BAY CITY MI Nov 23 2019 – Grady Emmons started Precision Risk Management Group in 2006 to provide such services as surveillance investigations and secure diamond transport. But in 2018, Emmons changed the company’s name to Marijuana Security Operations to become a security player in the nascent Michigan cannabis industry. Now MSO provides security planning, armed […]
Brookland NY November 11 2019 The CBD craze is leaving the war on drugs a bit dazed and confused. The extract that’s been showing up in everything from candy to coffee is legally derived from hemp plants, which look and smell an awful lot like that other cannabis — marijuana. They’re so similar, police officers […]
Humboldt County CA Nov 3 2019 Authorities and local media are reporting that a violent attack on a security guard at a permitted marijuana grow occurred Halloween night and that there at least six armed attackers. There sheriff said that the man stormed the area and threw an incendiary device into the camper/trailer of the […]
SONOMA COUNTY, CA October 27 2019 — The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested one of three people suspected of robbing marijuana from a barn at a grow near Santa Rosa early Tuesday morning. The three armed suspects confronted a security guard in a barn in the 2400 block of River Road at the grow site around […]
Oakland CA October 16 2019 When New Jersey lawmakers debated earlier this year whether to legalize recreational use of marijuana, the Garden State’s police organizations were adamantly against it. The cops said that legal weed might lead to an explosion in the numbers of impaired drivers operating under the influence. And the police would be […]
NEW YORK, NY Oct 15, 2019 – PRESS RELEASE – The NACB is proud to announce the adoption of its National Standards on Security. In the cannabis industry, the vast majority of cash and product diversion is caused by internal actors. Though state regulations have comprehensive technical requirements for video and alarm systems, they lack strong […]
Humboldt County CA October 13 2019 A robbery at a cannabis farm guarded by armed security included gunshots, the sheriff’s department is reporting. Though details are sketchy at this point, a BOLO announced over the scanner reports that a cannabis farm was the victim of an armed robbery where shots were fired, and two vehicles […]
Nashville TN October 2 2019 Tennessee residents may now be able to get away with smoking marijuana thanks to a new Tennessee Bureau of Investigation policy. A memo sent to police departments last month said the TBI will no longer test amounts of marijuana less than half an ounce, or about 14 grams. “I think it’s […]
PHILADELPHIA PA Sept 28 2019 — Paramedics treated at least 15 middle school students after they consumed marshmallow squares laced with marijuana. Police received a report of several students getting sick at the West Oak Lane Charter School, the Philly Voice reported. A student allegedly brought the laced edible treats to school and distributed them to […]
Los Angeles CA Sept 12 2019 Los Angeles is no stranger to the recent crime wave targeting California’s booming cannabis industry. It’s now commonly known that the neighborhoods around cannabis dispensaries tend to be safer than their counterparts due to features like security guards, surveillance, and good lighting. But a recent wave of crime across […]