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 […]
Edmonton Canada January 5 2020 A self-described “old hippie” arrested at West Edmonton Mall after being asked to remove a Hells Angels support shirt says he is disappointed after losing an appeal to the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board in the case. Paul Sussman was taken to the ground by mall security on a Sunday […]
West London UK January 5 2020 A security firm with its own uniformed ‘bobbies’ is launching the UK’s first private prosecutions against pickpockets and shoplifters. The company My Local Bobby provides security for a fee but says that police often release suspected pickpockets and shoplifters when they are handed over. As a result, the firm […]
Glasgow Scotland Jan 4 2020 Two men attempted to rob a security guard at a Glasgow bank. A G4S security guard was in the foyer of the Lloyds TSB Bank in Duke Street at around 9.40am this morning when he was approached by two men who tried to grab the money cassette from him. The […]
Port Elizabeth SA Jan 3 2020 Two suspects who were allegedly involved in a business robbery and hijacking resulting in the death of a security guard in Port Elizabeth last week have been arrested. According to the police, the two were among three armed men who entered a shop in Greenbushes Road, Kabega Park, and […]
Kingston Ontario Canada January 2 2020 Police arrested a man Saturday evening after items were stolen and a store employee was assaulted at a downtown business. The man was seen by store security putting items in his jacket pockets before leaving the store without paying. Security caught up with him in the parking lot and […]
Vancouver Canada December 31 2019 — Police in Saanich are investigating after a security guard was stabbed at a Walmart store in their city late Saturday night. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. at the store at Uptown Mall on Saanich Road. The victim’s coworkers told CTV News Vancouver Island he was attempting to stop an […]
Port Elizabeth South Africa December 30 2019 Port Elizabeth police are on the hunt for six suspects, one believed to have been injured, in a shootout which left a Nitrous security guard dead. Roderick Erasmus was fatally shot on Friday night during a business robbery in Greenbushes. According to police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu, a […]
Queensland AU December 29 2019 A 13-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly threatening a security guard with a knife at a popular Southport shopping centre yesterday. Police were called to the center on Marine Parade just before 11.00am on Friday, following reports of an armed boy. A Queensland Police spokesperson told myGC the youngster […]
Newmarket Canada December 25 2019 The Newmarket Public Library board gave the green light to hiring security guards to patrol the Park Avenue facility after a significant number of minor incidents raised the alarm. On Dec. 18, the library board approved a pilot project for security up to 16 weeks estimated to cost $7,000 to […]