MEMPHIS, Tenn. December 17 2018 — While the Memphis Tigers basketball team took on the No. 3 Tennessee Volunteers, a man at the sold-out FedEx Forum took care of his number two business and was subsequently arrested. A security guard was making her way from a stairwell and saw the man, later identified as 46-year-old Royce […]
GREENVILLE, N.C. December 17 2018 Greenville police officers responded to a report of shots fired outside of the main entrance to the Pitt-Greenville Airport terminal around 6:00 a.m. Sunday, according to a press release. Once on scene, officers found a man with gunshot wounds. The victim, Joseph Pate, 52, of Beaufort County died at the scene, […]
CLEVELAND OH December 17 2018— It was a brazen act of violence in Cleveland. A man carjacked an off-duty East Cleveland police officer, who was working security, of his police car at gunpoint. It happened Friday night at East 75th Street and Canton Avenue in Cleveland. The officer and gunman exchanged gun fire before the […]
CHICAGO IL December 17 2018 A newspaper investigation has found that private security guards in Illinois often aren’t as closely monitored as police officers, who in recent years have faced scrutiny over excessive force. The Chicago Tribune analyzed state and police records, court documents and media reports to find that security guards deliberately fired a […]
RICHMOND, VA .December 17 2018 – Governor Ralph Northam announced his proposed budget will feature an additional $39 million for investments to ensure safe learning environments for Virginia K-12 students. Northam also proposed $36 million to fund additional school counselors for schools across the Commonwealth. “Virginia is a nationally-recognized leader on school safety, but creating a […]
Vanderburgh County December 17 2018 Mall security and an off-duty county deputy sheriff working security at the Eastland Mall stopped a man who shoppers said had pointed a gun at a mall customer. The deputy found and approached Brandon Brucken of Evansville and found that he was in possession of a concealed firearm. The gun […]
Hennepin County MN December 17 2018 Hennepin Healthcare, which operates one of the busiest trauma hospitals in Minnesota, is cutting its contract for law enforcement security at the end of the year and considering arming its in-house security force to protect patients and staff. The decision has generated discord among Hennepin Healthcare leadership and some […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. December 16 2018 Maybe it was a faulty door latch or a door mechanism or some other issue with part of the secured armored truck but something caused a spill of a bunch of cash, much still not recovered. New Jersey police say more than half a million dollars spilled from an […]
Craig County VA December 16 2018 Two Craig County residents are suing the security company working for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, claiming they were falsely accused of trespassing on a construction right of way. The charges against Nan Gray and Gordon Jones were dropped after police and prosecutors found no evidence to support them, according […]
Bend OR December 16 2018 Two and a half years after Kaylee Sawyer was killed, her Christmas stocking hangs on the mantle at her family’s house in Bend. “She’s always been the center of attention whether she liked it or not. She kind of had the spotlight when she’d walk into a room,” her dad, […]