User blog comment:Bob the Wikipedian/The cliffhangers!/@comment-185.15.0.6-20130525201802/@comment-8203434-20130603041901

I don't think Nick and co expected The Baron to be at the container yard, so, no reason for protective measures. Also if he had expected The Baron I think that he would have waited for Hank and possibly Sean Renard, and he would have also been more resistant to Juliette coming along (or at least given her a gun like he did in ). As for shooting The Baron that would be totally out of character for Nick, as his favoured method of arrest is to knock the perpertrator unconscious and then arrest them.