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January issue of CALSAGA eNewsletter now available

The January issue of the CALSAGA eNewsletter is now available.  Click here to download.  Inside, you'll find the latest on our committees, 2010 Annual Conference, Mall Cop movie, plus much more.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 31, 2009

Armed car security guard pepper sprayed - 9News, Colorado

Police have arrested two men after the heist of an armored car outside a Safeway store on Friday.  Pueblo Police say a Brinks security guard was pepper sprayed by two men as he left the grocery store on 29th Street on Friday morning.

Former security guard to be sentenced for ID theft - Providence Journal, New Jersey A former security guard at Rhode Island Hospital is to be sentenced today in U.S. District Court on charges he stole patients' and job applicants' identity information and used it to open cell phone and charge accounts at RadioShack. Security guard assaulted in parking lot - CBS 5, San Francisco Morgan Hill police are still searching for a group of men who allegedly stabbed a man and assaulted a security guard outside a bar early Saturday morning.  The incident was reported at about 1:40 a.m. in the parking lot outside Strixe Bar at 650 Tennant Station, according to police. Woman reports sexual gesture from security guard - Mrytle Beach Sun, South Carolina A Murrells Inlet woman told police that a security guard assigned to watch over her at a local hospital made sexual gestures toward her, according to a police report.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 30, 2009

Accused in fake security guard case speaks out - KSEE 24, Fresno

Robert Johnson says he and his friend, Richard Lozano, were not trying to do anything wrong Tuesday night when they were stopped by Fresno Police.

Cops say shoplifter attacked security guard - Metro West News, Massachuttes

A security guard was attacked on Wednesday as he tried to take a shoplifting suspect into custody, police said.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 29, 2009

Kmart goes private with security - Southtown Star, Chicago

Police said Kmart paid the department approximately $110,000 annually for the security services.  "Any officer working there was given an overtime rate based on their hourly wage with the police department," Homewood Deputy Police Chief Jim Gannon said.

Texas executes former security guard - AP

Texas has executed a former Houston security guard for gunning down four people, including his ex-girlfriend and her two small children, during a 1996 shooting frenzy.

Security guard arrested on drug charge - Tampa Tribune, Florida

A security guard for the city's Parks and Recreration Department has been suspended without pay after police arrested him on a drug-trafficking charge, officials said.

UA security guards have military history - Crimson White, Alabama

While many students are at home asleep in their beds, security guards around campus are patrolling their areas through the night. The security guards of sorority row begin work at 9 p.m. and work until 5 a.m.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 28, 2009

Man arrested for school robbery - Palo Alto Online, California

Thanks to a private security guard and help from a Mountain View police canine unit, Palo Alto police arrested a man early Tuesday morning and charged him with burglarizing Addison Elementary School, Palo Alto Police Agent Dan Ryan said.

Security guard hiring far planned - Tri City Herald

The Umatilla Chemical Depot plans a recruitment day from 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 3 to help fill openings for full-time civilian security guards.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 27, 2009

Security guards injuried in shoplifting shuffle - Long Beach Telegram

Three youths attempting to steal a bundle of shoes at a Kohl's department store escaped with a pair of $50 sneakers after a violent scuffle with security guards, Seal Beach police said Monday. 

Man stole DVDs, fights guards - MetroWest Daily News

A Northbridge man caught leaving a Framingham department store on Sunday assaulted three security guards while trying to get away, police said.

Robbers threaten to shoot mall security guards - KNXV, Phoenix

Mesa police are searching for a man and woman who stole several music players from a shopping mall department store and threatened to shoot several security guards on Saturday.

 

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 24-26, 2009

Shoplifter cut security officer's hand - East Volusia Journal, Florida

A security officer suffered a cut hand Sunday after confronting a shoplifting suspect outside a department store on State Road 44, police said.

Robotic mall cop unveiled in Japan - Foxnews.com

Japanese researchers in Tokyo on Wednesday unveiled a robotic mall cop, a two-foot-high security guard on wheels that can track down bad guys running amok on commercial property and disable them with a 'Spider-Man' like web.

Sensor embedded in wall records visit from guard making rounds - Modesto Bee, Ca

Like most men, I'm not a big fan of shopping. I hate it, actually. In fact, if I were to make a list of a hundred things I despise most in life, a day of shopping would probably beat out a root canal. It's not that I don't buy gifts for people, but my idea of window-shopping is through the Internet windows of my laptop.

Security guard suspended over use of force - The Monitor, Texas

An Edinburg middle school security guard is on paid suspension after using handcuffs on a "special needs" student after school earlier this week, the school district's legal counsel said Friday.

Hero guards help save nun from convent fire - Times Beacon Record, New York

Two St. Charles Hospital security guards risked their lives Jan. 11 to rescue a nun from a fire at the Daughters of Wisdom convent on the grounds of the Port Jefferson hospital.

Security guard at Oliver High school assaulted - Pittsburgh Tribune Review

A security guard at Oliver High School was assaulted by at least one student this morning.  The guard, who was not named, was assaulted just after 9 a.m., prompting paramedics and police to respond to the school on Brighton Road in the North Side.

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 23, 2009

Real Mall Cops on 'Paul Blart" Mall Cop - WCCO, Minnesota

"Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is the number one movie in the country right now. The comedy stars Kevin James as a bumbling mall security officer who crashes his Segway into a minivan and bumbles his way as he patrols a suburban mall.

Security guard wounded in shoot-out - KRTK, Houston

Gunfire at a northwest Harris County game room has left at least one person was wounded. Police say the shots at that game room were fired during an attempted burglary.

Former guard pleads guilty of slashing painting - Artinfo.com, New York

Timur Serebrykov, the former security guard at the Carnegie Museum of Art who was caught on a surveillance camera slashing a Vija Celmins painting with a key last year, has pleaded guilty to charges of institutional vandalism, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

'Security Guard' Offers Man '$20,000' For Small Fee Of '$2,000' - MSNBC.com

Police are praising a man after he saw through a scam that could have cost him thousands of dollars.  “Wally” -- whose name is being protected due to security concerns -- told Wesh 2 News that he was simply running an errand when someone approached him and offered him money.

 

Daily Private Security News Clips - January 22, 2009

Police continue to investigate security guard attack - KFOX, El Paso

Some students at Andress High School are questioning their safety after an incident involving a security guard found tied up in a girl's restroom.

From Food Court to Box Office  - New York Times

As recently as a week ago, the vocation of shopping-mall security officer probably engendered as much public admiration as the professions of, say, car salesman or hedge-fund manager. But like a marked-down cashmere sweater at a post-holiday sale, the undervalued figure of the mall guard suddenly finds himself in demand in the entertainment industry.

Upcoming NASCO CEO Roundtable

In an effort to build the relationship between statewide associations like CALSAGA and the National Association of Security Companies (NASCO), we would like to encourage CALSAGA members to attend the upcoming NASCO CEO Roundtable – February 8-10 at the Millennium Hotel in New York City. 

Click here to download a PDF invite for more detail.

The NASCO CEO Roundtable is an opportunity for senior executives in the contract security industry to network with peers, while helping to shape the security industry through interactive, open discussions regarding issues critical to the growth of your business.

A final schedule and a list of confirmed speakers will be announced in the coming days.  In the interim, if you are interested in attending, you can download the registration form here.  If you have any questions, please contact me at (916) 930-0552 or via email at whodges@calsaga.org.

We look forward to seeing you there!