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News releases are official statements issued by Commissionaires for the media.
Commissionaires Great Lakes Launches New Investigations Unit
Businesses have new option for due diligence, litigation support, and more
Toronto, December 8, 2010 – Commissionaires Great Lakes (CGL) today announced the launch of its new Investigations Unit to offer clients investigative services in the areas of due diligence, litigation support, fraud investigations, and intellectual property. The Special Investigations Unit will be led by Tom O’Carroll, a seasoned security professional.
Commissionaires and DND Join Forces to Support Injured Veterans
Memorandum of Understanding on new “Return to Work” program signed
November 2, 2010, Toronto, ON – The Department of National Defence, the Canadian Forces (CF), and Commissionaires announce the signing of the Return to Work (RTW) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide employment to veterans injured in the line of duty. The MOU was signed 1 November 2010 at National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa.
Commissionaires Opens Additional Toronto Office to Meet Demand for Criminal Background Checks
July 26 2010, Toronto, ON – To meet the increasing demand for background checks, Commissionaires Great Lakes has just opened its seventh digital fingerprinting office, located at 25 St. Clair Ave East – steps from the St. Clair subway station. The service, offered by knowledgeable friendly professionals, makes criminal record checks faster for those applying for immigration, citizenship, employment, international adoptions, and foreign travel.
New Law Requires Training to Prevent Workplace Violence
Commissionaires Great Lakes offers one-day compliance workshop
April 1, 2010, Toronto, ON – A new one-day workshop offered by Commissionaires Great Lakes helps businesses understand, and comply with, Bill 168, provincial labour legislation comes into effect in June, 2010. The new Ontario law imposes significant new demands on employers to protect their employees from workplace violence and harassment. Specifically, the new law requires employers to develop new policies and procedures relating to the investigation and reporting of incidents of workplace violence. Before developing such a program, employers are also obliged to complete a risk assessment of violence hazards that may arise in the workplace.
GTA Business Survey Reveals Heightened Security Concerns
Crime is common thread in companies’ top three security priorities
February 4, 2010, Toronto, ON – Protecting property, and preventing vandalism, break-ins and theft, together represent the top security concern of GTA businesses that have security personnel, according to a comprehensive survey conducted by The Strategic Counsel on behalf of Commissionaires Great Lakes, a leading security organization. Rounding out the top three security concerns are preventing unauthorized access, and protecting people, respectively.
Remembering our Veterans
Commissionaires Great Lakes Remembrance Day Public Service Announcement
Survey Reveals need for Second Careers after Life in the Canadian Forces
Canadians wrongly believe that most veterans retire with pensions
November 5, 2009, Toronto, ON – Canadians overestimate how long the average veteran serves in the Canadian Forces (CF) and how many of them retire with pensions, according to a Nanos Research survey released today by Commissionaires in time for Remembrance Day. In reality, only about 30 percent of veterans have earned pensions when they retire from the Canadian Forces. A strong majority of those surveyed believe that at least half of veterans retire with pensions, and more than 28 percent of Canadians believe that all veterans do.
Six Canadians meet Her Majesty The Queen to Celebrate Commissionaires’ 150th Anniversary
Delegation of Canadian Commissionaires proud to honour organization’s history
July 7, 2009, Toronto, ON – Six Canadian commissionaires from across the country met Her Majesty, The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as part of celebrating the 150th anniversary of the creation of the Corps of Commissionaires in England in 1859. The Canadian delegation joined other Commissionaires’ organizations from as far away as Papua New Guinea and Australia. True to its founding purpose, Commissionaires’ mission is to provide meaningful employment to veterans.
Commissionaires Great Lakes Announces New Vice President Client Services
June 26, 2009, Toronto ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Prins as the new Vice-President Client Services.
Commissionaires Offers Professional Pardons Service
Trusted experts and digital fingerprinting mean faster turnaround times.
June 2, 2009, Toronto, ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes today announced a new, state-of-the-art professional pardons processing service across the golden horseshoe and southwestern Ontario to assist eligible Canadians in clearing their criminal records.
Advisory - Commissionaires Great Lakes Launches New Community-Focused Website
June 1, 2009, Toronto, ON--Commissionaires Great Lakes is proud to launch this new community-focused website as part of our national website. These new community pages will provide information to our visitors unique to our local region.
Commissionaires Cuts Ribbon on New Building and Offers New Services
State-of-the-art digital fingerprinting and new pardons service now available
December 16, 2008, London, ON - Commissionaires Great Lakes opened its newly renovated building today in London with the help of Mayor DeCicco-Best and local MP’s. The new London office of Commissionaires will offer a full range of security-related services including digital fingerprinting for travel, employment and immigration applications and pardons processing for selected offences.
Commissionaires Lead the Way in Certified Protection
Third Commissionaires officer awarded highly coveted Certified Protection Professional designation
April 1, 2008, Toronto, ON - Commissionaires, Canada’s premier private security provider for more than eighty years, now has one more reason to lay claim to its long standing reputation as the leading securities solution firm in the country with the announcement that Randy Warden, Chief Operations Officer at Commissionaires Great Lakes, has recently received his Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation through the American Society for Industrial Security. He joins Mark Van Den Bossche, Director of Operations for Commissionaires Great Lakes Western Region, and Richard Kedzierski, Director of Sales at Commissionaires Great Lakes, as one of a select group of security management professionals in the world who have received this accreditation.
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