Recently polled Americans are satisfied with or neutral about airport security measures – up from 87.5% last year.

A new report highlights the best cities to be employed as a security officer.
 

So you want to rob a bank; not saying you should, but... the “best” day is Friday, and the best time is between 9 and 11 a.m. So set your cellphone to an early wake-up call. Concentrate on a branch in a commercial section of the city. Go up to the teller counter and say your threat or hand over a note. Avoid an act of violence; only three percent of incidents of robbery, burglaries and larcenies resulted in violence in 2014. By the way, vastly more perpetrators are killed in a bank robbery compared to customers or employees.

What do you think of when you think about a security officer? Is your perception tainted by Hollywood which generally paints security officers as comedic caricatures with delusions of grandeur? Do you think of security officers as “wannabe cops” who have no career path? If your answer is affirmative, I ask you to push aside these dated and inaccurate perceptions about security officers and learn what is truly involved in this critically important profession today.

Two people who claim they were attacked in a U.S. Cellular Field parking lot after a baseball game last year have filed a lawsuit against the Chicago White Sox, claiming the lot did not have proper security.

A Japanese company is launching a drone that will automatically launch when an intruder is detected and follow him or her while sending video to human supervisors.

A bill to clean up California’s security industry was approved by the Assembly Business and Professions Committee.

Metal detectors are now permanent fixtures outside three roller coasters at Universal Orlando.

A New York congressman anounced that he's sponsoring a bill that would make chokeholds a federal crime.