West Virginia May 5 2023 When Devin Brooks reported for training in West Virginia early last year for his new security guard gig at the U.S. Department of State, he was pulled aside and told his beard violated the agency’s facial hair policy. The news was a shock to Brooks, who said he had been assured […]
Fort Worth TX Feb 18 2023 A longtime security guard at Bell Textron Inc. said he was fired and discriminated against because he has post-traumatic stress disorder and other disabilities, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. Jeremy Collier had worked for the Fort Worth-based aerospace company from March 13, 2000, to Feb. 1, […]
CHARLESTON WV January 6th, 2023 – A Clarksburg man accuses a security company of age discrimination. Earl Young filed his complaint in Kanawha Circuit Court against Universal Protection Service doing business as Allied Universal Protection Service. Young was born April 25, 1950. According to the complaint, Young was hired by the defendant in 2014 as an […]
San Francisco CA Nov 16 2022 A security guard in San Francisco who faces losing his job because he refuses to pay union dues based on his religious beliefs says his employer and union are violating his constitutional rights, a position that appears to be supported by past court rulings. Thomas Ross, represented by the […]
San Mateo CA Feb 6, 2022 As Walgreens was shutting down drugstores in the Bay Area and across the country and struggling with a theft problem, it fired three Black security managers without giving them the severance payments offered to laid-off white security managers, a new lawsuit claims. Alameda County resident Marcellus Clark, 63, alleged in […]
FLORENCE, Ala. Dec 30, 2021 – A University of North Alabama police officer has filed a federal lawsuit against the University of North Alabama alleging age and gender discrimination regarding her pay. The complaint filed Dec. 21, alleges 40-year-old Shequanda Jenkins was paid less than male police officers. She says she has more law enforcement […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. July 6 2021 Law enforcement is a tough job, with not enough people wanting to go into the field, but a Kentucky man who really wants to be an officer was told he can’t, even though he’s met all the requirements. “My dad was a deputy sheriff in Breck County,” said Chance Anthony. […]
SEATTLE WA June 25 2021— Earlier this year, as Officer Russell Ellis neared the end of his late shift at the University of Washington’s campus police department, one of his superiors offered him an energy drink. The sergeant was laughing, Mr. Ellis said, noting that the beverage was flavored like watermelon. “I thought all you […]
Anchorage AK Sept 5 2020 A woman says in a recently filed lawsuit that a federal law enforcement officer sexually assaulted her while she was at work as a security guard at the Anchorage Museum in 2017. There are so far no criminal charges tied to the incident. The allegations are detailed in a suit filed […]
Los Angeles CA March 19 2020 A black former security guard for Allied Universal is suing her ex-employer, alleging she was subjected to retaliation and harassment and ultimately fired in 2019 when she complained about her work conditions, which included receiving such text messages as, “I’m so glad Donald’s Trump don’t like black peoples.” La […]