Whole Foods drops security firm after guard allegedly attacked customer at California store
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Whole Foods Market says it has cut ties entirely with the security firm that had been patrolling an Oakland store where a security guard allegedly beat a customer unconscious.
Company spokeswoman Beth Krauss tells the Oakland Tribune (http://bayareane.ws/1M2teIP) the store's new security firm will be Concord-based A.G.S. Private Security.
Admiral Security Services, Inc., also based in Concord, had been providing security to the store near Lake Merritt until Saturday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oakland Police are investigating the alleged assault, which occurred Thursday inside the Oakland store.
A witness told the Tribune that she watched a verbal dispute between a cashier and the customer turn violent when the security guard arrived.
The witness says the guard slammed the shopper against a concrete pillar outside the store and placed him in a chokehold until he passed out.
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Information from: The Oakland Tribune, http://www.oaklandtribune.com