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10/12/2007 - Strategies from the elite Escuela Campo Alegre for combating security guard fatigue. (Online Exclusive)

10/11/2007 - A bill (H.R. 2703) introduced by Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) would require that all security officers undergo a federal and state background check covering the previous ten years. The applicant would be precluded from getting the job if he or she had been convicted any one of a number of crimes, including illegal firearms possession, burglary, buying or receiving stolen property, unlawful entry, reckless endangerment, making threats of terrorism, or any crime of violence. Other offenses may disqualify the applicant from a job as a security officer if that crime is relevant to the ability of the employee to provide reliable security services.

10/10/2007 - An Australian private security firm is under fire for the latest deadly shooting incident involving private security contractors in Iraq.

10/04/2007 - Companies like Blackwater USA could be subject to U.S. law. White House objects.

09/28/2007 - Robert Young Pelton, perhaps best known as the author of The World’s Most Dangerous Places, has given us a snapshot of life in the world of the PMC and the independent contractors who populate it. Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror is an entertaining look at how so-called mercenaries have come to play an increasingly critical role in Iraq and how their metamorphosis into the more-expansive PMCs could go astray.

09/26/2007 - Citing the reliance companies have placed in private security officers since 9-11, Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) has introduced a bill (H.R. 5893) that would require employers to obtain a federal criminal records check on all contract and proprietary security guards.

09/24/2007 - Is the focus on the Mexico border leaving a northern exposure?

09/24/2007 - A California court has ruled that a contract security guard company can be held liable for failing to fulfill its contract.

09/21/2007 - The use of stun guns by security departments of hospitals and medical centers may sound shocking, but they may be a safer alternative to physical force.

09/21/2007 - In company news, Docklands Light Railway installs mobile surveillance. In ASIS news, keynote speakers are set for San Diego, and ASIS releases a guideline on workplace violence.

09/20/2007 - Examine the differences between the powers enjoyed by police officers and those available to private security guards under British law and how well guards themselves understand those differences.

09/19/2007 - In the 1990s, Russia was on the cusp between Soviet rule and Glasnost. The era, often referred to as the Wild Wild East, saw a nascent and unregulated private security industry made up of former athletes organized under former military officers. But those days are over.

09/14/2007 - A move to unionize security guards is underway nationwide. One major battle on that front is Los Angeles.