Broward schools promise more secure campuses this fall with hundreds of new employees to protect students. The district plans to add about 500 security personnel — including armed guardians and unarmed security specialists and monitors — to the current of staff of 745. The plan includes beefing up unarmed security in elementary schools and armed…
Every business works to secure its assets, and those in the marijuana industry are no different. The difference between Oklahoma’s cash-heavy medical marijuana industry and many others is the need to secure cash and other assets using armed security guards and specialized transportation equipment. This need is opening opportunities for Oklahoma entrepreneurs. Duncan-based Stronghold Protection…
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — The Pierre City Commission is looking to amend a city ordinance to allow merchant security officers the ability to carry a firearm. Police Chief Jason Jones says the change is being brought to the Commission after the permit-less concealed carry firearms law took effect July 1. “So we would…
A security’s guard’s watchfulness has saved many lives in a South Mumbai locality. Ramashankar Shukla, the 55-year-old who keeps watch at a housing society in Charni Road, spotted a crack in a neighbouring building just in time for its occupants to be evacuated before a part of the building collapsed. After the guard raised the…
Hundreds of security guards have been suspended from working at venues, including a popular AFL stadium, over allegations they fraudulently obtained their licences. About 400 guards have been suspended and include some crowd controllers working at AFL-owned Marvel Stadium in Melbourne. Risk consulting and security company AIG Security is reported to have subcontracted a number…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – For school security monitor George Diggs, protecting the people, property, and perimeter of Catawba Trail Elementary are his top priorities. “I take the job very seriously,” Diggs said. That’s why when Diggs saw a vehicle parked at the school during the morning of June 12, he knew something seemed off. “The…
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania began automatically sealing criminal records from over 30 million cases Friday under the Clean Slate law. It’s the first state in the country to enact automatic sealing. The Clean Slate law means that if you committed a crime and you were arrested but never convicted, your record could be wiped clean….
So much for that “what happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone” advertising campaign from Apple. I cannot help but note the irony that, in reality, apps are monitoring your every move and grabbing data to help with advertising campaigns. Not that this should come as any great surprise; if you aren’t paying for…
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) – If you’ve ever had to do business at Lake Charles city hall, you probably know Michael Narcisse, the afternoon security guard who is known for greeting everyone with a smile and a ”How are you doing today?” Narcisse has been working as a security guard at city hall for only…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A security guard is being hailed a hero after trying to stop a robbery and it was all caught on camera. Surveillance video shows a group of men pull up in a car at the Boost Mobile off Fulton in north Houston around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. A vigilant security guard, Tomas…
