Canada April 25 2018 For the first time, an Island Health employee has received an international award for valour as a protection services officer from the Cowichan district earned the distinction this week. Charles Kraeling was honoured in Chicago at the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety annual conference for an act of bravery […]
Toronto Canada April 24 2018 Ten people are dead and 15 are injured after the driver of a van plowed into multiple pedestrians in Toronto on Monday in what appears to be a deliberate act, Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders said. Saunders said the suspected driver, Alek Minassian, 25, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, was in custody. […]
Norfolk England April 24 2018 A supermarket security guard led two parents and their two children to safety after running into block of flats when he saw thick black smoke coming from inside. Some of the resulting damage following a flat fire in Norwich. Picture: Rebecca MurphySome of the resulting damage following a flat fire in […]
Australia April 21 2018 A man armed with a tomahawk broke has into a Kilkenny shopping centre, stolen jewellery and threatened a security guard. Just before 3am on Friday, the man broke into the Torrens Road shopping complex and smashed a window at a jewellery store. He took jewellery and threatened a security guard who […]
South Africa April 20 18 A group of armed men have been caught on camera robbing a cash-in-transit van in Klerksdorp, North West. The North West Hawks said the heist took place opposite the Standard Bank in the district on Thursday. Hawks regional spokesperson Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso told News24 that two security guards were shot. […]
EDMONTON Canada April 19 2018 —She’s not a cop, paramedic or nurse, but these days Nadja Banky is a kind of first responder. A bouncer on Whyte Avenue, she carries naloxone in her backpack, and is trained to use it in case she finds someone she suspects is overdosing and needs to administer the life-saving antidote. […]
Edmonton Ca April 18 2018 Weeks after video emerged of transit peace officers taking a teenager to the ground during an arrest at an Edmonton LRT station, statistics obtained by Postmedia show such use-of-force cases are on the rise. Transit peace officers reported 523 use-of-force incidents in 2017 — nearly double 2015’s total and up 118 […]
Queenland AU April 18 2018 A disturbing surge in fights, drugs and unruly behaviour in the city centre has a Mackay security trainer worried. Kane Goodall, a high profile security officer who has been in the industry for more than 20 years knows the Mackay scene like the back of his hand. He’s noticed an “alarming […]
Paris France April 16 2018 security staff is once again back at the Eiffel Tower after being on strike for two days, closing all access The Eiffel Tower reopened its doors to the public this weekend. The famous Parisian monument was closed until Saturday (April 14) afternoon, due to a strike that began on Friday (April […]
West Yorkshire UK April 16 2018 Law firm BLM has successfully defended a catastrophic brain injury case that centred on whether a supplier of security services was vicariously liable for an assault committed by a doorman at a nightclub it serviced. The case was decided on 5 April in favour of BLM client West Yorkshire Security, […]