Toronto Canada December 23 2018 The RCMP are taking a radical look at their recruitment strategy and could ditch credit checks and the ban on recruits with criminal backgrounds to help them rebuild their depleted ranks. The Mounties have been plagued by staffing challenges in recent years and are looking at how to convince more […]
Regina Canada December 22 2018 An alarm in your home or business can help provide a sense of security, but they’re starting to be a resource strain for the Regina Police Service (RPS). The RPS will be changing the way they handle alarm calls starting Jan. 1, 2019. “It’s just a general challenge that we […]
Edmonton Canada December 22 2018 An Edmonton cannabis store owner is fighting an Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission rule banning the use of his smokescreen security system. Alternative Greens owner Trevor Miller said, when the system is triggered, it fills the room with thick smoke intended to thwart thieves by impairing their vision. “If it […]
Hastings UK December 22 2018 A mobile support team of trained SIA security staff has started patrolling the streets of Hastings over the festive period to keep revellers safe. The new initiative came out of a meeting between the BID (Business Improvement District) and Sussex Police’s licensing team. It mirrors a similar scheme operating successfully […]
Kenya December 21 2018 The Private Security Regulations under the Private Security Regulation Act of 2016 could be out within the next two months paving the way for the operationalization of the Act and the Authority. This would give the industry about six months to comply once the regulations are gazetted. Mr. Fazul Mahamed, the […]
Richmond Canada December 21 2018 River Rock Casino security guard Kevin Shaw has a very special reason for giving back to the Richmond Christmas Fund every year. Photo submitted It may have been more than 30 years ago, but Kevin Shaw still remembers the day the Richmond Christmas Fund stepped up to save…well…Christmas. Shaw was […]
Kenya December 21 2018 The Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has announced plans to take private security guards through firearms training in a bid to complement police officers in providing security. PSRA Director-General Fazul Mahamed said on Tuesday that an internationally approved curriculum was being developed for the training that the agency will roll out […]
Manchester UK December 20 2018 A security guard and his wife masterminded a £200,000 theft racket at a hospital in which he and colleagues plundered enough NHS cash to pay the salaries of six full-time nurses for a year. Peter O’Garro, 52, looted car parking pay stations he was assigned to guard. He and his […]
CAPE TOWN S.A. December 20 2018 – Three armed men have robbed N1 City Mall’s Jet store on Tuesday morning. An undisclosed amount of cash and several mobile phones were taken during the robbery; no one was injured and no shots were fired. The suspects loaded the money and cell phones in two suitcases; two of […]
South Africa December 16 2018 G4S Plc is weighing an exit from a $1.5 billion cash-transportation business that’s been hit by waning use of notes in developed markets and a wave of attacks on armoured trucks in South Africa. A review of the division is expected to be completed next year, with the most likely […]