Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan attacked officials and security guards from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) at the Wankhede Stadium for manhandling children who had gone to watch an Indian Premier League match on Wednesday night.

The Kolkata Knight Riders owner — watching his team take on Mumbai Indians — sparked an ugly confrontation on the pitch after the game, with the MCA accusing him of using abusive language and threatening behaviour.

They [officials] were extremely aggressive and I was disturbed that they manhandled children in the name of security. This is unpardonable.
 

Shah Rukh Khan, Kolkata Knight Riders owner

Hours after the officials of MCA, the governing body for cricket in Mumbai and Thane, and a permanent member of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), filed a police complaint, Khan admitted abusing the officials but said he did it “because they were extremely aggressive and I was disturbed that they manhandled children in the name of security. This is unpardonable”.

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Speaking at his Mannat residence in suburban Bandra yesterday afternoon, Khan said he had gone to the stadium to pick up his own children and 30 others who were to return home on a bus. The children were not planning to enter the field of play as they knew it was not allowed, he said.

However, the MCA’s version is that he tried to force his way into the ground. Official Vinod Deshpande called Khan’s behaviour “atrocious”.

The MCA has since decided to ban him from the Wankhede. Khan responded: “If this is the treatment meted out to people, I don’t want to go to the stadium.”

Several MCA officials said Khan was drunk, “used foul language” and that there was a lot of pushing and shouting.

In its police complaint the MCA accused him of “drunken misbehaviour”.

Assistant Police Commissioner Iqbal Shaikh said: “Shah Rukh was drunk. He was smelling of alcohol but he was not drinking at the Wankhede Stadium. But it is not an offence. He was also abusing and threatening MCA and BCCI officials.”

Khan insisted he had not touched any alcohol.

He said that when he went into the stadium “there were around 20-25 MCA officials who were extremely aggressive and I was disturbed at the way they manhandled children and pushed them around. They have no right to touch little girls”.

Nothing to clarify

He said one of the security guards spoke abusively to him in Marathi.

“I don’t want to repeat what he or others said. I wish I could find that gentleman who spoke rudely,” he said.

“I said that this was my country, my city. You can’t evict me.”

Khan said he had nothing to clarify and it was the MCA that should apologise to him for the “extreme high-handedness” of its officials.

Article source: http://gulfnews.com/sport/cricket/shah-rukh-accuses-security-guards-of-manhandling-children-1.1024463

(CNN) — A Nigerian man who supervised more than 30 private security guards at Newark-Liberty International Airport pleaded not guilty Tuesday to identity theft of a man killed in New York two decades ago, prosecutors said.

Bimbo Olumuyiwa Oyewole, 54, is accused of using the identity of Jerry Thomas and taking up work as a security guard by way of a phony name.

“His resume indicates that he was hired in March of 1992, and we are in the process of trying to independently verify that is correct,” said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman.

Authorities initially reported that Thomas was believed to have died before his identity was stolen. But Coleman said that new evidence suggests that he was killed afterward.

Officials say Oyewole is an illegal immigrant from Nigeria but passed numerous background checks with the New Jersey State Police and Border Protection.

An anonymous tip several weeks ago helped investigators build a case, Coleman said. Oyewole was arrested at his home in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on Monday and charged with identity theft.

Details of Thomas’ death in 1992 were not clear Monday, but the New York Police Department said it had no information linking Oyewole to any investigation.

Oyewole worked at four private security companies over the past 20 years, most recently with FJC Security since 2003. He had access to various secure areas of the airport, including the runways, according to Coleman of the Port Authority.

His attorney could not be immediately reached for comment.

Oyewole is set to be formally arraigned on June 18.

Article source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/15/justice/new-york-airport-security/?hpt=hp_t2

Slack security at the University of Limpopo’s Turfloop campus has compromised the safety of students.

Firearms and knives are strictly prohibited, but, on Friday, a reporter walked unhindered into the campus, carrying these dangerous weapons. A 36cm-long knife was tied to my leg and hidden in my jeans, while a toy gun was stuck in the back of my pants.

Instead of searching all the visitors, security guards at gate number 2, opposite the Mankweng shopping complex, simply allowed strangers to walk in.

The weapons were shown to the officials at the university’s marketing and communications office immediately after access was granted. The access test was conducted at a time when the university has been in the limelight following a spate of reports about criminal activity on campus.

Early this month, students killed a suspected thug, Lekau Mamabolo, 24, on campus and severely assaulted seven of his friends. The men were assaulted after a student called for help in an alleged robbery that night. The university management said the men were not registered students and emphasised that they had been on campus illegally.

Visiting hours at Turfloop are between 8am and 10pm daily. The attack took place just after midnight. It’s unclear what the men were doing on campus.

But now, the police intend to arrest more than a hundred students and charge them with Mamabolo’s murder. “We have opened a murder charge and we are hoping to make arrests soon,” said Mankweng police spokesman Constable Moses Molepo.

The university has been plagued by endless robberies and rapes.

