A Contemporary Classic

Charges galore on April 1, 2011 for Contemporary Security Canada and an assortment of senior executives and staff over an alleged lack of licenced and uniformed staff at the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario during June 2010.

CSC was paid $20 million by the RCMP in an expedited contract award, shortly after it wrapped a $97 million job at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

CSC spokesperson Lecia Stewart, who helped broker Aeroguard's involvement with the Los Angeles-headquarted Contemporary Group, downplayed the charges (because they're under a private security law, not the criminal code) and claimed the company was properly licensed. More on Stewart and her intriguing connections at another time.

CSC has a date in an Ottawa courtroom on April 29.

While I've been chasing any and all news on the Olympics, including what happened to your tax dollars because of those multi-million dollar contracts, Toronto Sun columnist Joe Warmington has been keeping tabs on the G8 and G20 mess. Here's Joe's latest.

Contemporary continues to have a Vancouver presence with contracts with B.C. Pavilion Corporation for the Vancouver Convention Centre and with the Strathcona Business Improvement Association on the edge of the Downtown Eastside ghetto. Contemporary CEO Damon Zumwalt did not return my phone call to his Northridge, Calif. home office.

Below is what the OPP released April 1. No fooling.

CSC File - List of Charges Against Corporation and Individuals
1822479 Ontario Corporation o/a Contemporary Security Canada, ULC Vancouver, B.C

7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)
Sec 31. Being a business entity engaged in the business of providing security guards, unlawfully did employ as a security guard a person who was not the holder of a licence issued under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act. (1 count)
Regulation 362/07, section 8 Being a business entity engaged in the business of providing security guards, unlawfully did fail to ensure that employees wear a uniform. (2 counts)

OFFICIALS OF CSC-7
Stephen Vincent MIRABILE
President – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Vancouver, British Columbia
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

Jane Elizabeth GREENE
Vice-President – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Toronto, ON
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

Damon Ray ZUMWALT
Director – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Northridge, CA
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

James Hugh SERVICE
Secretary – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Glendale CA
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

Keith Jay GRANIRER
Treasurer – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Sherman Oaks CA
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

Mark Anthony CAMILLO
Director – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Clarksburg, Maryland
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

Paul Russell MOORE
Director – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Calgary AB
7(1)(a) Unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005. (3 counts)

EMPLOYEES-3

Todd Eric SEVERSON
Project Director – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
7(1)(b) Not being an employee of a licensee - unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005.
(1 count)

Lorraine FOSTER
Division Manager – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Vancouver, B.C
7(1)(b) Not being an employee of a licensee - unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005.
(1 count)

Alexandre HOULE
Compliance Manager – Contemporary Security Canada, ULC
Vancouver, British Columbia
7(1)(b) Not being an employee of a licensee - unlawfully did hold out as being engaged in the business of selling the services of security guards while not being licensed under the provisions of the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005.
(1 count)