Campus Safety Magazine

U.S. Demand for Private Security Services to Approach $66 Billion in 2012

CLEVELAND – U.S. demand for private contracted security services is forecast to advance 4.7 percent per year to almost $66 billion in 2012. Growth will be spurred by a high perceived risk of crime ...
Security

As police forces struggle, can private security industry seize the moment?

Private security forces may be more needed than ever as public police departments struggle with recruitment, retirements, high costs for wages and equipment and anti-police sentiment. “There’s been a ...
Governing

Private Security Guards Are Filling Gaps in Policing (But Not All of Them)

Octavia Egeonu talks with Michael Igo, the interim police chief in Dallas. Egeonu's husband Anthony was shot and killed last month while working as a security guard at a CVS. Police departments ...
Harvard Medical School

Symposium on PMSCs: AI Broke the Code – The International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers and Emerging Technologies

In a symposium post for Opinio Juris, Lubin examines how AI-driven private security contractors are pushing beyond the limits of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service ...
KRQE Blogs

Can private security officers in Albuquerque arrest people?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Private security guards at stores in Albuquerque are a common sight to see. But what jurisdiction do these security guards have when it comes to addressing suspected ...