New York City NY July 24 2017 Ten bomb-sniffing dog handlers, many of them 9/11 responders, claim their bosses at a major security firm are using their lovable Labs as pawns in a labor fight. MSA Security, which has a $24 million contract with the city and patrols high-profile spots like the New York Stock […]
COLUMBIA, SC July 20 2017 The State Grand Jury has indicted a University of South Carolina employee on charges that he used his office for financial gain. Officials have charged Blake A. Langland, 48, with one count of use of official position or office for financial gain, three counts of receiving anything of value to […]
Marietta GA July 14 2017 Police arrested an Atlanta security guard and have charged him with theft of property. The Atlanta United soccer security guard has been charged with burglary in the second degree after he allegedly stole an iPad that was company property. Xavier Antonio Young of Ellenwood entered the Atlanta United offices on Franklin […]
DAVENPORT, Iowa July 11 2017— Per Mar Security Services has come up with an (albeit partial) answer to the security industry’s chronic problem of recruiting and hiring qualified talent. The super-regional security and guarding provider, based here, launched its “Grow Our Own Program” to create its own potential talent pool. Here’s how the outreach program […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. July 10 2017 An administrator at the Louisiana Supreme Court has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $116,000 from the court. Louisiana State Police say 38-year-old Misty Wood, of Meraux, worked as a payroll supervisor and is accused of setting up fake judicial appointments and payments that went to bank accounts she […]
Atlanta GA July 8 2017 Lawyers for a lesbian security guard who claims she was discriminated against because of her failure to adhere to gender norms will appeal their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The move comes after the full 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to rehear the case. Jameka Evans, a security […]
Houston TX July 8 2017 A decision by Shell Oil Co. to reject the hiring recommendation of its former head of U.S. security has led to another discrimination lawsuit against the company, a subsidiary of the international oil major Royal Dutch Shell. Earlier this year, Crockett Oaks III sued Shell for allegedly firing him after he […]
Atlanta GA July 7 2017 Drake, Kanye West, Migos and Tyler Perry got put through the ringer before being allowed to perform at Philips Arena in ATL … while Amy Schumer and Bon Jovi got the VIP treatment. And why?? Blackness … allegedly. A former Atlanta Hawks security manager — who also ran event security at […]
ROCKVILLE, Md. July 5 2017 A Montgomery College employee is accused of stealing a squadron of campus vehicles and equipment, and in turn, selling the oversized items at a Frederick County auction house for tens-of-thousands-of-dollars in profit. Michael Ogunloye, 44, of Montgomery Village, is currently banned from coming to work at the community college while he […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA July 2 2017 – A judge partially upheld claims from a group of TSA agents who say they were transferred based on their ages, according to a ruling handed down on Friday. U.S. District Court Judge Jon Tigar found that the agents had sufficiently argued the Transportation Security Administration used a reorganization and […]