Billings Gazette

Questions raised about training of armed private security guards

COLUMBUS, Ohio - With the number of armed security guards on the rise, experts are calling for more training to prevent incidents such as the shooting of a suspected shoplifter by a Kroger guard last ...
Governing

Private Security Guards Are Filling Gaps in Policing (But Not All of Them)

Octavia Egeonu talks with Michael Igo, the interim police chief in Dallas. Egeonu's husband Anthony was shot and killed last month while working as a security guard at a CVS. Police departments ...
Phys.org

Low wages, poor training put security guards—and the public—at risk, study finds

Tens of thousands of private security guards in California play a critical role in public safety, but poverty-level wages and poor training put both the guards and the public at risk, according to a ...
Hawaii News Now

Unarmed, undertrained, at risk: Advocates for Hawaii’s private security guards want change

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A recent rash of violence against private security guards is raising concerns about industry safety and whether more needs to be done to level the playing field against the ...