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Private security fights off pirate attack on Spanish trawler
Madrid :: Spain | about 24 hours ago
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The Ortube Berria came under fire from smalls arms and a rocket launcher in the Indian Ocean on Sunday The Defence Ministry has confirmed that private guards on board a Spanish trawler fishing in the Indian Ocean repelled an attack by pirates early on...
Tags: Indian Ocean, pirates attack, private security, Spain, Ortube Berria, Somali, fishing vessel, security guards, Madrid, Piracy in Somalia, Piracy, Naval trawler, International criminal law, Gulf of Aden, Berria, Politics, Fishing trawler, Recreational trawler, Action of 18 March, Operation Atalanta, Ship, MV Faina, MV Iran Deyanat
Sacramento deputies union sues county over layoffs, job replacements
Mexico City :: Mexico | 6 days ago
Credibility The lawsuit, filed this month, alleges that the county's decision to hire Inter-Con Security Services to guard Department of Human Assistance facilities in place of Sheriff's Department employees violates county rules regulating outsourcing. "You cannot...
Tags: security officer, Department of Human Assistance, private security, security company, Inter-Con Security Services, Sacramento, Mexico, Mexico City, Surveillance, Layoff, Sheriff, Sheriffs in the United States, Crime prevention, Security, Security guard, Law Crime, Labor
Will cops play brokers?
Cape Town :: South Africa | 8 days ago
Credibility Spokesperson Dianne Kohler-Barnard said in a statement that among the temporary employees used by the South African Police Service were thousands of private security guards used in peripheral security positions, which helped free up the number of officers...
Tags: Nathi Mthethwa, private security, Dianne Kohler-Barnard, labour brokers, South Africa, Cape Town, Dianne Kohler Barnard, Security guard
Private security companies will leave Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 10 days ago
Credibility President Karzai told private security companies that they would have to cease operating in Afghanistan within the next two years. In a move that will be hugely popular with ordinary Afghans who resent the presence of thousands of heavily armed private...
Tags: Iranian, United States, Hamid Karzai, U.S, Afghanistan, Nato, France, China, private security, Afghan Karzai, Kabul, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Makhmalbaf, International reaction to the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Iranian election protests, Iranian presidential election, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Politics, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, Hillary Clinton caucuses and primaries, Barack Obama, Punahou School alumni, Robert Gibbs, Economy of Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Nuclear program of Iran, Iran, Nuclear proliferation, Iran ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Politics of Iran
Ex Police Chief: No role for private enforcement
London :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
Credibility They say it is concerning and causes confusion for members of the public. Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said there should be no role for the private sector in law enforcement in Britain and the Police Federation, which represents...
Tags: private security, United Kingdom, London, Law enforcement, Metropolitan Police, Police, Security guard, Ian Blair, Crime prevention, Security, Surveillance
Private eyes' watchdog gets shakeup
Ontario :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility The Ontario Provincial Police has launched a review of its role in licensing private investigators and security guards following two Star investigations. At the same time, the licensing agency has been shaken up, with its civilian boss reassigned. A brief...
Tags: private investigator, OPP, security guard, Jon Herberman, Ontario Provincial Police, Eric Cunningham, investigator services, private security, watchdog branch, opp office, Ontario, Surveillance, Crime prevention, Security
LAPD officer charged in attempt to export handguns
Belize :: Belize | 27 days ago
Credibility A Los Angeles police officer has been indicted for attempting to illegally export guns to his security firm in Belize. Johnny Augustus Baltazar surrendered to authorities Monday and was scheduled to appear in federal court. Prosecutors say Baltazar...
Tags: Belize, Los Angeles International Airport, LAPD, police officer, private security, export guns, angeles police, Johnny Augustus Baltazar, lapd officer
NJ airport worker accused of Obama threat
Newark :: NJ :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility N.J. — A private security guard at Newark airport in New Jersey has been arrested on charges of threatening President Barack Obama. Obama is scheduled to land at Newark Liberty International Airport around 4:30 p.m...Port Authority spokesman John Kelly...
Tags: Barack Obama, Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark Airport, security guard, private security
Weapons of firm guarding diplomats seized
Islamabad :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
Credibility A large quantity of arms and ammunition was seized from a house of a retired captain during a raid here on Saturday morning. Police said the district administration officials, along with personnel of security agencies, raided the house on street 35,...
Tags: Pakistan Washington, security firm, Islamabad, police raided, Kohat, death toll, linked security, private security, toll rises, provide security, Pakistan
Spain authorises long range weapons to repel pirates
Madrid :: Spain | 2 months ago
Credibility The private security which protects the tuna fleet in the Indian Ocean has only been permitted small arms until now The Interior Ministry has decided to allow private security contracted to protect Spain’s tuna fleet in the Indian Ocean to use long range...
Tags: Spain, Indian Ocean, private security, Spanish, range weapons, Madrid
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