Paul Blart is someone who tries his best to protect everyone, no matter the cost. Despite his status as a security guard, Paul does his best to help out around the mall and help others. Paul takes his job as a security officer very seriously, and often goes above what is necessary for simple situations, such as demanding IDs from people in a mall argument. Unlike the rest of the mall officers, Paul is much more active, and is well known by the mall staff. Paul is also very protective over both his family and his mall. During the first movie, Paul's desire to protect Amy and the other hostages leads him to defeat Veck and his gang of mall robbers, and during the second movie he is increasingly protective over Maya. Despite all of this, Paul's biggest fear is losing all that he has. This fear is exploited by some of his later foes, such as Vincent Sofel.