Understaffed police departments and concerns over public safety are spurring greater use of private security guards. But they aren't a perfect substitute.

A security guard at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach was arrested for allegedly hitting a student.Ronald Thurston ...

House Democrats were ripped on social media after trying to gain entry into the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., and accosting a security guard while doing so.

Security guards in the Netherlands are increasingly encountering verbal and physical abuse while on the job. More than half ...