Burlington NC June 4 2018 Anton Downey, an Aramark employee who worked for Elon Dining Services, was killed early Saturday morning as the result of a drunken driving incident, according to the Burlington Police Department. Downey, 46, worked at Elon for 18 years and was also a bouncer at Fat Frogg Bar and Grill. According to […]
Charlotte NC June 3 2018 The month of May ended on a violent note for the security industry just as the year continues speeding toward one of the deadliest for front-line protectors. As of today, 41 security officers have been killed just doing their job. That’s a 31% increase over this time last year. As […]
Mahwah NJ June 3 2018 A security guard at a Route 17 truck stop was carrying a loaded handgun and wearing clothing that suggested he was a police officer, said Mahwah police who arrested him. The defendant, 58-year-old Timothy M. Prahm of Secaucus, was one of three UMDNJ paramedics fired in 2008 after photos surfaced of […]
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla June 3 2018 Officials with the Jackson County School District and the Sheriff’s office had hoped to put a school resource officer on every campus. Right now there are only SROs in the middle and high schools. “Especially on the Sheriff’s part, the Marianna Police Department’s part and other law enforcement agencies,” Larry […]
GARDNER, Kan.June 3 2018 A Catholic priest from Kansas is facing charges for allegedly stealing more than $42,000 from his parish after losing a large amount of money gambling. The Kansas City Star reports that 68-year-old Joseph Cramer is charged with felony theft and two counts of felony computer crime. He is free on bond […]
BATON ROUGE, LA June 3 2018 A Baton Rouge man is now in custody after police say he jumped a table to attack a casino employee, then struggled with officers, threatening to kill them and their families. On June 1, officers were called out to Hollywood Casino involving an employee and the suspect, Clifton Jeanpierre III, […]
SCRANTON PA June 3 2018 — Lackawanna College will become the latest in the growing list of local institutions of higher learning to arm security personnel. “After careful consideration, the Board of Trustees has authorized the Public Safety Department to arm its officers in an effort to preserve safety for its students, faculty, and staff at […]
Flint MI June 3 2018 A squad of fake police officers allegedly responded to calls, kept incident logs, and even detained people under the nose of the real police force — and had been doing it for years, WNEM reported. “They responded to some 911 calls where they were actually the first alleged police officers on […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. June 3 2018 – Luciano Aragon has no regrets about working security at the 2018 edition of “Welcome to Rockville”. “It was a blast, I had a blast. I had fun doing it!,” he said, despite his job of keeping throngs of people – many having drunk alcohol – safe in tight quarters and […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 2 2018— A Tennessee man who was injured by an armored truck driver during an attempted robbery has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. The U.S. attorney’s office says 49-year-old Cornelius Richmond was sentenced May 23 by a federal judge in Memphis. Richmond had pleaded guilty to committing armed robberies in […]