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Training For Private Security Guards Called Into Question

Training For Private Security Guards Called Into Question

KQED's The California Report

June 12, 202310m 45s

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There are more than 300,000 licensed security guards in California - a number that’s been growing over the past decade.  But in the wake of a fatal shooting of an alleged shoplifter in San Francisco last month by a Walgreens drug store guard, the training required by state regulators is looking increasingly outdated. 

Reporter: Marisa Lagos, KQED


Thousands of unionized hotel workers in Southern California have overwhelmingly voted for a strike authorization measure. If they do walk off the job, they say it will be the biggest hotel strike in U.S. history.

Reporter: Saul Gonzalez, The California Report  

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