KAMLOOPS BC Canada Oct 15 2017 — Two people are in police custody and facing numerous charges following an alleged vehicle theft in Kamloops. Kamloops RCMP Cpl. Jodi Shelki says the incident occurred Oct. 7 when a person was visiting a patient at Royal Inland Hospital. “While at the hospital, the car keys from the visitor […]
Quebec Canada Oct 10 2017 Two patients from the Quebec Mental Health University Institute attacked a security guard and sequestered a nurse Sunday night, according to the Journal de Montréal. The incident began around 10:50 p.m. when the two patients, who were being held by legal order at the psychiatric hospital, tried to escape. They hit […]
Winnipeg Canada Oct 4 2017 A security guard had a handgun pulled on him after he refused to let a man into a building, Winnipeg police say. The security guard was confronted by a man trying to get into a building on Kennedy Street, near Qu’Appelle Avenue, on Monday. When the man couldn’t get in, he […]
Alberta Canada Oct 4 2017 A Grande Prairie man who worked as a contracted security guard at a local high school and other city facilities has been arrested on child pornography charges. The accused, 46, has been charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available, RCMP said in a news release on Tuesday. […]
British Columbia Canada Sept 28 2017 The fentanyl crisis in B.C. continues to escalate, with the deadly drug being found in connection with 81 per cent of drug overdose deaths so far this year. University campuses are taking precautions to prevent any future fentanyl-related deaths by preparing security staff with the counter-effect drug Naloxone. Security at […]
Brazil Sept 14 2017 In the early hours of the morning this April, residents of Ciudad del Este, a city on Paraguay’s border with Brazil, awoke to the sound of automatic gunfire and the blaring of car alarms. In a scene straight out of Hollywood, a criminal gang was attacking an armoured-truck depot belonging to Prosegur, […]
British Virgin Islands Sept 11 2007 More than 100 inmates are believed have escaped a prison on the British Virgin Islands after the building was blown open by Hurricane Irma. As many as 120 prisoners may have fled the ‘partially destroyed’ site on the island of Tortola as the storm wreaked another day of devastation on […]
Perth AU Sept 10 2017 Health authorities are conducting a “smoking police” trial at QEII Medical Centre to catch recalcitrant smokers. The six-month trial, which started in July, involves a dedicated security officer “reminding” smokers that the campus is smoke free. The site, which includes Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and the Perth Children’s Hospital, has come […]
Saint Lucia Sept 6 2017 A male security guard has been hospitalised after being shot during an alleged attempted armed robbery at the building that houses Caribbean Cinemas and Domino’s Pizza. The incident occurred just after 8 p.m. The security guard, who is believed to be in his 30s, received multiple gunshot wounds to his lower […]
Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada Sept 5 2017 A late night dance concert ended with five people shot outside the L8 night club early Sunday morning. Niagara Regional Police were called to the Lundy’s Lane venue at about 4:45 a.m. about reports of gunshots. Police initially said upon arrival they found three people injured, all taken […]