JOHANNESBURG South Africa Feb 14 2020– A security guard on Thursday morning was critically wounded after he was shot during a cash-in-transit heist on the N3 highway in Spruitview, Ekurhuleni. Paramedics said the man was found on the side of the road with a gunshot wound to his head. He was airlifted to a private […]
Keyna Africa Feb 14 2020 Some 18 attacks targeted security officers in 2019. In total, 83 people died in 2019 as a result of terror-related occurrences in the country, an increase from the 56 reported in 2018. Security officers were the primary target in terror attacks recorded in 2019, a report has shown. The report […]
Toronto Canada Feb 13 2020 The news of yet another Toronto Police officer taking his own life is going to be sad no matter what the reason behind it. But Const. Mike Austin’s back story is so heartbreaking — he not only dealt with difficult policing matters in his 20-year career but was suffering from […]
Orangeville Canada Feb 13 2020 Police are confirming a Walmart loss-prevention officer suffered lacerations to his hand while making an arrest during an alleged shoplifting incident in Orangeville. Shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday (Feb. 9), emergency-service personnel were called to respond to reports of an altercation inside the department store at the RioCan fairgrounds […]
Perth AU Feb 10 2020 An attack on security officers at a Karawara shopping centre showed the man being forced to defend themselves with a chair during a confrontation with an aggravated man. The incident was filmed by a shopper around 6.30 last night outside Waterford Plaza in Perth’s south. The man is seen kicking a […]
REGINA Canada Feb 4 2020 — Police have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted a woman and a security officer who tried to intervene on Saturday afternoon. Officers were called to the 1800 block of Saskatchewan Drive around 1:50 p.m. after a call about a weapons offence. According to police, a man had assaulted a […]
Edmonton Canada Jan 29 2020 A former security guard pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon Monday for pepper-spraying a suspected shoplifter. Rafik Khlgatyan, 57, entered the guilty plea in Edmonton provincial court for the September 2019 incident outside the No Frills in Old Strathcona. Another charge of possession of a weapon for a dangerous […]
Castle Bromwich UK Jan 28 2020 Police are hunting a ‘suspected shoplifter who attacked and spat in the face’ of a Tesco security guard. The security officer was reportedly hit and spat at during an incident at the store on Green Lane, Castle Bromwich. West Midlands Police are appealing to anyone who has information about […]
Ontario Canada Jan 27 2020 Newmarket’s Southlake hospital will make its first court appearance Feb. 7 to answer to nine charges brought against it by Ontario’s Labour Ministry after an 11-month investigation into a patient attack on a nurse and security guard on the premises. The Jan. 17, 2019 incident saw York Regional Police charge […]
Southend UK Jan 23 2020 A heroic security guard sprang into action to save a child’s life when the youngster fell unconscious after choking. The incident took place in Southend town centre on Friday and also saw emergency services race to the scene. And the life saver has been praised after his efforts. The security […]