SAULT STE. MARIE Canada May 27 2021 — Sault Ste. Marie’s Downtown Association is hiring a private security firm to keep an eye on businesses following a spate of vandalism over the weekend. Business owners are grateful for the added security to address what they say has been an ongoing problem. Downtown Association CEO Salvatore Marchese […]
Guelph, Ontario. Canada May 22 2021 The head of the Guelph Police Association is finding the decision to end the school police program in Guelph “profoundly disappointing”. Matt Jotham, president, told the Mike Farwell Show on 570 NEWS officers were part of the school community and were contributing in many different ways. “Many officers provided […]
New Westminster Canada May 16 2021 New Westminster Police are investigating a case in which a security guard was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat. New Westminster police are seeking assistance in locating two suspects who assaulted a security guard with a baseball bat. Members of the New Westminster Police Department attended the area of […]
Winnipeg Canada May 11 2021 More than 150 calls for domestic issues triaged away from response by officers and managed by team of police and social workers. It may be incremental, but call by call, some requests for help to Winnipeg’s 911 emergency line are being managed without sending police to respond. The modest steps […]
Victoria BC Canada May 8 2021 A man was arrested Friday morning after he allegedly chased two security guards near a Blanshard Street temporary housing facility while armed with a knife. Security guards asked a man outside the housing facility to leave and police say the man responded by brandishing a knife before he chasing the […]
St Thomas Canada April 28 2021 A woman suffered minor injuries after being attacked at a homeless shelter in St. Thomas. According to St. Thomas police, a man tackled the woman to the ground around 8 a.m. on Friday and repeatedly hit her with a cigarette receptacle. A security guard was also assaulted while trying […]
Vancouver Canada April 27 2021 A 42-year-old man was arrested around 3:30 a.m. April 25 at Drake Street and Pacific Boulevard after a struggle with police. The Vancouver Police Department was responding to a report that a man threatened a security guard with a hammer. When they arrived the man allegedly made threatening gestures at police. […]
Vancouver Canada April 20 2021 Two Vancouver security guards and a bystander allegedly got a face full of bear spray at a downtown liquor store police are reporting. Earlier this week two Vancouver security guards and a bystander were sprayed with bear spray from a not-so-subtle thief. According to a release from Vancouver Crime Stories […]
Repentigny Canada April 20 2021 Repentigny police on Thursday announced they had launched an investigation into a fraudulent attempt by a man to access COVID-19 vaccine at a local pharmacy. The incident occurred last Sunday at a Jean Coutu pharmacy on Notre Dame St. in the municipality, which is off the eastern tip of Montreal Island. […]
Saskatoon Canada April 18 2021 A video showing a security guard attempting to handcuff a woman and wrestle her to the ground outside a Saskatoon grocery store Wednesday is drawing the ire of the store’s owner. A roughly nine-minute video shared on Facebook shows the man trying to arrest an Indigenous woman outside the FreshCo […]