Tallahassee FL. Feb 9, 2022 The measure before the Florida House is an effort to ‘modernize’ the security training and certification process. The certification of security officers in Florida could soon become an online process under a bill OK’d Monday by a House committee. State law currently requires aspiring security officers — armed and unarmed — […]
San Francisco California January 28, 2022 San Francisco is trying to step up oversight of private security companies by reviewing a 50-year-old local law that was intended to regulate the firms but is being largely unenforced. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to launch a six-month study of a 1972 law that requires private […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Jan 8, 2022 A popular Broadway honky-tonk is facing legal issues stemming from a homicide investigation on the property last year. Dallas “DJ” Barrett was found unresponsive on the top floor of Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row, just before 11:00 p.m. on August 16 following an incident with security. The incident was caught on video […]
Portland OR Dec 6 2021 To businesses and property owners in downtown Portland, Echelon Protective Services’ seamless slip into a police role was a lifeline. But to the people taxpayers pay to provide public safety in Portland — the city police and county prosecutors — the area’s growing reliance on a private security firm was […]
Sacramento CA October 29 2021 Security guards in California will soon be required to complete training on when and how to use force before obtaining a license. The legislation was inspired by an investigation CapRadio published last year. It found California’s regulations provide no clear definition or training requirements for appropriate use-of-force in the private security […]
SALEM, Ore. Sept 24 2021 A KATU News investigation found it may be difficult or even impossible for the state’s public safety agency to close private security companies that break the rules. Oregon’s Department of Public Safety Standards and Training can only fine or punish individual guards and executive managers licensed with the state to run […]
Portland OR Sept 18 2021 Freddy Nelson Jr. was shot and killed in his car by an armed security guard in at the Delta Park Center in North Portland in May of this year. Now, his family — represented by Freddy Nelson’s adult son, Kiono Nelson — is pursuing legal action. Kiono Nelson and his […]
Baton Rouge LA Aug 29 2021 The chief regulator of Louisiana’s private security industry, who already faces allegations of financial and sexual misconduct, is now in the crosshairs of the state’s public corruption watchdog. State Inspector General Stephen Street confirmed that his office is investigating Fabian Blache III, who helms the State Board of Private Security […]
New Orleans LA June 21 2021 A 9th Ward store that has been the target of protesters over a deadly shooting in the parking last year was hit with a $20,000 fine Saturday for hiring an unlicensed security guard with a checkered history. At around 5:30 p.m., the executive director of the Louisiana State Board […]
Richmond VA April 17 2021 Leighton Security Services, a private security company accused of working without a license during construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, is facing similar allegations in Virginia. The complaint against Leighton is one of two recently filed against private companies providing security for the Mountain Valley pipeline, a planned 300-mile […]