TALLAHASSEE FL June 10 2019 — After a state commission found out Wednesday that nearly 200 schools — including many charter schools — have not had armed security as required by state law, commissioners urged the Florida Department of Education to “name names and name people” to try to force compliance. Within two hours, Education Commissioner […]
SANTA ANA CA June 11 2019 — A high school volleyball coach and security guard for the Santa Ana Unified School District’s police force pleaded guilty to having sex with four girls and has been sentenced to a year in jail, according to court records obtained Monday. Omar Rojas, 28, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on […]
PORTLAND, Ore. June 11 2019– A man says he was unfairly stopped in his Portland apartment building lobby by an armed security guard who asked for his ID to prove he lived in the building. The confrontation between the guard and longtime Southpark Square Apartments resident Pedro Oliveira happened on June 4. Oliveira told KATU […]
HOUSTON, Texas June 10 2019 An armored truck security officer making a delivery at a Houston shopping center has been shot during an attempted robbery. Houston police say that at around 2:30 pm, Saturday, an armed man approached the security officer at the Willowbrook Mall and something happened to cause the robber to shoot the security […]
Shoplifting & Employee Theft Case Values Soared in 2018 Over 279,000 shoplifters and dishonest employees were apprehended in 2018 by just 20 large retailers who recovered over $114 million from these thieves, according to the 31st Annual Retail Theft Survey conducted by Jack L. Hayes International, a loss prevention and inventory shrinkage control consulting firm. […]
Victoria Australia June 10 2019 The Victorian government has announced an $800,000 probe into the state’s private security industry to crack down on criminal behavior. The review of the Private Security Act 2004 will focus on the licensing of individuals and companies, and employment practices. It will also examine employment inequalities, exploitation, the licensing system’s professionalism […]
Belize June 10 2019 Police have officially released the name of the latest murder victim. He is Security Guard Haitian national Jacques Jean Wilder. Wilder’s body, was found around 5:05 a.m. on June 8th on the Foam Factory compound located at mile two on the George Price Highway. While the Police investigation is preliminary, they disclosed […]
Stockton CA June 10 2019 Authorities responded to assist a security officer who had caught a man breaking into a business at 7:21 a.m. in the 1600 block of South Turnpike Road. Officers arrived and took 39-year-old Phillip Guthmiller into custody and found he was in possession of narcotics. When Guthmiller was taken to the […]
GOTHENBURG, Neb. June 10 2019 A Gothenburg police officer was found dead after an apparent murder-suicide Saturday night, according to Dawson County Attorney Elizabeth Waterman. Around 9 p.m. Saturday, Nebraska State Patrol officers were dispatched to Officer Jill McCandless’ home. A family member called for help after the bodies of Officer McCandless, 53, and her […]
Tulsa OK June 10 2019 A Las Vegas woman has sued the Transportation Security Administration after she says they made her strip down in Oklahoma before a flight back to Nevada, KTNV reports. Rhonda Mengert says in her lawsuit she was traveling through Tulsa International Airport on Mother’s Day when an implant in her hip set […]