Tens of thousands of private security guards in California play a critical role in public safety, but poverty-level wages and poor training put both the guards and the public at risk, according to a ...

In 2004, when California first started regulating security-guard licenses more extensively, the nation was at war and the memory of 9/11 was fresh. It made sense, then, that state leaders decided to ...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - More than 80 percent of California's buildings, power facilities and other vital structures are in private hands, watched over most closely by security guards on the lookout mainly ...

Traditional security guards have long been used to deter threats, monitor access, and provide a physical presence on-site. For many businesses, especially those in logistics, construction, and ...

Six private security guards face reckless homicide charges and the state has penalized a Nashville honky tonk after a man died of oxygen deprivation on Lower Broadway over the summer. The fallout of ...