Vancouver Canada December 12 2019 Three people have been arrested in two shoplifting incidents in which security guards were threatened with weapons. The first case took place Dec. 6 around noon, when a man was spotted allegedly stealing alcohol from a B.C. Liquor Store on Commercial Drive. A security guard arrested the man and put […]
Vancouver Canada December 9 2019 A Vancouver police officer was assaulted Thursday while trying to arrest a man who was allegedly masturbating on a bus. Just after 6 p.m. Thursday, Vancouver police officers were called to the area of Broadway and Heather Street to help transit security in removing the man who had allegedly started […]
Edmonton Canada December 7 2019 A man who admitted to assaulting a security guard at the Edmonton Journal and Edmonton Sun building earlier this year apologized in court Friday, saying he was hallucinating at the time. Willie Jay Severight, 50, pleaded guilty in Edmonton mental health court earlier this fall to mischief and aggravated assault. […]
Montreal Canada December 3 2019 An Alzheimer’s patient who was allegedly pushed to the ground by a security guard at long-term care home in Trois-Rivières has died. On Friday, the victim’s son, Marc Bastien, received a call from the Centre Roland-Leclerc. They told him his father had fallen, that his nose was bleeding, that he […]
British Columbia Canada November 23 2019 More than two years ago, a young woman found herself separated from her friends at a Kamloops area ski resort festival. She was heavily intoxicated and stumbling through the snow when she came across a security guard and asked for help getting home. He offered to walk her to […]
Nova Scotia Canada November 12 2019 A Nova Scotia jury has ruled that two special constables are guilty of criminal negligence in the death of an impaired 41-year-old man who suffocated in a Halifax police jail cell. The jury of eight men and four women found that Const. Daniel Fraser and Const. Cheryl Gardner caused […]
Alberta Canada November 10 2019 The Alberta government will provide extra training to 400 peace officers who work in fish and wildlife, commercial vehicle enforcement and as traffic sheriffs to help combat what they say is an epidemic of rural crime. Within six to 12 months, the officers will be part of a Rural Alberta […]
Vancouver Canada November 1 2019 Before he was the CEO, Ashley Cooper was a janitor at what would become Paladin Security Group Ltd. And just barely: “It was my older brother’s company and I was just a kid at the time,” says Cooper. “He hired people to do janitorial work and when they couldn’t make […]
Peel Canada October 12 2019 Peel police say the amount of property allegedly stolen by the accused amounts to approximately $6.9 million. Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan (Nish) Duraiappah and Acting Detective Stephen Sherwin appeared before reporters to announce the arrests following a six-month investigation. “This is a robbery investigation that spans six months and […]
Ottawa Canada Sept 30 2019 An Ottawa police officer shot and killed himself inside police headquarters on Elgin Street on Friday. Police have identified the officer as Det. Thomas Roberts, 35. The robbery investigator was found dead inside the unit’s office. Roberts was a former RCMP officer who joined OPS in 2016. His colleagues remember him […]