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

Several hundred guards are employed by at least five private firms contracted to provide security services at state buildings.

What you need to know: We believe that it is in the interest of the state, private security firm owners and citizens to ensure that the working conditions and overall well-being of private guards ...

There's a saying among some private security guards in the Washington region: "There's no security in security." Poor job security and the potential dangers that come with protecting government ...

Private security guards have become increasingly visible patrolling Baltimore streets in efforts to curb crime as legislation sets out to place new standards on the industry.

That includes private equity–backed Allied Universal, the private security giant and the nation’s third-largest private employer, which provides vehicles and armed security guards to ICE ...

Private security guards with Apex Security Group and Contemporary Services Corporation patrol UCLA on May 7, following days of protests on campus.

A businessman has spent £10,000 on private security guards in a town centre which he said had seen a "massive increase in ...

Under the current law, private security guards have little ability to protect themselves while on duty.

Six months after a private company took over security at Flint City Hall and the Flint Service Center, City Council members aren’t so sure they want to keep the arrangement in place.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a man who died in the custody of two private security guards.