Port Elizabeth South Africa Sept 7 2018 A security guard was robbed of his firearm shortly after arriving at an armed robbery at Commercial Foods in Sidwell on Wednesday evening. Police said the Atlas Security armed response guard was ambushed as he got out of the vehicle at the shop. Police spokeswoman Sandra Janse van […]
New Zealand Sept 7 2018 Security staff at Waitemata District Health Board are being issued camera vests after a surge in reported violence including a nurse being strangled and staff members being punched in the face and one needing surgery after an assault. A review is under way after 186 aggression incidents were reported by staff […]
Kenya Sept 5 2018 Kenya’s private security industry is a vast and powerful force. In its foundation, it is police power, with origins older than public policing. It is a central player in the protection of the citizenry, business and property. The scope and extent of private security going into the future looks endless. The industry […]
South Africa Sept 5 2018 Armed men attacked an armored van carrying money in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province last weekend whiles some residents rushed to collect cash from the van. The News24 news portal reported that the van belonged to the G4S Cash Solutions company and at the time of the attack was performing a […]
Manitoba Canada Sept 1 2018 All four suspects in a shooting that wounded a veteran RCMP officer Wednesday have been caught after an extensive manhunt in rural Manitoba. RCMP, including the SWAT team, swarmed a house in Neepawa Thursday afternoon where a man was holed up after allegedly fleeing the scene of the shooting in Onanole, […]
JOHANNESBURG South Africa Sept 1 2018 – Standard Bank says the killing of a security officer outside its Rosebank offices on Friday afternoon was a senseless crime. Police have confirmed the man was shot dead when security guards responded to an armed robbery on Baker Street. A criminal was shot but was rushed away from the […]
Reykjavík Iceland Aug 31 2018 It is feared that a security guard who was attacked outside a nightclub in downtown Reykjavík Sunday morning may have suffered a spinal cord injury. Deputy Chief Superintendent Margeir Sveinsson confirmed with mbl.is that one of the men attacked did suffer serious injuries. He stated he could only confirm that the consequences […]
SARNIA ONT Canada Aug 31 2018 – A suspect returned to the scene of his alleged crime in Sarnia — and was arrested. According to a news release from the Sarnia Police Service, officers at 2:15 a.m. Tuesday responded to an alarm at a building in the 5000 block of Blackwell Side Road. A security guard […]
Guam Aug 30 2018 A woman who just recently turned 18 called for her father’s help via a pinned map through Whatsapp after she was allegedly sexually assaulted while attending a party Saturday night, a Superior Court of Guam magistrate’s complaint states. U.S. Navy sailor Jonathan Womack, 22, was arrested and charged with third-degree criminal sexual […]
EDMONTON Canada Aug 30 2018 —A security guard convicted of stomping a man to death behind the store he was supposed to be protecting has blamed being ‘involuntarily celibate’ for his crimes. He was sentenced to four years in prison by an Edmonton court Wednesday. “He was frustrated with his lot in life, he was angry […]