Washington DC October 3 2018 Violence in America’s emergency departments is increasing, causing harm to physicians, staff and patients, according to new research. Nearly half (47 percent) of emergency physicians report having been physically assaulted while at work, with 60 percent saying those assaults occurred in the past year. Nearly 8 in 10 also say that […]
INDIO, CA October 3 2018 — A man already facing charges for allegedly shoplifting from a Cathedral City Target store, then leading police on a pursuit, was charged Tuesday with snatching nearly $30,000 worth of jewelry from a Palm Desert store. Darquise Smith, 32, of San Bernardino, is accused of stealing two diamond rings from a […]
York County VA October 3 2018 Describing the killing as “absolutely senseless”, a York County Circuit Court judge on Tuesday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a security guard who was throwing him out of a party. Coleston Ryan Lewis, 28 of Newport News, received the maximum time […]
Las Vegas NV October 3 2018 Caesars has new armed emergency response teams. Caesars Entertainment Corp. has created armed emergency response teams composed of former military and law enforcement officials in response to the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history last year. “These teams provide valuable additional security capabilities, provide a stronger and more […]
HOUSTON, Texas October 3 2018 Shots fired and a man left dead at a Houston mall left many shoppers scared, running and confused. Police arrested a woman in the fatal shooting of a 36-year-old man, allegedly at the hands of his own girlfriend outside of the Willowbrook Mall Emily Rose Orbe, 32, has been charged […]
Round Rock Texas Oct 3 2018 State Farm Insurance is donating 400 Canary home security devices to Round Rock Police and Fire Departments personnel as part of its Protect the Protectors program. The devices will be distributed just before first responders disperse to the more than 50 events that make up National Night Out on Tuesday, […]
Pittsburgh PA October 3 2018 Pittsburgh Public Schools are exploring a possible policy change that would allow school police officers to carry guns. Pittsburgh Public Schools police Chief George Brown told the board Monday that officers need guns to do their jobs. He added that they’ve been trained to work with all students and to de-escalate […]
Los Angeles CA October 3 2018 When Kenji Inaba isn’t wearing standard-issue hospital scrubs as a trauma surgeon, you might find him sporting a different look — the dark-blue uniform of a Los Angeles police officer. The Keck Medicine of USC doctor performs complex emergency surgeries and checks on patients for up to 80 hours a […]
Washington DC October 3 2018 Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. But sales were slow, and industry’s campaign to free up taxpayer money for upgrades had stalled. That changed last February, when a former […]
LAS VEGAS NV October 3 2018 The Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas may be the most secure resort in all of Nevada. For the past year, it has been part of a pilot program with a security company called Patriot One Technologies. “So you can have your central security, and you have all your sensors around […]