Victoria AU Aug 28 2020 A security guard who tested positive for COVID-19 while he was assigned at a hotel said he did not receive proper safety training at work, and that he continued working despite showing symptoms of the disease, a panel investigating the matter has heard. The employee, identified only as Security 16 […]
Victoria Australia Aug 27 2020 Victoria Police wanted private security guards to oversee guests in the state’s hotel quarantine program, with the ultimate decision to use contractors made at an urgent meeting chaired by Victoria’s Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp, a government bureaucrat says. Key points: A senior public servant says her department organised private […]
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 […]
Melbourne AU August 18 2020 A security company contracted to provide guards for Melbourne’s COVID-19 quarantine hotels potentially breached its agreement with the Victorian Government, with an email suggesting it failed to inform at least one of its subcontractors of its obligations. Among those responsibilities were obligations to provide infection-control training and protective equipment. In an […]
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 […]
Melbourne AU Aug 5 2020 A woman in Australia allegedly slammed a police officer’s face into the concrete multiple times Monday after the officer asked her to wear a face mask, the Evening Standard reported. The 26-year-old officer and her colleague approached the mask-less 38-year-old woman while on patrol near a Melbourne shopping center. The woman […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica Aug 4 2020— A security guard was shot and killed while on duty yesterday morning in Innswood Parkway, Spanish Town in St Catherine. Dead is 59-year-old Newton Bentley, a security guard from Caymanas estate also in the parish. According to the police, around 7:05 am, Bentley was on duty when he was pounced […]
Scarborough AU Aug 4 2020 Two security guards have been injured in separate weekend attacks at a popular Scarborough nightspot. Police said both incidents happened after each accused was refused entry to the Lookout Bar Bowling Bites at Scarborough Beach. An 18-year-old Tapping man has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm for allegedly punching a […]
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 […]