Michael O'Sullivan

As the editor of TPSO Magazine/Blog and The Violence Against Security Blog, I am committed to promoting safety and security in all areas of the industry...

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Medics and patients left with safety fears as NHS Tayside axe security guard after 30 years

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Picture appeal following assault outside Newark cinema

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Over the summer, Henry Nowak's final moments were broadcast around the world. He was just eighteen, and when the police reached him on a street in Southampton he would have believed that help had come. He told them he had been stabbed and could not breathe, and they handcuffed and arrested him.

I met Henry's family in June, and that meeting has stayed with me ever since. There is still much more to be said about how the police failed Henry, and about how they went on failing his family and loved ones right up until the conviction.

The day after we met, I wrote to the then Prime Minister, Keir Starmer asking for an independent, rapid review of the police response, the decisions that followed, and the role of the police watchdog. I didn't publish that letter at the time, because I hoped the Government would do the right thing and I wanted to work with them quietly to make that happen. Downing Street's answer was to wait for the existing processes to run their course.

Since then, Keir Starmer has gone and Andy Burnham has taken his place, yet still there is no review. There was little mention of victims in the PM’s speech earlier this week. Henry's family have waited long enough, so today I'm publishing my letter. Andy Burnham should order the review now, and I stand ready to work with him to set it up, as I offered in June.

I haven't forgotten Henry, and I won't let this Government forget him either.

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#Missing | Can you help us find 89-year-old Dehiba who was last seen just after 2.40pm leaving #Chelsea and #Westminster hospital? She's wearing a hospital gown with a long black puffer jacket on top and carrying a large bag. If seen, call 101 quoting 4484/30Sep

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@globalfireforum @maurice_1960 @GOVUK @PhilipIngMBE @Mr_Andrew_Fox @FABSITEUK @EssexPR @cabinetofficeuk @crimestoppers @PoliceScotland @Selyst @LBC @GBNEWS @fire_scot @LondonFire @LondonAssembly @nestcentreorg @SecurityRollo @kentfirerescue @PSOSGreaterGlas @Sandbagger_01 There also a lot of danger from malicious people with a grudge - this was from 2016: https://t.co/cAfEFrxERt

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@globalfireforum @maurice_1960 @GOVUK @PhilipIngMBE @Mr_Andrew_Fox @FABSITEUK @EssexPR @cabinetofficeuk @crimestoppers @PoliceScotland @Selyst @LBC @GBNEWS @fire_scot @LondonFire @LondonAssembly @nestcentreorg @SecurityRollo @kentfirerescue @PSOSGreaterGlas @Sandbagger_01 https://t.co/tw6WzsZRAq

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Appeal for witnesses after assault in Coventry

On 27 Aug at around 10.35pm a security guard was pushed and racially abused at a supermarket on Classic Drive

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Published by The Evening Standard: Moment protester 'thrown to the ground' by Hackney Council security officer

Footage appears to show a security guard at Hackney Council pushing a protester to the ground during an ‘occupation’ of the council HQ

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Appeal for information - Appeal after man threatened with knife on Soho Road

Between 4.30 and 5pm on 21 July, a security guard in Soho Road challenged a man who was acting suspiciously.

https://t.co/mBQqh8m7no

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Appeal after man threatened with knife on Soho Road

Between 4.30 and 5pm on 21 July, a security guard in Soho Road challenged a man who was acting suspiciously.

In response, the man produced a knife and threatened him before eventually leaving the area.

https://t.co/mBQqh8m7no

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News story - OUT OF CONTROL Moment hooded thugs attack security guards inside Scots ASDA

Emergency teams scrambled to an ASDA superstore in Kirkcaldy when the alarm was raised at 8.40pm on September 4

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'Snapping' is the dangerous teen craze every parent should know about | Metro News https://t.co/iW2ZuS5url

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Appeal for information: Robbery, Navenby https://t.co/pdXpphYQIc

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Metropolitan Police Service issued with enforcement notice and reprimand following data protection failures | ICO https://t.co/AWEvWTLFZG

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AI generated summary of the video: While filming a Rockwool facility from a public highway, DJ AUDITS is confronted by security staff who attempt to block departure and demand the deletion of footage. Useful educational video

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Introduce a Security-Specific Minimum Wage of £13​.​50 Per Hour for Security Officers - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/4Ap5eWa0vv via @UKChange

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Research Briefing: Terrorism in Great Britain: the statistics - Published Wednesday, 20 May, 2026

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From Aberdeen Live: Aberdeen nursery worker headbutted security guard and left ex-colleague 'permanently disfigured'

Sarah Wood was convicted of two violent assaults

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A Lincolnshire man was caught carrying a taser after using the device on a friend in a pub. Prosecutors described how Hind came to the attention of a member of security staff:

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From Chronicle Live: A serial offender who struck a Greggs employee over the head with a hammer during a failed robbery attempted to claim his seven-year prison sentence was excessive

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