Boston MA December 16 2018 The Transportation Security Administration has curtailed its controversial “Quiet Skies” domestic surveillance program, following widespread criticism that federal air marshals were spying on thousands of unwitting fliers who are not suspected of any crime or on any terrorist watch list. Agency officials told the Globe that air marshals no longer […]
MILWAUKEE WI December 16 2018 — An argument erupted outside Victor’s on Van Buren, as the Original Black Panthers held a news conference — upset after a bar patron was hurt by a security guard early on Sunday, Dec. 9. The bar’s owner said his staff did nothing wrong. Manuel Williams said security roughed him up […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. December 16 2018 A registered sex offender pulled a gun Thursday afternoon on Macy’s secuirty employees at Northlake Mall, police say. Jacob Rowlette, 30, who has served jail time for indecent liberties with a child, is accused of threatening to shoot two employees while trying to steal merchandise. Rowlette, who has a Queen City […]
JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. December 16 2018 A milestone was reached Thursday in Jackson County. Members of the school district’s new police department were sworn in at Thursday’s school board meeting. There are five officers and one police chief for the department. They are at Jackson Alternative School, the Early Childhood Center, and Cottondale, Riverside, and Graceville […]
SANTA FE, N.M. December 16 2018— A new lawsuit says a man with a history of mental illness was “unreasonably” tackled by security guards when he tried to leave Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center earlier this year, resulting in lasting injuries. The patient “now faces the prospect of having ongoing problems the rest of […]
FREMONT CA December 16 2018— Five women suspected of being responsible for stealing about $35,000 in merchandise from Marshalls stores picked the wrong one Wednesday night and were arrested after security officers there saw them stealing items from a Fremont location, authorities said Friday. The women, who range in age from 33 to 43, were […]
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. December 16 2018 The Knox County Organized Retail Crime Holiday Task Force arrested two people Wednesday believed to have been passing counterfeit coupons for baby formula in several states. Jinbin Weng, 28, and Ouyang Xushou, 33, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are charged with criminal simulation and theft of merchandise in a scheme that netted […]
South Africa December 16 2018 G4S Plc is weighing an exit from a $1.5 billion cash-transportation business that’s been hit by waning use of notes in developed markets and a wave of attacks on armoured trucks in South Africa. A review of the division is expected to be completed next year, with the most likely […]
British Columbia Canada December 16 2018 The University of Victoria is taking a new approach to dealing with people who experience anaphylactic reactions. The University’s campus security services says it responds to more than 400 medical emergency calls every year, and many of them are allergy related. Now, security staff at the campus will be […]
Police Officer Jason Quick Lumberton Police Department, North Carolina End of Watch Saturday, December 15, 2018 Bio Age 31 Tour 1 year, 6 months Badge Not available Incident Details Cause Struck by vehicle Police Officer Jason Quick was struck and killed by a vehicle while investigating another crash on I-95, near exit 22, at 6:50 […]