The predominantly female 5,000 school safety agents in New York City have signed on to a class action lawsuit accusing the city of paying them less than special officers who perform similar work at homeless shelters and hospitals, a force that is predominantly male.
In the past year, highly publicized mass shootings — especially the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy in December — have made the call for armed security officers commonplace. To many, it seems logical to fight fire with fire; that is, using armed officers to combat armed criminals and prevent tragedies from occurring.
Allegations that temporary workers were housed in cramped conditions and guarded 24/7 by security officers from a far-right leaning company compelled the usually secretive company to respond.
To pay for a security officer in the 24/7 downtown Atlanta location, one Waffle House is passing the cost of security onto the customer though a 20 percent surcharge.
286 flights have been canceled out of Hamburg and Duesseldorf airports, affecting thousands of passengers, in an attempt to force airport administration to present a "negotiable" offer.
The role and value of private security officers has always been clear to those in the security business. But “guard jokes,” from cartoons to movies are taking a back seat to reality as Newtown and other (now routine) mass shootings awakened the general public’s consciousness to the value and need for trained, professional security officers.
