Edmonton Canada Sept 20 2017 Be warned. An Edmonton driver’s chances of getting away with illegal parking are set to drop dramatically when city officials roll out their new robo-parking patrol. Car-mounted cameras will automatically check licence plates against the parking payment records while rolling at 50 km/h on downtown streets. A wall-mounted camera will take […]
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada Sept 5 2017 A late night dance concert ended with five people shot outside the L8 night club early Sunday morning. Niagara Regional Police were called to the Lundy’s Lane venue at about 4:45 a.m. about reports of gunshots. Police initially said upon arrival they found three people injured, all taken […]
Toronto Canada Sept 3 2017 A program that puts police officers inside Toronto’s public schools to protect students has been temporarily scrapped following complaints by Black Lives Matter and pro-immigration groups. The School Resource Officers program has been in place since 2008. It was started in response to the 2007 fatal shooting of 15-year-old student Jordan […]
Toronto Canada Aug 7 2017 For Richard Norton, home at least most days is St. James Park — but it hasn’t felt that way lately. Norton is one of several of the city’s homeless who take shelter in the public space, but recently, he’s found himself ordered to leave by private security patrolling the area. “They’re […]
Dartmouth Canada Aug 6 2017 A grocery store security guard was stabbed on Friday afternoon in Dartmouth while apprehending a suspected shoplifter. Halifax Regional Police say the guard arrested a 16-year-old boy for stealing food at the No Frills store at 118 Wyse Rd. at about 5:30 p.m. As the guard was bringing the young […]
Saskatoon Canada Aug 1 2017 Police surrounded a hotel after a man pointed a firearm at a security officer. Police responded Sunday evening after the man had a confrontation with a security officer at the hotel and threatened him with a gun. The man then barricaded himself in his hotel suite in the 600 block […]
Ajax Canada July 6 2017 Police have charged a 32-year-old man working as a security guard in Ajax after a 77-year-old man told police he was assaulted on Tuesday evening. Durham Regional Police say they were called to an address on Old Kingston Road, near Church Street and Kingston Road West at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday for […]
Prince George Canada July 5 2017 The Prince George RCMP are calling this morning’s shooting incident at the Pine Centre Mall a robbery. Just before 4 am, police received a weapons call along the 3000 block of Massey Drive. When officers arrived they discovered that a masked suspect drove a vehicle through an entrance of […]
OSHAWA, Ont. June 29 2017 — Police say a security officer is facing charges following a number of thefts from the courthouse where he worked. Durham regional police say they began investigating after receiving several reports of items being stolen from secure areas at the courthouse in Oshawa, Ont. Investigators say the incidents occurred in April, […]
Vancouver Canada June 24 2017 A Commissionaires security guard was bear-sprayed at the Fairhaven B.C. Housing complex (formerly the Bel-Air Motel) Thursday night. A witness of the incident tells Castanet at around 11:30 p.m, the guard was confronting a known troublemaker when he was bear sprayed by the suspect in the middle of Skaha Lake […]