Johannesburg SA July 2 2018 The City of Johannesburg has welcomed 1‚600 newly insourced security officers into its labour force. This was announced by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba on Sunday as the city begins a new financial year. The 1‚600 guards who reported for duty on Sunday are the first of 4‚000 security contract workers who […]
CHURCH HILL TN July 2 2018 — An “off duty” fireworks tent security officer armed with a handgun was arrested on charges of public intoxication and illegal gun possession Thursday after he was reported for harassing a nearby fireworks competitor and then urinated on himself twice. Around 10:10 p.m., Church Hill Police Department Detective Ethan Mays […]
HAMILTON OH July 2 2018 – Some staff members in the Hamilton Schools may be allowed to have guns on campus provided they are fully trained. And students may be subjected to more unannounced, random searches with portable metal detectors – wands – beginning with the upcoming school year. Hamilton joins Butler County’s Madison and Edgewood […]
Palestine TX July 2 2018 A Texas state prison officer was looking through the other side of the bars Friday, after he was arrested for shoplifting at a local craft store. At roughly 5 p.m. Friday, Palestine Police Officer Carlos Mata responded to a call from Hobby Lobby, 2150 South Loop 256. The call came from […]
South Africa July 2 2018 At least one security guard was reported shot and injured during last night’s wild west-style shoot out after a gang of armed men had attempted to rob Shoprite. Police said at least 80 shots were fired as guards from various security companies and the SAPS responded at around 7pm. It was […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —July 2 2018 Kansas City police are investigating a fatal shooting late Friday near 24th Street and Van Brunt Boulevard. Security guards fatally shot a person Friday night during a disturbance outside a bar according to police. The shooting was reported shortly before 11 p.m. involving numerous persons. Police responding to the […]
Portland OR July 1 2018 Portland State University police officers shot and killed a man across the street from a popular sports bar on campus early Friday morning, authorities said. Officers from the university responded to a disturbance near the Cheerful Tortoise on Southwest Sixth Avenue just before 1:30 a.m., the Portland Police Bureau said in […]
CHICAGO IL July 1 2018 A former armored truck driver accused of robbing a Brinks truck in northwest Indiana has been charged. Prosecutors said Akeem Jackson, 29, of Chicago and several others stole about $600,000 on April 28. It was the biggest robbery in Hammond’s history. The robbery occurred while the driver of the armored truck […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. July 1 2018 – A man has been charged after running and swimming away from police Thursday evening. Around 5:30 p.m., Thursday a Virginia State Trooper tried to stop a 2008 Jeep Cherokee for reckless driving. This was in Virginia Beach in the westbound lanes of I-264 at Lynnhaven Parkway. The driver refused […]
York County PA July 1 2018 South Western School District approved a two-year contract for seven armed security guards Wednesday. The board voted unanimously in favor of contracting with G-Force Investigations, which provides the district’s current security, at its June 27 meeting. Member G. Paige Wingert was out for business travel. At $397,950 per year, the […]