NASHVILLE TN Nov 22, 2022 – Starting Jan. 1, 2023, Tennessee will require enhanced training requirements for registered security guards while enacting greater potential disciplinary measures for violations related to these new consumer protections. These new requirements are part of legislation signed by Governor Bill Lee that has become known as Dallas’s Law. Named for the […]
Charlotte NC October 21, 2022 Arrests of persons working as security officers in regulatory states where a license is required have increased by 31 percent during the past thirty months. While some states still do not require that a person working as a security officer obtain a background check, complete a training program, or obtain […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. August 29 2022— An unlicensed security guard has been accused of pulling a gun and pepper spraying a woman at a Lamar Avenue hotel. Maurice Bert is now facing aggravated assault, acting without a license, and felony firearm charges. Court documents said he approached a woman at the Economy Inn on Lamar Avenue, […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. August 8 2022 Four people associated with the Blind Tiger were charged on Friday, and the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission suspended the ABC permits for the venue, according to a North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement news release. The owner, Bradford McCauley, 47, of Winston-Salem, was charged with failing to superintend and hiring […]
Denver CO July 29 2022 — There’s been a lot of attention lately on shootings involving police officers in the metro area, but Denver records show a few security guard companies also got in trouble with the city this year after employees fired guns on the job. Allied Universal, one of the largest security guard companies […]
Laredo TX June 19 2022 Five people have been arrested for working as security guards without a license at a downtown nightclub, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. At about 9:18 p.m. June 9, Texas DPS Criminal Investigations Division special agents arrived at Medusas Discoteque Bar & Grill on 1108 Iturbide St. Special […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. June 17, 2022 The security company that hired an armed guard now accused of murder, did not have an active license with the city, WAVE News Troubleshooters uncovered. Sunday night, Travon Parrish was arrested after police say he shot and killed a man over an alleged stolen beer. Parrish, WAVE News found, had been […]
Tallahassee FL March 10, 2022 A bill that would allow online security officer training and certification now awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature. The House on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve the proposal (SB 1474) with a 112-0 vote. Palm Bay Republican Rep. Randy Fine and Orange Park Republican Sen. Jennifer Bradley are the bill sponsors. […]
Atlanta GA March 3, 2022 A whistleblower alleges that an international security firm with ties to Georgia defrauded the federal government and endangered American diplomats abroad when it falsified training records of guards it sent to Afghanistan to protect the U.S. Embassy and other facilities, according to federal court records filed in Macon last month. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb 17, 2022 A Nashville security company was hit with a massive fine after a deadly shooting that happened at a Memphis Kroger back in August. On Aug. 7, 2021, Gregory Livingston was working as a security guard at the Kroger Fuel Center on Poplar and Kirby when Alvin Motley of Chicago was […]