Celebrating International Security Officers’ Day: A message from Heather Baily, Chair of the SIA As we mark International Security Officers’ Day this year, I can’t help but reflect with pride on the many examples of outstanding actions of so many security officers that I’ve heard about over the last four years in my time as … Read more
Another group of people found themselves stuck in a lift of a Gloucester shopping centre after it broke down due to ‘overheating’. A security guard was seen trying to prize the lift open in a bid to get some ventilation to those who were stuck in the lift until the controls were reset. The lift … Read more
A bar on the Ipswich Waterfront has left a heartfelt tribute to a “dear friend and colleague” following his battle with cancer. Ben Lewry, who worked at Isaacs on the Quay for 15 years, died of cancer in recent weeks and has now been reflected on as a man “always in good spirits”. Isaacs posted … Read more
Gary Sayers, 48, left a doorman with permanent facial scars after punching him in the Duke of Northumberland pub A Newcastle man left a bouncer with a permanent facial scar after punching him when he asked his banned friend to leave the pub. Gary Sayers unleashed a one-punch attack on the door supervisor at the … Read more
Police are investigating a suspected hate crime after a security guard was left bloodied during a protest outside a hotel housing migrants. Two members of staff at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex were left seriously injured as anti-immigration protesters clashed with counter-demonstrators on Sunday. It came after an asylum seeker who was staying at … Read more
Ireland Increases Minimum Pay for Security Workers, UK Faces Challenges in Following Suit The Republic of Ireland has announced a significant boost to the minimum pay for adult workers in the security industry under a new Employment Regulation Order (ERO). The move, which raises the hourly rate from €14.50 to €15.41, has been hailed as … Read more
A dealer was caught after he ended up on the floor in a nightclub and drugs fell out of his pocket. Callum Harrison was “apparently intoxicated” at Digital in Newcastle in February 2023 and a bouncer was told that he was on the floor so went to help. Newcastle Crown Court heard as the doorman … Read more
A County Derry man who worked as a security guard at Meadowlane Shopping Centre in Magherafelt has been remembered as ‘a quiet man with a genuinely kind heart’. TJ Cudden passed away peacefully at hospital surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, July 5. The Magherafelt man had worked as a security guard in the … Read more
A Worksop woman beat a security guard over the head with a bicycle seat during an attempted theft at a sandwich factory, a court has heard. Jamie Corby and her male accomplice used a staff fob to enter a bike shed at Greencore Sandwiches, on Manton Wood Enterprise Park, in the early hours of April … Read more
A drunken university student who was banned from every pub in the country due to his habit of biting bouncers has avoided jail. University student Jack Higgins-Burnett was prohibited from entering any pub, bar or nightclub in England and Wales for six months after a spate of assaults using his teeth. Within weeks of the … Read more