Canada Feb 7 2019 The head of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association says to avoid problems, there needs to be better government oversight of security guards. The number of security guards employed in Canada has “ballooned” over the past decade, said association executive director Michael Bryant, to the point that “there’s more security guards in Canada […]
JANESVILLE WI Feb 7 2019 Security guards who screen Rock County Courthouse visitors could start carrying guns under a proposal from a private security company. Global Security Services, the company that supplies the courthouse’s security guards, has recommended arming its personnel to enhance their ability to protect the public. The proposal prompted considerable discussion at […]
Concord NC Feb 7 2019 A man was shot in the head while fighting with someone he knew in the parking lot of Carolinas HealthCare System-Northeast in Concord on Wednesday afternoon, Concord police said. Police said they took a person into custody but announced no charges as of Wednesday evening. Police identified the man who was […]
Hazle Township PA Feb 7 2019 A 15-year-old girl was punched, slammed into a table, and had her hair yanked while being restrained by school security officers in Pennsylvania. Shocking footage shows the chaotic scene at Hazleton Area High School in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, when a uniformed security officer appears to hit the student’s […]
St Martinsville LA Feb 7 2019 Police in St. Martinville say they are searching for a man who robbed a casino Tuesday morning. Officers say that at around 11:30 am. Tuesday, they responded to Races and Aces Casino regarding an armed robbery. A security guard reported that a man described as 6’0” and weighing 200 pounds […]
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Feb 7 2019 A man is arrested after allegedly biting and scratching security staff at Carle Hospital in Urbana. Harlan Hutchinson, 23, was visiting a family member at the hospital Monday. Police said he had been drinking alcohol and began causing a disturbance. Nursing staff allegedly wanted Hutchinson taken away and called security. Police […]
Charlotte NC February 6 2019 While there doesn’t seem to be any reason or rhyme why three security officers have been charged with violent shootings during the past few days, a closer look reveals something different. We’ve looked over police and media reports of the incidents and have found no common threads that would link […]
MILWAUKEE WI Feb 6 2019 — A 35-year-old Milwaukee police officer was fatally shot Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant on the city’s south side. A 26-year-old Milwaukee man was taken into custody. The officer, a 17-year veteran of the department, is the third killed in the line of duty in the last eight […]
AUSTIN TX Feb 6 2019 A man suspected of robbing a Target store while yielding a knife near the University of Texas at Austin campus Friday morning was taken into custody after about an hour of searching. UT police first tweeted just after 8 a.m. to notify students and staff that Austin police were responding to […]
HOUSTON TX Feb 6 2019 – A Texas woman claims in a state district lawsuit that she was attacked by a security guard at a downtown Houston entertainment venue more than a year ago. Sylvia Courvier initiated litigation against the guard’s employer, L.B.K. Investments Inc., doing business as Five Star Event Services, in the Harris County […]