Last month, an LLB student was stabbed to death outside the campus. Another LLB student, Abram Makane, 25, was shot six times and injured at a university residence last year. After last year’s shooting incident, the university promised to install metal detectors at all entrances, but the devices remained there for less than a month.

On Sunday, university spokesman Kgalema Mohuba pointed the finger at Mafoko Security Services, the company contracted to render security at the campus.

Mohuba said: “As far as I know, those things are still there. But if they have been removed, the security will have to explain.” He said all visitors should be subjected to strict security processes.

Martha Nare, the site manager for Mafoko Security Services, refused to comment.

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Article source: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/lax-security-poses-risk-to-students-1.1296208

“SOS doesn’t want our union to represent the workers,” said Kurt Westby, Connecticut district director of Local 32BJ, which represents 4,500 people in the state — mostly janitors and building maintenance workers.

A person who answered the phone at SOS who identified himself as Gary said the company would not comment. Last month, a spokesman for the state Department of Administrative Services said the agency was reviewing the contract to determine whether SOS was in compliance, but DAS has not issued a statement.

The security officers, joined by other members of 32BJ, shouted slogans and banged on makeshift drums at 410 Capitol Ave. Thursday as state employees exited the building during lunchtime. The strikers work at several buildings along that stretch, near the state Capitol, including the highrise at 25 Sigourney St.

“This is the worst company I’ve ever worked for,” said April Piette, an East Hartford resident and formerU.S. Army corporal who has been with SOS for two years but has been in building security since 1994.

Piette said 32BJ approached the workers last year and asked about working conditions. She helped organize co-workers.

In all, there are about 400 private building guards in state buildings, mostly in Hartford, mostly non-unionized, said Matt O’Connor, the 32BJ political director. Most make similar wages — in the range of $10 to $12 an hour, or slightly more or less.

“That’s way below what would be the private standard for doing this work,” O’Connor said.

Westby said the company does offer health insurance, as required by the state — at $14,000 per year charged to employees who choose family coverage.

The group has not yet filed a protest with federal labor officials, Westby said. “This is our form of protest and we’ll see whether we can drive some change. … We’re talking with other guards, also.”

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Article source: http://articles.courant.com/2012-05-10/business/hc-state-security-strike-20120510_1_security-guards-local-32bj-workers

Almost 835 officials provide security to some 300 parliamentarians and VIPs.

QUETTA: 

Scores of police officials in Quetta are deputed as security guards for VIPs of the province, further reducing the already diminished strength of the police forces in the densely populated Quetta valley.

As many as 835 out of 5,000 total police forces in the provincial capital are deputed as security guards to some 300 Members of National and Provincial Assemblies and other VIPs. This serves as a likely reason for the poor law and order situation in the province.

It is estimated that Quetta caters to a population of over 2.5 million and also has a daily inflow of people who come to earn their livelihood from nearby districts such as Mastung, Pishin and Qila Abdullah.

Police officials claimed that it has become difficult to patrol in Quetta and maintain law and order since a significant number of head constables, constables and ASI serve as security guards to provincial ministers and MPAs. “Police already lack the required strength to ensure protection of the huge population,” an official said.

Official documents revealed that 39 police personnel are deputed as security guards for Home Minister Mir Zafarullah Zehri, 20 police personnel for Provincial Minister for Fisheries Hamal Kalmati, 12 for senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wassay and some other MPAs and MNAs have 9 to 10 security guards while secretaries and other important personalities also have two to three police constables.

According to Home Department sources, government call personnel of Balochistan Levies and police from other districts during occasions of Eid, Muharram and other important events in order to maintain law and order. “Many politicians also submitted applications demanding protection,” an official in the Home Department said.  It is pertinent to mention that target killings, explosions and kidnappings are common in the provincial capital where top police officers, educationists and ministers are also being targeted.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 10^th, 2012.

Article source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/376594/vip-benefits-police-officials-in-quetta-deputed-as-security-guards/

The move by Callington Town Council follows an increase in complaints by members of the public and cuts by Devon and Cornwall police.

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The council has decided to employ outside security to patrol various sites in the town including the Saltash Road Car Park, Hay Road allotments and Beeching Park in Kelly Bray.

The patrols will have the ability to gather information that could help the Police in issuing Section 59 notices to stop disruption caused to residents across the town from small groups of people racing their cars and playing loud music.

The Outside Services Committee Chairman, Councillor Denise Winfindale said: “After numerous complaints regarding the anti-social behaviour at the Saltash Road Car Park, the Outside Services Committee voted unanimously to source outside help to tackle the problem.

“It was discussed at length and it was decided to also include other areas around the town which have been subject to vandalism, costing the tax payer money which should be used elsewhere.

“We understand the Police have been targeting these areas which we are grateful for but with the cut backs in manpower we hope this decision will assist them too.

“As always can I still request for people to be vigilant to stop this petty minority causing the town such a problem and report any incidents to the police and obtain a log number”.

Her comments were echoed by the proposer of the move, Callington and Cornwall Councillor Andrew Long.

