the floor. They assume the risk of that activity.
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A: Hi. No experience here - but here's my instinct - I suspect crowd surfing would be considered an unreasonable dangerous activity. The crowd surfer "assumed the risk" of falling, injury, etc... I do not believe that the Security Guard had a responsibility here to catch the crowd surfer. The duties of the security guard would be crowd control, stop people from throwing bottles, check for weapons, break up fights, etc... But I do not think "crowd surfing" catcher would fall under a Security Guard's duty.
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