This is the wild moment an Austin security guard strips off his uniform and quits on live television after his supervisor tells him “it’s your fault” he was attacked on the job.
Percy Payne, a security guard with Priebe Security, was working Monday night in an office building at East Sixth and Brushy when two men on electric scooters entered the private parking garage around 9:30 p.m.
Payne believed the men were trying to steal his car and ran after them. While trying to detain them, he called the police, but the thugs became more aggressive and started hitting and hitting him. Payne is seen on video fighting back.
During his interview with a reporter from local Fox 7Payne’s boss, whose face was hidden, told him “not to talk anymore at work.”
She added that he was not allowed to do interviews in uniform, but was allowed to speak as a ‘regular citizen’.
In the next clip, Payne is seen standing in a T-shirt after taking off his uniform, before stopping as their dispute escalates.
His boss is heard saying out loud: “You touched him. I wouldn’t have touched him.’
When Payne asked, “Is it my fault?” She replied, ‘Yes! It’s all your fault.’
Payne is seen handing his uniform to his supervisor and responding, “Okay. Thank you.”
She replied, “Don’t worry,” and he walked away.
After the dispute, Payne can be seen standing nearby and talking to the reporter. He describes the two men who attacked him as Hispanics.
Percy Payne, a security guard at Priebe Security, was working in an office building Monday evening when he was attacked by two men on electric scooters. He thought they were trying to steal his car
Payne took off his uniform and resigned after having a heated argument with his boss
He saw on surveillance that the teenagers were messing with his car.
‘One of the persons stood at my driver’s door with his back to me and looked back. The other person was standing at my passenger door facing me as a lookout,” he said.
When he went to the garage to check it out, he said the suspects saw him and ran away, but he chased after them, hoping someone would call the police.
He said: ‘The young man tried to run me over with his scooter ‘several times and then they started attacking me.’
Things became even more dangerous when he saw that one of the men had a screwdriver in one of his pockets.
“I heard one of them say hold it, and then he went and got the screwdriver to try to stab me,” he said.
But let them go before you grab his work phone and call the police.
Payne said he told the dispatcher that he had been attacked, but that he was not injured and that he did not require emergency services. He had asked for an officer’s help.
Because his car wasn’t stolen, the dispatcher told him no officer would be coming, he claimed.
Payne is seen chasing the two assailants into the underground parking garage
Frustrated, Payne said he “hung up” but then called back.
‘I have another operator. “I told her the situation and she apologized,” he said.
An hour later, a police officer arrived, who Payne said was “very helpful” and educational The attack was investigated as aggravated assault.
“The officer told me this call should have been an emergency,” he explained.
Austin police told Fox that they had listened to both reports and that they did not meet the criteria, which is why police did not initially go to the scene.
In a statement, they said: “It sounds like it was handled appropriately and within policy.
‘The suspects that in this case he was no longer on the scene. The caller stated that he was fine, did not need EMS.’
“No vehicle was stolen in this incident, so we would not be responding to an attempted car break-in or an attempted stolen vehicle,” they said.
The two thugs begin attacking Payne as he tries to call the police for help
He claims one of the men had a screwdriver in his pocket and thought he was going to be stabbed
Payne told the reporter, “I don’t think it was taken as seriously as it should have been.”
While Payne was speaking to the reporter, his supervisor first interrupted him and apologized.
“We are very sorry for what happened to you,” she said, before continuing in part, “we have a policy that you cannot do interviews in uniform.”
Percy told her he “understood,” but that it was for “his safety.”
Shortly after Payne quit.
“The fact that my supervisor told me it was my fault that I was attacked told me everything I needed to know,” he said.
He later told the news agency that he does not regret his decision.
The security company said in a statement to Fox7: “We are in the process of gathering details. We have been informed of this and are investigating the situation.’