AUSTIN TX Sept 19 2018 — DPS troopers are teaming up with Texas School for the Deaf to make its 67-acre campus safer. Until this year, the 50 building school, which serves 600 students from Pre-K to age 22, only had staff members trained as security personnel. Those security employees are not peace officers, nor are […]
PHOENIX AZ Sept 19 2018 — Security camera systems are an easy way to monitor large school campuses. SSI sister publication Campus Safety found that nine out of 10 schools are using such solutions. However, they don’t necessarily make students feel any safer. A study conducted by Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, an assistant professor at Arizona State […]
LOS ANGELES, CA Sept 19 2018 — A former security guard suspected in a series of attacks on sex-trade workers in the South Los Angeles area pleaded no contest Monday to sexually assaulting two women and attacking two others. Ferdinand Ervin Flowers, 35, of Long Beach, is facing 30 years to life in state prison for […]
MARION COUNTY, SC Sept 19 2018 A Horry County Sheriff’s Office van was swept away in floodwaters resulting in two female mental health detainees drowning in the Little Pee Dee River Tuesday night. WMBF News reporter Patrick Lloyd was first on scene and saw a heavy emergency response presence that consisted of the Horry County Sheriff’s […]
DECATUR IL Sept 19 2018 — Richland Community College leaders are hopeful that a new campus police force can be up and running by the end of this year. The Public Safety Department, which was unanimously approved during Tuesday night’s meeting of the college’s board of trustees, will allow Richland to have its own officers […]
Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California End of Watch Friday, September 14, 2018 Bio Age 56 Tour 13 years Badge Not available Incident Details Cause Assault Incident Date Saturday, April 21, 2018 Weapon Person Offender In custody Corrections Officer Armando Gallegos succumbed to injuries sustained at approximately 3:30 pm on […]
Deputy Sheriff Mark Stasyuk Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, California End of Watch Monday, September 17, 2018 Bio Age 27 Tour 4 years, 6 months Badge Not available Incident Details Cause Gunfire Weapon Gun; Unknown type Offender Shot and wounded Deputy Sheriff Mark Stasyuk was shot and killed at approximately 1:50 pm as he and another […]
Washington September 18 2018 A school-based survey shows nearly 1 in 11 U.S. students have used marijuana in electronic cigarettes, heightening health concerns about the new popularity of vaping among teens. E-cigarettes typically contain nicotine, but many of the battery-powered devices can vaporize other substances, including marijuana. Results published Monday mean 2.1 million middle and […]
HARRISBURG PA Sept 18 2018 — The Commonwealth Court has ruled against Yvette D. Blassingame, a security guard, representing herself, who unsuccessfully petitioned the court to reverse a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board ruling denying her claims for coverage. The board found that she sustained a work-related injury and awarded her disability benefits. However, her claims […]
PALOS HILLS, IL September 18 2018 — An elderly man is believed to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound outside a Catholic church late Sunday afternoon in Palos Hills. Witnesses said they heard a gunshot and saw a person go down. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Palos Hills police responded to […]