Richard Escott, a security supervisor for the BBC in Cardiff, explained what he saw.

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Three Argenbright security workers, including a supervisor, were fired as a result.

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"We as a country tend to lull ourselves into a false sense of security over the passage of time, " said Andy Lamprey, vice president of the security firm Andrews International and a former Los Angeles Police Department senior SWAT supervisor.

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