Editing G4S Secure Solutions (section)

=== Screening issues ===
Under Florida state law, for him to work as an armed guard the company was required either to make a full psychiatric evaluation of Mateen, or to administer a "validated written psychological test".<ref name=Ovalle>{{cite web|url=http://www.securityinfowatch.com/news/12225644/orlando-shooting-sharpens-scrutiny-on-screening-of-security-guards-in-florida|title=Orlando shooting sharpens scrutiny on screening of security guards in Florida|author=David Ovalle|publisher=McClatchy/Security Info Watch|date=2016-06-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702062829/http://www.securityinfowatch.com/news/12225644/orlando-shooting-sharpens-scrutiny-on-screening-of-security-guards-in-florida|archive-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>  The test administered was the updated [[Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory]] (MMPI-2), a test used for job screenings and court cases requiring those subjected to it to agree or disagree with statements such as "My soul sometimes leaves my body" and "Once in a while I think of things too bad to talk about."<ref name=Ovalle />  Carol Nudelman, the psychologist listed on the character certification submitted by G4S to the state said she stopped working for the company in 2005 and denies ever having met him. G4S said Mateen was not interviewed by a psychologist, but rather, a psychologist evaluated the results of a standard test used in job screenings, and his test was evaluated by the firm that bought Nudelman's practice: Headquarters for Psychological Evaluation, owned by Dr Joanne Bauling.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/1977077/security-firm-g4s-under-scrutiny-over-mistakes|title=Security firm G4S under scrutiny over mistakes on psychological report for Orlando shooter|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=2016-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/vetting-against-odds|title=Vetting Against the Odds|publisher=STRATFOR|date=2016-06-23|editor=Mike Parks}}</ref> G4S said this was a "clerical error."<ref name=Ovalle /> On September 10, 2016, the [[Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services]] fined G4S $151,400 for providing inaccurate psychological testing information after it found the psychologist whose opinion was necessary to permit Mateen to carry a weapon was not practicing as a screener. Between 2006 and 2016, 1,514 forms were submitted erroneously listing Nudelman's name. Mateen's form was among those investigated.<ref>[http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/national/florida-slaps-151k-fine-security-company-that-hired-pulse-shooter/lsXYlPK2JJFi30JyGW6FtO/ Florida slaps $151K fine on security company that hired Pulse shooter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617043143/https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/national/florida-slaps-151k-fine-security-company-that-hired-pulse-shooter/lsXYlPK2JJFi30JyGW6FtO/ |date=2018-06-17 }}, ''[[Palm Beach Post]]'', September 10, 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKCN11G0UJ|title=Security firm that employed Orlando club killer fined for inaccurate forms|work=Reuters|date=September 13, 2016|access-date=February 22, 2017|first=Ben|last=Klayman}}</ref>

The company was unaware of Mateen's sealed and expunged juvenile arrest record for misdemeanor battery.<ref name=Ovalle /> Although they verified his employment<ref name=Ovalle2>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article85868712.html Orlando shooting sharpens scrutiny on screening of security guards], ''[[Miami Herald]]'', David Ovalle, June 15, 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.</ref> they took Mateen at his word that he was fired as a Florida corrections trainee for failing to report due to a fever.  He was actually dismissed for skipping classes, falling asleep in class, and asking two days after the [[Virginia Tech shooting]] if a classmate would tell if he brought a gun to class.<ref name= Ovalle /> Also during his time as a trainee, a fellow trainee said he threatened to kill everyone at a barbecue after his hamburger touched a piece of pork, and he was escorted from the property.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Berzon |first1=Alexandra | last2=Emshwiller |first2=John R. |title=Orlando Shooter Was Dismissed From Academy Over Gun Inquiry, State Says |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/orlando-shooter-was-dismissed-from-academy-over-gun-inquiry-state-says-1466213001 |access-date=June 27, 2016 |work=The Wall Street Journal |url-access=subscription  |quote=Susanne Coburn Laforest, a 61-year-old retired corrections officer and former classmate of Mateen, said he threatened to shoot his classmates at a cookout—which she said was held on a gun range—after his hamburger touched pork, in violation of Muslim laws.}}</ref>

[[File:Ft. Pierce, FL, Courthouse, St. Lucie County, 08-07-2010 (8).JPG|thumb|The St. Lucie County Courthouse was guarded by Omar Mateen in 2013.  Following his investigation by the FBI, G4S transferred him to guard a gated community in Palm Beach.]]

