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These are the bike lanes Doug Ford’s government wants to take out first, according to internal documents From...

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The whole reason that security guards are now licensed is because many years ago, security staff and retail staffers at a Loblaws tried...

There are subtle legal differences depending on the circumstances, and the courts have ruled fairly extensively on them. A traffic stop...

I am not a lawyer, but I would advise against trying to conduct a citizens arrest. I think most loss prevention agents are similarly...

But can one be charged with resisting citizen's arrest the same way as resisting *real* arrest? Seems dubious. "False imprisonment" is...

Would it not be detained as opposed to arrested, as most retail places don't have a holding facility? I think a copper explained to me...

Compromise on the automated speed camera quandary. Have a police office monitor a speed camera. When it flags a speeder going 5 km/h...

I don't think the union would disagree, since they don't want their members getting hurt, but the policy has nothing to do with the...

Security guards absolutely can arrest people they find committing theft ('shoplifting'), either as citizens or agents of the property...

Yep. LCBO is a great example of camera's not stopping theft. Even the low paid security guards in the store haven't stopped the...

That is both for legal and liability reasons. Security guards are not police officers and cannot apprehend, arrest or detain someone in...

Cameras don't do anything for theft, though. When I worked at a convenience store we were robbed once and had video of the thieves...