Security Guards Improve Rider Safety on Public Transportation

Riding on public transportation can be a harrowing experience. Drug use, theft, assault and lack of a clean environment are making riders on public buses and metro lines feel unsafe. Public transportation crime in Los Angeles has risen sharply. Security guards at metro stations and on public transportation can reduce crime and poor behavior. Crime […]

Community Security Guards: Protecting Businesses and Neighborhoods

Helping to get the unhoused off the streets should be the highest priority for every elected official. In some cases, homeless individuals suffer from mental illness or drug addiction and they resort to theft and vandalism. When business owners and community members see such types of crime rising where they work or live, they should […]

Overnight Burglaries On The Rise; More Security Needed

Los Angeles-area restaurants and shops are experiencing an increase in nighttime burglaries. Some locations have been hit multiple times. Enlisting the services of overnight security guards is one way to stop these criminals. Crime of Opportunity. Burglars select locations in which they can gain easy access—usually those with glass entry doors or large glass frontage […]

Security Guard Stops Gunman; Hailed As A Hero

When a man armed with an AR15 entered a social services center and fired a shot, the security guard on duty did what he was trained to do—subdue the man until police arrived. The guard, Reynaldo Beckford, used his 20 years of security guard experience during the struggle. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the […]