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How Private Security Can Help Law Enforcement
I've worked in private security for many years, and in my experience there are certain steps people in this profession can take to better help law enforcement investigate incidents. Here is what police officers prefer to encounter when they arrive at the scene of a crime and need to speak with security personnel.
May 30, 2012
Weapons
Ga. Open Carrier Sues Cops Who Arrested Him
An open-carry activist has sued two Forsyth County (Ga.) Police officers who arrested him at a park, after a confrontation with a private security guard.
May 2, 2012
Training
Former Officers Protecting Medical Marijuana Industry in Illinois
As police officers, part of their jobs was to put away drug sellers and users. Now, former law enforcement officials are doing private security work for Illinois' now-legal medical marijuana industry.
April 7, 2015
Technology
ATN Introduces Pair of Thermal Imagers
American Technologies Network has introduced the OTS-32 and OTS-64 digital multi-purpose thermal imaging systems for officers, shooting sports enthusiasts, and private security.
June 5, 2012
ATN OTS-32. Photo: ATN
Special Units
TASER Announces Development of Officer-Worn Audio-Video Recording System
The AXON is a tactical audio-video recording and networking device designed to be worn by first responders such as law enforcement officers, soldiers, and private security. AXON integrates audio-video recording capability with tactical communications.
May 27, 2008
Patrol
How to Work with Resort Security
Private security is one of this country’s biggest growth industries, bringing in billions of dollars every year and ranking as one of the fastest growing sectors in the global economy. In the last decade it accounted for the largest number of new jobs; it has grown so fast that security officers now outnumber police officers 3 to 1.
June 30, 2004
Technology
New Book Details How to Retrieve Forensic Data from an iPhone
"Phone Forensics," Jonathan Zdziarsk supplies the knowledge necessary to conduct complete and highly specialized forensic analysis of the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod Touch. Intended for lawful forensic examination of devices by corporate security officers, law enforcement personnel, and private forensic examiners.
October 7, 2008
Patrol
Seattle Businesses Hired Private Police for Protection in Lawless CHOP Zone
On Monday morning some protesters and a Fox News reporter got into a shouting match, which was broken up by black-clad, gun-toting men who appeared to be officers. One’s vest read, “Public Safety Officer.” The other read: “Iconic Global Officer.”
July 1, 2020
A security team from Iconic Global at a Seattle business. (Photo: Iconic Global/Facebook)
Patrol
Private Police Carry Guns and Make Arrests in Virginia
More and more Virginians are obtaining police powers using a little-known provision of state law that allows private citizens to petition the courts for the authority to carry a gun, display a badge and make arrests. The number of "special conservators of the peace" has doubled in Virginia over the past decade
March 2, 2015
Patrol
UMass Police Say Station Security Cameras Violate Their Privacy
A judge ordered the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to cease all unnecessary recordings in its campus police station after officers complained that their privacy rights were being violated.
February 25, 2012
Patrol
Minn. City Hires Private Security for Patrol
Private security guards will begin patrolling the streets of Foley, Minn., starting Jan. 1, after city leaders decided the cost of using Benton County Sheriff's deputies would be too high.
October 20, 2011
Patrol
Private Security Company's Deal To Manage Empty Montana Jail Unravels
A mysterious company calling itself American Police Force was slated to take over a jail in Hardin, Mont., but the deal is now off, after the state's attorney general began scrutinizing it, the Billings Gazette initially reported.
October 5, 2009
Patrol
Security Deployed at Super Bowl to be Largest in Minnesota History
For Super Bowl LII, the largest security detail ever deployed in Minnesota — and in Super Bowl history — will be an enormously complex effort involving hundreds of officers from 60 police departments across the state, and lots of additional support.
January 29, 2018
Weapons
Former Employee Accused of Giving Officers’ Personal Info to Drug Users
A woman who used to work in the city personnel office of Wichita Falls, Texas, has been accused of giving personal information about police officers to drug users as payment for her ex-husband’s drug debts.
December 29, 2004
Careers
Security as a Second Career
We all agree that owning our own private security firm was the right choice for us after retirement. Part of what has made our partnership a really good fit is that we all have similar backgrounds.
October 3, 2014
Patrol
Kaepernick's Visit to Rikers Island Angers Corrections Officers
"This will only encourage inmates to continue to attack Correction Officers at a time when we need more protection," said Elias Husamudeen, president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association.
December 13, 2017
Special Units
Metro Nashville PD Doesn’t Have Enough Officers to Provide Elementary School SROs Despite State Funding
“The police department presently is not staffed to provide full time SROs at elementary schools (more than 70 personnel),” MNPD spokesman Don Aaron said.
July 14, 2023
Patrol
President Obama to Attend Memorial for Slain Dallas Officers Tuesday
President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak Tuesday at an interfaith memorial service for the five Dallas officers slain in Thursday’s sniper attack.
July 11, 2016
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