The city of Chicago will spend up to $1.2 million to hire three private security firms to help prevent civil unrest and looting that erupted amid protests over the killing of George Floyd.
What makes a quality security guard? What skills and traits embody someone that you would want to entrust with your life or the lives of your family? Most fail to realize that so much more goes into the making of a true professional protection agent than just an intimidating look and a gun. There is certainly more to it than the minimum standards required for licensure.
Allied Universal announced that it will hire more than 30,000 security professionals and administrative staff to fill positions located throughout the nation over the next two months.
Securitas Security Services USA is adding nearly 1,000 new jobs across the state in key areas such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, San Fernando Valley, Central Valley and the Inland Empire. Its current California workforce includes 15,000 security professionals.
Grocery stores are bringing on additional off-duty police officers and private security guards to help manage crowded aisles, long lines and jammed parking lots during the coronavirus outbreak.
The Trump administration has authorized millions in federal grants for churches and other houses of worship and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of defending against violence.
Using statistics from news reports, law enforcement incident reports, private agency injury reports, US workplace violence data and our own in-house database curated and analyzed during the past sixteen years, Private Officer National has mapped out the hours and days that an officer is most likely to be harmed.
As CEO of Allied Universal, I believe that veterans, service members and reservists are unsung heroes who serve, secure and care for the people and communities in every corner of our world.
