Timmins Canada December 24, 2022 The Downtown Timmins Business Improvement Association (BIA) wants to hire a private security firm and street outreach workers to patrol downtown Timmins, and other commercial areas. Cindy Campbell, the outgoing executive director, made the deputation to city council at a budget meeting on Dec. 15. “Many business owners cannot afford […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. Dec 3 2022 Private security agencies are helping out the Bakersfield Police Department keep people safe and the city’s quality of life maintained. O&A Security is the newest private security group working to keep Downtown Bakersfield streets safe but in a city council meeting we found out the city and the police department have […]
Las Vegas NV November 17, 2022 The Nevada Department of Transportation has announced that it has contracted with a private security service to patrol hotspots where copper thefts continue to occur. Dark highway lights around Charleston Boulevard and Boulder Highway and other areas continue to be hit repeatedly dais a NDOT representative. NDOT determined […]
PHOENIX AZ Nov 3 2022 The Phoenix City Council has voted on Nov. 2 to approve a proposal that relates to security at parks in the city. According to a statement released by Councilwoman Ann O’Brien, the program, proposed as a pilot that will be implemented in at least one park per city council district, will […]
Honolulu HI October 31 2022 Private Security Will Handle Patrols Along Honolulu’s Future Rail Line The model for how to handle transit security varies from place to place. Honolulu considered using HPD but went a different route. Once Honolulu’s rail transit service opens, city officials will rely on private security personnel to handle the bulk […]
Oceanside CA October 3 2022 Unarmed security guards will patrol Oceanside’s downtown, beachfront and Civic Center neighborhoods starting this weekend in a one-year pilot program approved under the city’s Measure X spending plan. The City Council allocated $1.33 million Wednesday for a contract with MainStreet Oceanside to employ four trained security guards seven days a […]
Philadelphia PA September 29 2022 More unarmed bike patrols and more security guards. This is the strategy to make office workers and visitors feel safer as employees return to work in Center City. Through August, 52% of Center City office workers were back, though the number could go up with Comcast Corp., one of the […]
NEW ORLEANS LA Sept 16 2022 Some New Orleans neighbors are increasingly looking to private security companies to act as a deterrent to crime, especially more minor crimes like burglaries or shoplifting. These security companies can act as a force multiplier for a depleted NOPD struggling with manpower. FOX 8 spoke with Chad Perez, the CEO […]
Annapolis MD July 10 2022 The Downtown Annapolis Partnership announced Thursday it received a $90,000 Community Safety Works grant paid for through a police funding initiative by Gov. Larry Hogan. Instead of hiring police officers, however, the money will be used to hire “safety ambassadors” who work for a private security company, said Erik Evans, […]
GRAND RAPIDS, MI June 25 2022– Private security guards have been hired to walk the city center streets and act as additional eyes for police. The initiative comes a little over two weeks after a man was killed and three others injured in a downtown shooting. Bill Kirk, spokesperson for Downtown Grand Rapids Inc. (DGRI), […]