Current Security Guard News

This page is constantly updated with current security guard news items and may contain items on crimes committed by guards, crimes against guards, inadequate training issues, use of force, working conditions, and other issues affecting security guards and security guard companies.

Police: Drunk Teen Struck Security Guards at Potomac Mills Patch.com Security guards found the teenager at 5:16 p.m. Friday trying to open multiple car doors in the parking lot of Potomac Mills Mall, according to police. The teenager responded by hitting the two guards in the face, police spokesman Officer Jonathan ... and more »

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Private security guards to be replaced by police www.worldbulletin.net In a recent announcement, Interior Minister Muammer Güler told the press that more than 25,000 security guards that serve in stadiums, university campuses and dormitories will be replaced by policemen who are classified as protection officers in the ... Private security guards build sector of 262000 employeesHurriyet Daily News all 2 news articles »

Oakland Thieves Hit Another TV News Crew, and Their Security Guard Gawker Reporters and TV crews in Oakland are routinely robbed of all their equipment, so it's now common to assign security guards to the teams before they take on harrowing assignments such as a feature story at a local art gallery. But the guard was inside ... and more »

University doors open for its security guards People's Daily Online During his years as a security guard, Gan used his break time to attend lectures and evening classes, which were specifically for the university's logistics staff. Though Gan, originally from Suizhou City in Hubei Province, was exhausted due to the ... and more »

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Security guards fire rubber bullets at S.Africa strikers TrustLaw "They started throwing stones at our security guards and my understanding is that the security guards shot rubber bullets, not live ammunition, in self defence," spokeswoman Sibonile Dube said. "Some of the security guards were injured." (Reporting by ... Protesters and security guards clash at LanxessMail & Guardian Online Lanxess halts operationsEyewitness News Ten S. African miners wounded in clash with guardsGlobalPost Wall Street Journal -Fox Business -Industrial Minerals (registration) all 23 news articles »

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Dubai security guards are overworked and underpaid gulfnews.com Last October, Colonel Khalifa Ebrahim Al Salais, Director of the Protective Systems Department of Dubai Police, issued a circular pegging the minimum monthly basic pay for security personnel at Dh1,200. The new guidelines laid down last February also ... and more »

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Security guards to be barred from taking weapons home Ynetnews Internal Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch has decided that from August, security guards will no longer be allowed to take their firearms home with them at the end of the day. It was also decided that those renewing their weapons license will have ... Beersheva bank attack spurs gun reforms in IsraelThe Jewish Journal of Greater L.A. Public Security Ministry eyes stricter gun lawsIsrael Hayom WATCH: Minute-by-minute footage of the Be'er Sheva bank shooting spreeHaaretz The Times of Israel -Shanghai Daily (subscription) all 111 news articles »

Willamette Week

Hales Mandates Security Guards, Port-a-Potties at Last Thursday Willamette Week These include 15 certified security guards, two port-a-potties every other block, all musicians complying with city noise ordinances, and a shutdown promptly at 10 pm. (The festival will need separate permits from the Portland Fire Marshall if it wants ...

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Principal fires security guards to hire art teachers — and transforms ... Bayoubuzz (subscription) cms joomla. image. Orchard Gardens, a school in Roxbury, Mass., had been plagued by bad test scores and violence -- but one principal’s idea to fire the security guards and hire art teachers is helping turn it around. NBC’s Katy Tur reports. Principal of failing school fires security guards, hires art teachersmsnNOW all 6 news articles »

Smartphone app lets partygoers summon security guards within minutes Perth Now Australia-wide security firm SECUREcorp will begin trialling a smartphone app that lets its user send out a distress signal when they encounter trouble on a night out. SECUREcorp joint managing director Craig Harwood said the smartphone user would be ... and more »