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Thousands of security guards fail to get state license
Press-Enterprise, CA - 20 hours ago
Abel Maldonado, R-Santa Maria, who has been behind much of the state's security guard laws, said Thursday he is considering legislation that would give the ...


I-Team: Sex Offender Guarded Metro Building
WSMV, TN - Jul 3, 2008
The man was a paid security guard who was hired to guard a Metro building. Vine Hill Apartments are specifically designed to house low-income Nashville ...


Security Guard Arrested For Plotting To Attack Apartment Resident
NewsChannel5.com, TN - 23 hours ago
A registered sex offender who works as a security guard at a Metro housing complex is in trouble with the law again. Everett Jerome York faces aggravated ...


Security Guard Plans To Challenge Disney By Bringing Gun To Work
WFtv.com, FL - Jul 3, 2008
A Disney security guard told Eyewitness News he's okay with being fired rather than go to work unprotected. Disney claims it's exempt from a new state law ...


Volgograd Prosecutors Charge Racist Security Guard With Multiple ...
Union of Councils for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, DC - Jul 3, 2008
A security guard in Volgograd, Russia was charged with a hate crime and other offenses, according to a July 2, 2008 report by the Sova ...


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Contractors oppose move to end immunity from Iraqi law
Stars and Stripes, DC - 2 hours ago
By Joseph Giordono, Stars and Stripes Contractors working for the US military in Iraq say a move to end their immunity from Iraqi law would make many leave ...
US-Iraq Deal on Contractor Immunity Goes Fourth Project on Government Oversight
US, Iraq narrow differences over forces pact, Iraq says McClatchy Washington Bureau
US agrees to scrap immunity for security guards in Iraq: FM Turkish Press
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Emergency Rooms Crowded With Psych Patients
RedOrbit, TX - 6 hours ago
Security camera tapes show no one bothered to check her condition, including the emergency room's psychiatrist and two security guards. ...
6 fired at NY hospital for leaving woman to die WWMT
Caribbean American Institute Comes To Defense Of King`s County CARIBWORLDNEWS.COM
'Sister Green,' who died on hospital floor, was mother of six CNN
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High school to continue security guard contracting
Belleville View, MI - Jul 2, 2008
Superintendent Pete Lazaroff said they would be approving two security guards for the upcoming academic year, and that the bid would be approved per ...


From the Wire
AlterNet, CA - 1 hour ago
Two security guards and video cameras make sure nobody breaks the rule. In a statement, the museum said Hitler's rule "stands for an important, ...


Nearly a week later, party shooting still stumps KC police
Kansas City Star, MO - 21 hours ago
Five armed security guards checked guests at the door to ensure that they were at least 18 and did not carry weapons. “It was just a real nice party,” said ...

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Current news on the security guard industry often reflects issues on inadequate training for security guards, improper use of force, security guard working conditions, unqualified security guards, unclear, weak, or poorly written policies issued by security guard companies.

Some security guards seem to be underpaid, lacking in benefits, and not provided with the supervision that allows companies to monitor, control, and reward their employees. Lack of fair compensation can be one factor contributing to the amount of crimes committed by security guards or security officers. Lack of good training and standards may also be an important factor as well as lack of pride in this important, but often under-appreciated profession.

It may take unionization and the passage of additional state and federal laws to enable true change to take place and for the title of "Security Guard" to instill the pride and respect that it should.