Understaffed police departments and concerns over public safety are spurring greater use of private security guards. But they aren't a perfect substitute.

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And many of them are armed. Since 2020, new statistics show, the number of certified private security guards in Oregon allowed to carry a weapon has increased 39%.

A Tahoe-area security guard was arrested Monday on sexual assault and false imprisonment charges, with incidents dating back to 2016, police said.

On Nov. 12, security guards violently restrained a 16-year-old Cree girl at Guildford Town Centre in Surrey, after her family said she was falsely accused of shoplifting. Videos posted on social ...

The Post recently observed Allied Universal Security Services guards inside the Herald Square station holding the emergency doors open to let a stream of scofflaws through.

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.

G4S, the largest private security company in the world, sells armed guards as a high-quality, low-cost alternative to police. This is the price.

Private security guards have become increasingly visible patrolling Baltimore streets in efforts to curb crime as legislation sets out to place new standards on the industry.

Dan Ramos is a man with a thriving private security firm. He and his seven Twin Falls employees have the choicest nightly patrol routes, company logos on their shirts and the doors to his pickup ...

According to the group, all guards have California guard cards and have undergone background checks. The guards will not carry pepper spray, batons, handcuffs or any other defensive equipment.

Millville public schools are in the process of adding armed private guards, with the first starting earlier this month, to back up staff and police.