Heritage Security Services has held private security contracts with San Diego's transit districts since 1981.;xNLx;;xNLx;Universal Protection Service bought Heritage in May 2012, and with it, all of the company's officers and contracts.;xNLx;;xNLx;Use this interactive timeline to explore the history of the arrangements, as well as the more recent developments that lead to the inewsource investigation.
The North County Transit District provides bus, van and train service for people in the northern half of San Diego County...
The Metropolitan Transit System provides San Diego's bus and rail services throughout 53 stations and 53 miles of track...
Heritage Security Services entered the security business in 1980 as a spin-off from a security officer training school...
Heritage Security Services contracted with the Metropolitan Transit System
Heritage Security Services contracted with the North County Transit District in 1997.
A KGTV (Channel 10) news segment airs regarding officer training...
Universal Protection Services, the country's 5th largest private security company, bought Heritage Security Services in May of 2012...
California's division of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration fined Universal $20,270...
In October 2012, one officer reached out to inewsource...
Over months, 12 officers within Universal came forward to address the situation...
