SHERBROOKE Canada April 6 2020 — A Walmart security guard from southern Quebec was fighting for his life on Sunday morning after being struck and dragged by a driver who was allegedly enraged by social distancing policies aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19, local police said. Police in Sherbrooke, about 150 kilometres east of Montreal, […]
Tunisia Africa April 5 2020 Tunisia’s interior ministry has sent a police robot to patrol the streets of the capital and enforce a lockdown imposed last month as the country battles the spread of coronavirus. Known as PGuard, the “robocop” is remotely operated and equipped with infrared and thermal imaging cameras, in addition to a […]
Canada April 4 2020 Security guards across the province have joined the frontlines of the social distancing battle. Grocery stores have increased measures to encourage social distancing and crowd control in recent weeks. Now, many stores across the province are enlisting the help of security guards to keep staff and customers safe. Comissionaires North Saskatchewan […]
SAULT STE. MARIE CANADA March 30 2020 On March 26, 2020 officers with Patrol Services arrested 31-year-old Joshua LeClair for assault. On Feb. 21, 2020, it is reported that the accused attended a business in the 0-100 block of Great Northern Road. He was asked to leave by store security and it’s alleged he struck […]
Mexico March 29 2020 A pair of armored trucks transporting ingots of a gold/silver alloy were attacked and robbed by a commando of armed men in Caborca, Sonora, on Monday. The precious metals for the ingots, called doré bars, had been extracted from the La Herradura mine, operated by the Canadian mining company Penmont. The […]
London England March 22 2020 Further private security industry figures are calling on UK Government to state that security officers are ‘critical sector’ workers during the coronavirus outbreak. The BSIA yesterday urged the Government to clarify the status of private security for its members, for instance carrying out cash in transit work. More on the BSIA […]
New South Wales AU March 20 2020 New South Wales Police stepped up security in and around supermarkets on March 19 as widespread panic-buying flared into violence in several outlets. Police told local media that they were “making a concerted effort to ensure the security of shoppers and retail staff across the state” during the […]
Nairobi Kenya March 19 2020 A security guard left many Kenyans impressed after he recovered and returned a lost bag containing several valuable items. Joseph Mugendi, a security guard working in Nairobi, recovered a misplaced bag containing Ksh103,000, an iPhone, three bank cheques and several personal items in January. The bag belonged to a woman […]
Toronto Canada March 17 2020 Investigators need help identifying this man, who is suspected of trying to stab security guards after shoplifting from a downtown Toronto store. (Toronto Police handout) A shoplifter is sought after he attempted to stab security guards at a store in the city’s downtown core last month. Toronto Police say the […]
Germany March 12 2020 It’s been over three months since Dresden’s Grünes Gewölbe, also known as the Green Vault, was broken into and robbed of dozens of pieces of priceless jewelry. The heist is the largest such robbery since World War II and investigations have been ongoing. Now, though, German prosecutors have launched investigations concerning […]