United Kingdom July 24 2022 Nightclub security staff in parts of the UK are being offered a new tool in an effort to deal with difficult clubgoers, and it isn’t what you might expect. Bouncers and door staff will be given “handheld forensic spray devices”, also known as “Smart Water” devices, to spray on unruly […]
St Catherine Jamaica July 11 2022 Shock and grief have engulfed the rural district of Benbow in Guy’s Hill, St Catherine after a popular security guard was shot dead by gunmen at a gas station in Angels outside Spanish Town on Friday night. The deceased is 35-year-old Edward Willock, otherwise called ‘Junior’, of Benbow district. […]
London England July 8 2022 Three of Wimbledon’s security guards have been arrested after an alleged fight between them within the grounds of the grand slam tennis tournament. The altercation on Friday took place between guards working for Knights Group Security, the company contracted to provide security services to Wimbledon. The alleged fight, said to […]
Toronto Canada July 7 2022 On Monday evening, the City of Toronto issued a statement saying that the security guards would be reinstated. The story has been updated to reflect that. The City of Toronto is working with private security firms to reinstate more than 100 Sikh men who lost their jobs as guards due to […]
Saanich, British Columbia, Canada June 30 2022 Six police officers were shot, and two suspects killed in a gunfight at a bank in Saanich, British Columbia, Tuesday. Around 11 a.m. on Tuesday, officers from the Saanich and Victoria police departments – all members of the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team – responded to a report […]
Rio de Janeiro’s Brazil June 26 2022 Police responded to a shooting incident at the Village Mall in Rio de Janeiro’s Barra da Tijuca area as of late June 25. The shooting occurred amid an attempted robbery of a jewelry store at the mall; one security guard died after being shot in the exchange of […]
London Canada June 25 2022 A 29-year-old London man has been charged with armed robbery after a bottle of booze was taken and a security guard threatened downtown. A man walked into a business on York Street just after noon on Wednesday where he grabbed a bottle of liquor from a shelf and allegedly tried to […]
Toronto Canada June 12 2022 The City of Toronto’s decision to award two sole-source contracts totalling $1 million should have gone before council for approval, one councillor says. Coun. Gord Perks, who represents Ward 4, Parkdale-High Park, says a community member recently alerted him to the contracts, one with Logix Security Inc. and one with […]
Cancun, Q.R. May 30 2022— Police in Cancun continue their search for a security guard believed responsible for the heist of an armored vehicle. The robbery happened Monday afternoon behind one of the city’s largest shopping malls. The robbery was reported after one employee elected to stay behind in the vehicle while the others went […]
Montreal Canada March 29th, 2022 The Montreal police are investigating after a man in his 40s died following an altercation with security guards. He is alleged to have tried to leave an SAQ store without paying for an item. The incident started around 7 p.m. at the SAQ store on 28th Ave. in Lachine. A […]