Des Moines IA Aug 16 2018 There’s a new armed police force roaming the stands and sidewalks of the Iowa State Fair this year. Fairgoers may have seen Iowa State Fair Police officers patrolling the grounds, donning classic blue uniforms with a twist — white cowboy hats. The new police force consists of state-certified officers, but […]
KINGSTON, Tenn. Aug 16 2018 Roane County is increasing school security measures with the use of dogs. The school system has an agreement with Interquest Detection Canines to find contraband items like drugs, prescription pills, alcohol and firearms. A trained handler and canine will be conducting random, unannounced inspections of all school campuses. Recent concerns about […]
Erie County OH Aug 16 2018 A Brunswick man has been arrested after allegedly throwing an egg at an Erie County security officer’s patrol car and posting video of the crime on social media. According to a police report, the cruiser was parked outside the Kalahari Resort hotel on Sunday afternoon when an egg struck its […]
LITTLE ROCK AR Aug 16 2018 Authorities say an armed security guard helped prevent a robbery early Tuesday morning after he saw the suspect threaten a nearby restaurant employee. Officers said the attempted robbery occurred around 4:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Rally’s, located in the 5400 block of West 12th Street. After police responded […]
Dallas TX Aug 16 2018 A shooting reported Tuesday night near Turtle Creek turned out to be part of a string of crimes that began in Dallas and ended in Highland Park, police say. Shortly before 8 p.m., a caller reported that he shot a man and woman he saw break into his vehicle in the […]
Charlotte NC Aug 15 2018 Three security officer deaths involving two on duty and one off-duty incident has been reported and confirmed. A security officer in Miami who fell on duty in a construction site over the week-end has succumbed to his injuries. The seventy-three-year-old suffered head trauma and was hospitalized but never recovered from […]
SAVANNAH, GA. Aug 15 2018 A police officer and his wife were found stabbed to death Monday in their coastal Georgia neighborhood, where investigators detained a teenager and charged him with felony murder in the slayings. Police believe the 16-year-old suspect is the slain woman’s brother and that he had been living with his sister […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Aug 15 2018— A man has died Monday evening after he jumped from a fifth-floor window at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse police spokesman Sgt. Richard Helterline said. Someone at the hospital called 911 at 4:42 p.m. to say a man had jumped from the fifth floor of the Memorial Unit on the west side […]
PLAINS TWP. PA Aug 15 2018— A Colorado man refusing to leave the Mohegan Sun Casino fought with a township police officer and spat blood in the officer’s face after being handcuffed, according to court records. Roman Lee Williams, 30, of Aurora, used a sexual slur toward an officer saying, “Where I come from, they […]
TOWN OF MADISON, Wis. Aug 15 2018 – The Town of Madison Police Department is grieving the death of one of their own. Early Friday morning, Sgt. Jessica Fischer, 43, died by suicide after calling the dispatch center she’d been working with for 13 years. “It was a total shock to everybody. None of us knew […]