Leicester England Jan 22 2020 A 41-year-old man has been arrested after a knife was pulled on security staff at Leicester Royal Infirmary. The incident happened during a fracas outside the hospital’s adult accident and emergency department, off Welford Road, early this morning. Several patients and their family members witnessed the altercation. One witness, who […]
Victoria Canada Jan 21 2020 Downtown Victoria businesses are looking to work together to hire a private security company after facing low response rates from the Victoria Police Department. The lower Johnson Street shopping district, known locally as LoJo, is a vibrant collection of local shops. Recently efforts have been made to make the area […]
Westmoreland Jamaica January 20 2020 The Westmoreland police are investigating the murder of a security guard whose body was found with gunshot wounds and his head bashed in on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as 33-year-old Owen Grant of Frome, Westmoreland, and a Kingston address. Reports are that about 8pm, the security guard […]
Ontario Canada Jan 19 2020 Private security guards are now monitoring some residents at the John Noble Home, drawing objections from the union representing the home’s personal support workers. The guards are responsible for aggressive residents in long-term care at the municipal home for the aged on Mount Pleasant Street. “The John Noble Home is […]
Guelph Canada Jan 17 2020 Guelph police say a 21-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder after a security guard was killed at the city’s downtown train station. Police say officers were called to a reported disturbance in the underground tunnel at Guelph Central Station on Carden Street just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday […]
London England Jan 14 2020 Harrods security guards have begun to ballot for strike action today following a dispute between union members and management over pay. Members of Unite will decide whether to launch industrial action over a below inflation pay rise and unpaid work. The union said members are angry that they are required […]
Liverpool England Jan 12 2020 A security guard was left in a coma after he was viciously attacked by a man who he suspected of using fake £20 notes. Jamie Jordan was working an event, at the huge Bramley Moore warehouse at CIRCUS Christmas Special, on December 21. However, the 30-year-old was left fighting for […]
England Jan 10 2020 British company Casta Spes Technologies has developed a robot designed for security surveillance and documentation of construction jobsites that drives autonomously through sites. Ziva is a two-wheeled, image-capturing robot that Casta describes as a temporary closed-circuit TV for jobsites. The robot, which can travel up to 11 mph and has a […]
Skelmersdale England January 8 2020 Two shopping centre security officers are being praised for their heroic actions in helping save a life. Paul Pritchard and Colin Marshall were on shift in the security team at the Concourse Shopping Centre in Skelmersdale when a member of the public suffered a cardiac arrest on December 27, just […]
Ireland Jan 6 2020 A security guard with G4S, who was working in a Bank of Ireland branch and who stole €200 from a customer, has been jailed for three months by Blanchardstown District Court. Steven Graham from Ballyfermot had been working in the Bank of Ireland branch in Finglas when he got Patrick Barnes’s password […]