Ontario Canada July 30 2020 The parties to a proposed class action for the alleged unpaid wages of and unlawful deductions against security guards have agreed upon a settlement amount of $2.9 million. In Horner v. Primary Response Inc. et al., plaintiff Kionna Horner initiated the action on behalf of security guards employed by Primary […]
Vancouver Canada July 30 2020 It was just another workday at Amato Gelato in Olympic Village for 24-year-old Shannon Ferris. Until she saw a customer breaking the store’s physical distancing rules. “She didn’t follow the precautions. She didn’t use the door that we had asked her to use,” said Ferris. “We have these ropes in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa July 30 2020 — Dennis Herman has worked in security for 25 years, and in that time, you could say a lot of his duties were pretty standard security measures. “We do job site security, we do a lot of armed security, personal security, VIP, executive protections,” said Herman. However, in two-and-a-half decades, […]
MIAMI FL July 30 2020 Two young sisters were taken to the hospital after they came under fire while riding in a car that, police said, was the getaway vehicle in a supermarket theft in Hialeah. 7News cameras captured crime scene tape and Miami-Dade Police officers near Northwest 19th Avenue and 60th Street in Northwest Miami-Dade, […]
Chicago IL July 30 2020 The Tuesday shooting death of a newly promoted Chicago police deputy chief has been ruled a suicide, according to an autopsy released Wednesday. Dion Boyd, 57, died from a self-inflicted gunshot to his chest, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Boyd, a nearly 30-year veteran of CPD, was […]
TRENTON NJ 7/30/20 — A city cop died at his own hands this morning, authorities said. The mayor’s office confirmed the death of Sgt. Daniel Pagnotta III, a 21-year veteran of the department. Sources say he shot himself in a vehicle in Plainsboro. “Sgt. Pagnotta was loved, admired and respected by his colleagues and his subordinates. […]
SAN FERNANDO CA July 30 2020— A Sylmar man was sentenced Tuesday to 32 years to life in prison for the stabbing death of a security guard at a neighborhood shopping center in 2017. Santiago Madrigal, 27, was convicted Jan. 31 of killing 28-year-old Joe Lopez on Aug. 6, 2017, when the security guard […]
HOUSTON, TX July 29 2020 A 12-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting of a 50-year-old woman who worked as a security officer. The deadly shooting happened Saturday, July 25 around 4:40 p.m. at an apartment complex at 1000 Greens Road. Detectives say that officers found the woman, who had been […]
WEST PALM BEACH FL July 29 2020— A security firm that Rosemary Square dropped has sued the retail venue for more than $417,000, for allegedly failing to pay for several months of work. Professional Security Consultants, the same firm chosen this month to provide guard service for the city of West Palm Beach, filed suit […]
Augusta GA July 29 2020 The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that left a security guard injured on Tuesday morning. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies responded to a call around 1 a.m. in the 3800 block of Mike Padgett Highway and found a security guard for the Castle Pines mobile home […]