"Security" by Crash Hastings

2008 End of Year Report: Security (Crash Hastings)

It has been my exteme pleasure to be a part of the GSC family for the past year. We have seen a complete re-building of our security department, and the changes seem to be working exceptionally well!

GSC's primary goal is to provide a safe and entertaining environment for our clients and escorts. Making everyone feel welcome is a very important part of what we do. The more welcoming the environment, the higher the traffic, and the more paying clients will show up!

GSC has one of the best security systems on SL, and most of you don't even know about it!! I maintain a staff of six avis that patrol our school on a daily basis. The avis are rotated continuously, so they are very hard to identify. Even Loli doesn't know who they all are!!! These avis will proactively patrol the school looking for freelancers and troublemakers. Each of these avis are VERY SPECIFICALLY TRAINED on how to handle violators. It is our goal to maintain the best traffic possible, while enforcing our rules, so the staff and I are well trained to do exactly that!

As most of you already know, when my primary avi is in SL I will usually work undercover, so you will not see my GSC Tags on my Avi or in my profile. This allows me to be approachable to freelancers and catch them in the act. Since none of you will know when an uncover security avi is on the sim, if any of you see suspected Freelancing, child avis, trouble makers... IM CRASH HASTINGS IMMEDIATELY! If you haven't added Me to your friends list, please do so as soon as you can! Then IM me even if you suspect a problem! My IM is setup to go to my email, so I will be tracking activity even while I'm caught up in RL. I may not be able to immediately appear/respond, but I will take your information and take appropriate action when I log back on... I promise! Any of you, at any time, that feel as though there are security issues that require some attention by our team, please IM me with the information. I will contact you afterwards to discuss any issues and make sure that they are resolved properly!

Its human nature to want to ban anyone who even looks like a freelancing escort, but if we did that based on appearance alone we would eject some people who were innocently looking to have fun. Next thing you know, our reputation would start to suffer, and then so would our traffic (and your client base). So any of you who do have banning permissions, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SEND ME THE TEXT OF YOUR CHAT WITH THE OFFENDER, SO THAT I CAN MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE RECORDS for the Head Mistress. This is really important for us to address the issues that arise, so your cooperation is very much appreciated.

Here are the security statistics for 2008:

Warnings Given: 174
Number banned: 8
Freelancers who were warned and later become registered escorts: 9

Also, remember that the Lindens have spies. They are patrolling all sims looking for inappropriate behavior. One of our biggest concerns is the SL policies (and laws in most countries) concerning Age Play. We at GSC do not support or condone Age Play (AP). If one of our escorts were to offer that service to an undercover Linden spy, we could be shut down. So if you are approached by someone seeking AP, please IM me with their name. Also, GSC policy requires all avatars visiting our school sim to maintain a height of at least 5'2". We maintain a height sensor in the front of the school so that height can be adjusted and verified as needed. If you see someone "poof in" with a child or under sized avatar, please politely tell them of our policy and of our height sensor. If you get a negative or aggressive response, don't worry, just IM me their name and I'll take it from there! Also, for those of you that have a younger looking avatar, feel free to join Candi Larkham's group "I'm 18, Deal with it". You can search the group and join at no cost. The group charter states that members do not engage in AP.

We take our security responsibility very seriously at GSC, and we will do our very best to keep you safe and keep freelancers out, while at the same time maintaining the best possible environment for our guests. We do not expect or desire any of you to become active in confronting suspected freelancers or problem avatars. We would rather you contact us and let us take care of it for you. Your job is to have fun and take care of our clients!

Your Security Pal,
Crash Hastings