“This action will help the people in the town whose lives have been blighted by a very small minority of people who seem intent on disturbing residents in certain areas. The benefit of this will be that the security personnel will be able to provide evidence for the Police to pursue repeat offenders and that will enable them to seize the vehicles of these people” he said.

Signs have already gone up across the town warning people of the patrols and these will start almost immediately.

Article source: http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Town-hires-security-guards-crack-anti-social/story-16022266-detail/story.html

HARTFORD, Conn.

Private security guards who work at several state agencies based in Hartford are planning to walk off the job next week.

Kurt Westby, district supervisor for the union 32 BJ, which represents the workers, told The Associated Press on Thursday that about 40 guards plan to hold a one-day strike on May 10.

The guards work for SOS Security Inc. at buildings housing state agencies including the Departments of Public Works and the Office of Policy and Management.

“It’s unfortunate the workers are so upset with their working conditions that they have to do this,” said Westby, adding that the guards hope the action will improve their working conditions. “They feel this is their last resort.”

The guards have accused SOS of failing to make pension contributions required by a state contract with the East Parsippany, N.J.-based company. They also said the company has used intimidation tactics against them as they’ve tried to unionize with 32BJ, which is part of the Service Employees International Union.

The workers earn $9.56 to $12 an hour and say they can’t afford the health insurance offered to them and often rely on state taxpayer-funded health insurance and other public assistance.

A man who answered the phone at SOS’s headquarters said the company had no comment.

Last month, the guards voted to authorize a possible strike. Since that time, Westby said SOS hasn’t met with the workers to listen to their concerns.

“There have been no constructive discussions whatsoever,” he said.

The guards don’t yet have a contract — Westby said SOS hasn’t recognized 32BJ as the workers’ union — but Wesby said some job protections are available to them under federal law if they do strike.

Several hundred guards are employed by at least five private firms contracted to provide security services at state buildings. Westby said the union is preparing for the possibility that those other guards will authorize strikes.

The union has requested the Department of Administrative Services to conduct an audit of SOS Services and review whether they’ve made proper pension payments, paid correct holiday rates and wages, and provided working safety equipment such as radios. The union also requested that the agency review the cost of the health insurance that SOS offers employees. Employees said it can cost as much as $585 in co-pays every two weeks for a family plan.

Article source: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UHUR1O0.htm

The two Danes, Peter Junlet and Jack Nielsen, are security guards, who had been protecting a ship from possible attacks by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean and Mozambique Channel. They disembarked in Nacala, intending to return to Denmark.

The police say they arrested them because they were carrying bullet-proof jackets – the first time it has ever been suggested that possession of such protective clothing is illegal. The police spokesperson in Nampula province gave no other information, but promised to give further details “shortly”.

The two men were transferred to police cells in the northern city of Nampula. A spokesperson for the Justice Ministry confirmed to AIM that the Attorney-General’s Office ordered their release.

These arrests followed the seizure in late March of weaponry owned by shipping companies that was being stored at the Nacala police command. The General Command of the Mozambican police said that whatever arrangement the Nacala commander, Adriano Muianga, had with the shipping companies and their freight agents was illegal, because Muianga’s superiors did not know about it.

However, it later became clear that the Department of Order in the Nampula Provincial Police Command not only knew about the arrangement but had authorised it. The General Commander of the police, Jorge Khalau, said this was not good enough and only senior government figures, such as the Ministers of the Interior, of Defence, of Finance or of Transport, could authorise the entry into or transit through the country of military equipment.

These incidents have alarmed the security companies protecting shipping. Cited in the South African press, Nik Rogers, of the company Kenya Security Risk, based in Mombasa, which facilitates protection for international shipping companies travelling down the east African coast, said the two Danes “brought no weapons or any security equipment off the boat.

Their arrival was all coordinated with Mozambique officials, as usual, ahead of time, and suddenly they are arrested”.

The result is likely to be a loss of business for Nacala. “We will now have to stop using Nacala as a stop off point for international shippers trying to protect their boats and cargo”, said Rogers.

Article source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201205040333.html

A 35-year-old woman was arrested for robbery Friday after she was accused of stealing a cap from Dillard’s and then striking a security guard with a vehicle.

A 21-year-old Security guard confronted 35-year-old Loretta Ramsey (11/18/1976) after Ramsey left the Dillard’s store without paying for a cap. Ramsey got into a white 2009 Pontiac Vibe and left the parking lot but ran over the security guards foot.  The Security Officer suffered minor injuries.

Corpus Christi Police were called to investigate and were provided the license plate number for the white Pontiac. One of the responding patrol officers recognized the name of the registered owner and knew the owner resided at a different address than the registered address for the vehicle. The patrol officer located Ramsey and collected the evidence of Ramsey’s involvement of the crime. Because of the use of force in this theft, Ramsey was arrested for Robbery which is a 2nd degree felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Article source: http://www.kiiitv.com/story/17926394/woman-strikes-mall-security-officer-with-vehicle