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Downtown Fairbanks businesses increase security after increase in crime

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: FAIRBANKS AK April 13 2018 —More locks. More cameras. More security personnel. Some building owners in downtown Fairbanks are adding safeguards to combat problems with drunks, thieves, vandals, squatters, trespassers and rabble-rousers. The latest to add security is the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which is installing lights, locks and a security guard [...]

By |2018-04-13T09:17:45-04:00April 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Downtown Fairbanks businesses increase security after increase in crime

7 resolutions for 2018 to improve building security by USI

United Security Incorporated offered these 7 New Year's Resolutions for building security: 1. Get a Security Risk Assessment If you want to improve your building’s security but you’re not sure how, the best way to start is to get a security risk assessment. A professional security company will evaluate your current security system and suggest [...]

By |2018-01-12T11:28:17-05:00January 12th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 7 resolutions for 2018 to improve building security by USI

#ASIS17 seminar: Keeping the Growing and Selling of Cannabis Safe

​ G. Michael Verden, Owner and CEO of The Lake Forest Group​, will be delivering a talk titled "Keeping the growing and selling of cannabis safe." On September 12, 2017, a group of masked men forced their way into a marijuana store in Washington, shot and wounded an employee, and stole an unspecified amount of marijuana. Similar [...]

By |2017-09-22T12:36:24-04:00September 22nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on #ASIS17 seminar: Keeping the Growing and Selling of Cannabis Safe

Fatal shooting by security officer at Sweepstakes business justified, police say

BY JANE WESTER, CharlotteObserver Charlotte-Mecklenburg homicide detectives have decided that the killing of Julian Anthony Harris, 32, was justified, police said Monday afternoon. Harris was shot by a security guard at a sweepstakes business on Albemarle Road on Wednesday. Police said Harris and another man entered the business wearing masks, apparently planning to rob it. Security [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:31:00-05:00September 1st, 2017|News|Comments Off on Fatal shooting by security officer at Sweepstakes business justified, police say

Security officer fatally shoots suspect at Sweepstakes attempted robbery

By: FOX 46 Web Staff , Howard Monroe, Fox 46 Charlotte CHARLOTTE, NC (FOX 46 WJZY) - A man was shot and killed overnight by a security guard during an attempted armed robbery at a Sweepstakes business in east Charlotte, police said. The victim has been identified as Julian Anthony Harris, 32. His family has been notified of [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:45-05:00August 26th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer fatally shoots suspect at Sweepstakes attempted robbery

Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

By Jennifer Leggio for Zero Day | May 8, 2017 -- 12:30 GMT (05:30 PDT) | Topic: Security CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, today released its Security Culture Report 2017, which studied more than 10,000 employees across five verticals in two countries within the Nordics to determine how risk and security is understood [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:37:21-05:00May 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

Thousands of security officers unionize in Silicon Valley

By Wendy Lee, San Francisco Chronicle January 28, 2017 Updated: January 28, 2017 12:05am Thousands of security officers who work on hundreds of sites in Silicon Valley, including at Facebook, Cisco and Genentech, have unionized to push for higher wages and better benefits, SEIU United Service Workers West, a union that represents California workers, announced [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:33:17-05:00January 29th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Thousands of security officers unionize in Silicon Valley

Security force hired in response to homeless problem in San Diego

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: San Diego CA July 20 2016 Small businesses in Hillcrest have banded together to hire private security officers to patrol the streets as the community deals with safety issues stemming from homelessness. Get certified through the IFPO and take your security career to the next level! Read the rest of the story here.

By |2020-11-30T19:40:53-05:00July 21st, 2016|News|Comments Off on Security force hired in response to homeless problem in San Diego

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