Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Guards tapped for anticrime

10,000 guards tapped for anticrime drive (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Some 10,000 security guards have been tapped to help the police in information-gathering and crime-fighting chores.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Gangrape case of President's Body Guards

Gangrape case: 2 members of Prez Body Guards get life term (INDOlink)
New Delhi, Aug 22 (PTI) A Delhi court today awarded life imprisonment to two suspended members of prestigious President's Body Guards (PBG) for gangraping a university student in 2003 here saying they deserved the deterrent punishment as they were on the onerous duty of guarding the President.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Teenager Charms Her Way Into High-Security Bank

'Beautiful' teenager charms her way into high-security Paris bank - 'then pulls out a gun' (Daily Mail)
'Beautiful' teenager charms her way into high-security Paris bank - 'then pulls out a gun'

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Minister beats up guards, makes them kneel

Goa minister beats up guards, makes them kneel down (New Kerala)
Panaji, Aug 13 : A Goa cabinet minister allegedly beat up security guards and made them kneel down for ten minutes as a punishment Wednesday for not letting his nephew near a water reservoir classified as a vital installation, officials disclosed Thursday.

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Drugged Guards Free Six

Six undertrials flee after friends drug guards (Calcutta News)
Six undertrials fled a correctional home in West Bengal after their associates gave drug-laced soft drinks to security personnel at the gate, a police official said Sunday.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Armed Guards Hired After Shootings

Apartment Complex Hires Armed Guards After Shootings (WNEM TV 5 Mid-Michigan)
The Sunridge Apartments in Flint Township have hired armed security guards to man the front gate and patrol the complex.

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Security guards hurt in hospital shooting

Security guards hurt in Dublin hospital shooting (Independent)

Two security guards were shot outside a hospital in central Dublin today.

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Iraqi army officers vs. security guards

Iraqi army officers pulled $4.8-million bank heist, police say (Los Angeles Times)
Members of an elite military unit have been arrested and the money has been recovered, authorities say. The episode fuels fears that internal corruption may be the nation's biggest security threat. When thieves shot dead eight guards and made off with $4.8 million in one of Iraq's biggest ever bank heists last week, fingers quickly pointed at the Sunni-led insurgency.