Cambridge Canada October 1 2020 The City of Cambridge says it has hired security guards to patrol its downtown Galt neighborhood. The city says it made the move to provide additional safety and security for businesses and residents in the area. “This is one more step we are taking to ensure people feel safe in our […]
Toronto Canada Sept 30 2020 Vipasha Sharma, who works for Toronto-based Condor Security, is the recipient of ASIS International’s Ralph Day Memorial Security Officer Heroism Award this year. Sharma was recognized for her calm and professional management of a series of traumatic events that occurred at the high rise where she is employed as a concierge. […]
WINNIPEG CANADA SEPT 10 2020 — The Winnipeg Police Service received a call about someone using pepper spray inside CF Polo Park mall Saturday night. Police said no officers were sent to the mall because mall security dealt with the individual. There was no report of injuries and no reports on how the person was dealt […]
Kamloops Canada Sept 5 2020 The man charged with assaulting a 71-year-old security guard in early July in Kamloops will be pleading guilty. Matthew Santoro, 33, intends to plead guilty to charges related to a July 2 attack on Glen Warner, who was working as a security guard at Riverside Park when he approached Santoro […]
TORONTO Canada Aug 25 2020 — Toronto police have identified the victim of a targeted shooting in an underground parking garage in Willowdale last week. The shooting happened at around 7:20 p.m. on August 20 at 30 Harrison Garden Boulevard, in the area of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue West. According to police, a security guard […]
Toronto Canada Aug 24 2020 It doesn’t look like murder had a chance to catch its breath. A number of shootings and stabbings across the GTA had homicide detectives scrambling. On Saturday night, cops were called to 4205 Lawrence Ave. E., at Morningside Ave. in West Hill around 10:18 p.m. after the bodies of two […]
Vancouver Canada August 21 2020 The Ministry of Public Safety is reviewing a security licence granted just last month to a company operating out of a gym owned by alleged money launderer Paul King Jin. A ministry public affairs officer, Hope Latham, confirmed this week that the licence issued July 3 for Blackcore Security is […]
THUNDER BAY Canada Aug 11 2020- A man who swung his fist at a security guard last December after he was was asked to leave mall property was sentenced to three months of jail time on Tuesday. Warren Stuart, 47, appeared in a Thunder Bay courtroom by audio on Tuesday, Aug. 4, and pleaded guilty to four […]
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 […]