Whether you’re commanding an internal security staff at a college or managing a contract security force of 300 officers, it’s no secret that recruiting and retaining staff continues to be the leading consumer of our time, money and efforts. How much time have you spent in the past year reviewing employment applications, interviewing potential candidates, […]
Charlotte NC May 2 2017 No doubt many of us was watching our favorite sports, spending time with family or doing whatever we do to relax this past week-end but many in the private security field was hard at work and facing real dangers. Security police officers in Washington DC confronted an armed man who […]
HOUSTON, Texas April 30 2017 What started as a traffic collision between a van and an armored truck quickly escalated to a confrontation with gunfire. Houston police report that the incident occurred at about 9:30 a.m. Friday near S. Willow and Gasmer Streets. A man driving a large, black van sideswiped a GARDA armored transport […]
During the past two years, our office has worked with law enforcement and proprietary and contract security firms to establish a prudent and reasonable Use of Force recommendation for sworn private police and non-sworn private security officers. We have used the U.S. Constitution; reviewed fourteen law enforcement agencies revised Use of Policies and compiled our […]
Charlotte NC A security officer working an upscale office complex assignment near downtown Mobile Alabama and another security officer on duty at an apartment complex more than four hundred miles away in Houston Texas both met death on the same day and in the same way. They were murdered. Both were killed in violent attacks […]