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A Southend man without the legal right to work in the UK was caught with a forged Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence after he was injured in a car accident in Bristol. On Monday 14 November, Ahmed Altorshan was handed a 17 weeks’ jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, by Southend-on-Sea Magistrates’ Court. He was […]
Read moreOn Friday 4 November 2022, a security operative pleaded guilty at Dudley Magistrates’ Court to working illegally. Finlay Caw of Bridgnorth was fined £300 and required to pay £500 prosecution costs plus a £34 victim surcharge to be paid within 14 days. Friday’s sentencing is the latest in a series of prosecutions brought by the […]
Read moreOn Friday 4 November 2022, Bolton man Olarotimi Ojugbele was handed a 26-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months by Willesden Magistrates’ Court, plus a 15-day Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to be completed within 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge. Friday’s sentence follows Ojugbele’s guilty plea to fraud on Thursday […]
Read moreOn Tuesday 1 November 2022, Bradford Magistrates’ Court found Usman Raees guilty in his absence of failing to provide information to the Security Industry Authority (SIA). The court fined him £660 and ordered him to pay £3,814 court costs plus a £66 victim surcharge within 28 days. This week’s case follows a successful prosecution by the […]
Read moreWe are pleased to welcome Samsic UK to the membership of The ACS Pacesetters. This family-owned company employs more than 4000 staff from their head office in the West Midlands and 12 regional locations. The company offers a range of security services including static guarding, mobile patrols, and event security. Samsic also provides cleaning and […]
Read moreIFPO (International Foundation for Protection Officers) are running a Boot Camp for their CPO (Certified Protection Officer) certification. This will be held at the University of West London in Ealing on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th November, with the exam taking place on the Sunday. Successful candidates are able to use the post nominal designation […]
Read moreDavid Dankwa-Smith has been fined for working illegally as a door supervisor at a nightclub in Bournemouth. Last Wednesday 28 September, David Dankwa-Smith pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court to working as an illegal door supervisor at a Bournemouth nightclub. He did this while his Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence was suspended. On Wednesday he […]
Read moreFrom tomorrow (1 October 2022) all close protection licence holders will need a first aid qualification and the new top-up training before they renew. The new top-up qualification will include: physical intervention skills knowledge of door supervision responsibilities terror threat awareness Operatives must make sure that their first aid qualification has at least one year […]
Read moreOn Friday 9 September, a Dudley man and a woman were prosecuted for offences under the Private Security Industry Act at Dudley Magistrates’ Court. Both previously pleaded not guilty to working as unlicensed managers supplying security at Monty’s Bar in Dudley on 12 November 2021. Emma Spittle of Sedgley – one of the managers of […]
Read moreOn 24 August 2022, a security firm and its director were prosecuted at Poole Magistrates’ Court for supplying unlicensed security to a Bournemouth sports bar. Company director Terence Macartney, from Wareham, pleaded guilty and was fined £415. He was also ordered to pay court costs of £1,529 plus a victim surcharge of £42. A guilty […]
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