In 2010, Mateen was videotaped while working security for G4S at a site related to the [[Deepwater Horizon oil spill|BP oil spill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExIhb5GEqWA| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615130437/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExIhb5GEqWA&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2016-06-15 | url-status=dead|title=The Big Fix|publisher=A YouTube video clip was used for purposes of discussion to establish the man's identity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sky.com/story/1712088/documentary-footage-shows-omar-mateen-in-2010|title=Documentary Footage Shows Omar Mateen In 2010|publisher=Sky News|date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>  His cynical description of the work situation was included in the 2012 documentary, ''[[The Big Fix (2012 film)|The Big Fix]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mauney |first1=Matt|title=2012 documentary shows Omar Mateen working security during BP oil spill|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-omar-mateen-security-oil-spill-story.html|access-date=June 15, 2016|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>

Working with Mateen at the St. Lucie County Courthouse in 2013, a co-worker said he had complained to superiors at G4S about Mateen's frequent violent, racist and homophobic tirades, but that the company ignored him.<ref name=LATimes>[http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-orlando-nightclub-shooting-live-former-coworker-i-complained-multiple-1465777922-htmlstory.html Former coworker complained multiple times], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Molly Hennessey-Fiske, June 16, 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.</ref>  G4S denied having a record of those complaints.<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article84490302.html ‘Clerical error’ on Orlando killer’s psychological eval named wrong doctor],''Miami Herald'', David Ovalle, June 17, 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.</ref>  After Mateen claimed to his co-workers a family connection to Al Qaeda and said he was a member of Hezbollah, the county sheriff's office called in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Christian Davenport|last2=Drew Harwell|title=Orlando shooter's firm ran two background checks on him, it said, and found nothing|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/13/orlando-shooters-firm-ran-two-background-checks-on-him-it-said-and-found-nothing/|access-date=29 June 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|quote=Mateen had made statements to his coworkers that “were inflammatory and contradictory,” Comey said. He claimed a family connection to Al Qaeda and said he was a member of Hezbollah, a bitter enemy of the Islamic State. He said he hoped law enforcement would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child, so he could martyr himself, Comey said.}}</ref>  The St Lucie Sheriff's office "demanded" Mateen no longer provide security for the Courthouse.<ref>{{cite news|title=FBI agent did not think Orlando gunman Omar Mateen would 'go postal' in 2013|url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/07/19/FBI-agent-did-not-think-Orlando-gunman-Omar-Mateen-would-go-postal-in-2013/1021468922862/|access-date=21 July 2016|work=UPI – United Press International|date=19 July 2016|quote=high-level St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office official demanded Mateen be transferred out of the courthouse because "sufficient, reasonable belief has been established that there is a probability for security to be compromised at his current location."}}</ref>  When G4S became aware the FBI was investigating Mateen, they did not dismiss Mateen but transferred him to the south guardhouse of the [[PGA Village]], a gated community in Palm Beach County.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article83368952.html|title=Omar Mateen: Portrait of America's deadliest mass shooter|newspaper=Miami Herald|date=2016-06-12|author1=Nicholas Nehamas |author2=Kyra Gurney |author3=David Ovalle |author4-link=Julie K. Brown|author4=Julie K. Brown }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tcpalm.com/news/special/orlando-shooting/pga-village-residents-question-how-orlando-shooter-went-undetected-35523c28-ee5e-2242-e053-0100007fa-383208751.html|title=Exclusive: PGA Village residents want answers from security firm|work=TCPalm|date=2016-06-15|author=Nicole Rodriguez}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=BARRY|first1=Dan|last2=KOVALESKI|first2=SERGE F.|last3=BLINDER|first3=ALAN|title='Always Agitated. Always Mad': Omar Mateen, According to Those Who Knew Him|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/us/omar-mateen-gunman-orlando-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0|access-date=19 June 2016|work=The New York Times|date=18 June 2016|quote=In 2013, G4S removed Mr. Mateen from his security post at the St. Lucie County Courthouse after he had made “inflammatory comments” about being involved somehow in terrorism.}}</ref>