PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An audit has found that 16 security guards for a Portland security company were working without completing their state-required certification.
The August audit of Pacific Patrol Services was prompted by a skateboarder’s complaint to the state Department of Public Safety, Standards and Training. Pacific Patrol provides security for Pioneer Courthouse Square and Director’s Park.
A lawsuit filed against the company by skateboarder Brian Baca has been tentatively settled just before a trial was scheduled. Baca alleged he was falsely arrested and battered in 2009 by a security guard who was trying to exclude him from the downtown square.
The Oregonian (http://bit.ly/xnLH8U) says the guard, who no longer works for the company, was not certified at the time.
