High Risk Site Low Pay

My company employs one security guard from 5pm to 11pm. I am forced to do nightly patrols on foot that cover 1.3 miles in total distance; alone with no patrol car. At times I am 0.4 miles away from the building, in an area with no cameras, at the corner of a dark parking lot that only has one way in and out.

Company requires me to walk through public property to get to our parking lot (crossing street and going through tweaker alley).

I question for safety and wanna know if I should speak up for myself. A guard was stabbed 1 year ago, 2 years ago two people were shot and killed. Very often we have overdose fatalities/domestic violence.

I am unarmed in Californja and only being paid $20/hr full-time. I would quit however, I cannot afford to miss my rent otherwise I’ll lose my house. Unable to find a full time job that matches the pay/pays higher. Been looking daily.

Any advice? This is a very dangerous site, and the patrols alone aren’t smart nor safe in the event I am ambushed. I have had multiple death threats from people I have to kick out. Other guards have had their tires slashed, and many car breaks in as well. This company gives us nothing. Not even a work phone. We have to use our own personal phone to scan the tags.

Like I said I can’t quit I’ll be homeless if I quit. Im pay check to pay check at the moment tryna make ends meet. Any advice is appreciated. My company has stated they do not wish to employ more than one guard at night, and will not be paying for another guard. They will not get a patrol car as the client isn’t willing to pay for it and neither is the company. I was not told this information in my job interview nor told about the deaths that have happened here. I was even lied to saying I’d get benefits after 90 days + pay raise (now they told me 1 year).

I cannot afford taser permit/a taser and company won’t pay for it. I have Pepper GEL but 90% of the bums here have firearms on them.