Several former or current Solaren security guards testified Wednesday that they were encouraged to pose as law enforcement, even after expressing concern over misleading the public.

But security guards are not a panacea. For one thing, guards can be hard to hire. For its own security guard pilot program, Santa Fe, N.M., wanted 18 guards. Six months later, it still only has 12 ...

Early Monday morning the corner of Rosa L. Parks Blvd and Commerce St. was closed off as a crime scene where police counted more than 70 bullets. Some of those were shot by armed security guards ...