Victoria Canada Nov 9 2017 A security guard suffered non-life-threatening injuries after an alleged bear spray assault at a parkade in downtown Victoria Tuesday night. According to Victoria police, officers received a report of an assault at the parkade in the 700-block of Johnson Street around 8:30 p.m. When they arrived, the officers found an injured […]
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. Canada Nov 7 2017– A British Columbia police officer is being remembered as a “hero” after he died Monday in an exchange of gunfire with a man accused of shooting at people in a parking lot. Chief Bob Rich of the Abbotsford Police Department said officers were called about a possible stolen vehicle […]
Hanover Canada Nov 7 2017 Two people are being sought by police after a department store security guard was stabbed in Hanover. Hanover police say the stabbing occurred Friday afternoon, as the Walmart security guard was trying to arrest two suspected shoplifters. As the guard pursued the man and woman, the man allegedly pulled out a […]
CALGARY Canada Nov 6 2017 – Nearly 30 people were exposed to bear spray in a Thursday-evening robbery at a mall north of Calgary. Just after 7:15 p.m., two young males were spotted stealing the tip jar from a vendor in the food court of Cross Iron Mills, prompting both an employee of a neighboring retailer […]
THUNDER BAY Ontario Canada Nov 5 2017 — Thunder Bay Police Association president Greg Stephenson is joining his provincial counterparts in warning that the Ontario government’s planned update of the Police Services Act opens the door to the privatizing of core policing duties. The Police Association of Ontario has said the new legislation announced on Thursday […]
Hamilton Canada Oct 20 2017 Hamilton city councilors, eager to discourage militaristic white supremacists, are banning anyone who’s not a licensed security guard from flexing muscle on city property. But some worry that’ll make it harder for volunteer groups who provide their own security at small rallies and festivals. City council’s general issues committee voted Wednesday […]
KAMLOOPS BC Canada Oct 15 2017 — Two people are in police custody and facing numerous charges following an alleged vehicle theft in Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelki says the incident occurred Oct. 7 when a person was visiting a patient at Royal Inland Hospital. “While at the hospital, the car keys from the visitor […]
Quebec Canada Oct 10 2017 Two patients from the Quebec Mental Health University Institute attacked a security guard and sequestered a nurse Sunday night, according to the Journal de Montréal. The incident began around 10:50 p.m. when the two patients, who were being held by legal order at the psychiatric hospital, tried to escape. They hit […]
Winnipeg Canada Oct 4 2017 A security guard had a handgun pulled on him after he refused to let a man into a building, Winnipeg police say. The security guard was confronted by a man trying to get into a building on Kennedy Street, near Qu’Appelle Avenue, on Monday. When the man couldn’t get in, he […]
Alberta Canada Oct 4 2017 A Grande Prairie man who worked as a contracted security guard at a local high school and other city facilities has been arrested on child pornography charges. The accused, 46, has been charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday. […]