Las Vegas NV July 4 2019 A veteran Las Vegas police officer who froze in the hallway of a casino-hotel as a gunman carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history has been fired from the force, police said. Officer Cordell Hendrex was fired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on March 20, […]
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. July 4 2019 One man is behind bars after officials say he used a credit card he stole from a student at a high school he was working at as an employee of a security alarm company. Ashton Mclin, 26, of Denham Springs, was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison […]
DeKalb County GA July 4 2019 DeKalb County’s spending on security guards at government buildings is slated to nearly double over the next five years. The county has paid All N One Security Services roughly $6.5 million since 2014. Now, the company is in line to receive a new five-year contract worth $11.3 million. The […]
EPHRATA WA July 4 2019 – A man who assaulted a security guard at the Grant County Courthouse has been sentenced to a year in prison. Joshua Maher, 34, pleaded guilty to assault in the third degree. He also pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver in a separate case that […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. July 4 2019 Gov. Tom Wolf is signing legislation that his office says clarifies the options for who school districts and private schools can hire as armed security guards, although Wolf’s administration says it bars districts from allowing teachers to be armed. The bill Wolf signed Tuesday also expands training requirements for armed […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. July 4 2019 A Muslim man says a security guard at the Fairview Memorial Park in Albuquerque stomped on his son’s grave, verbally harassed him, and targeted him for practicing his religion. On June 25, Muhammed Khan went to the cemetery to visit his son, Tehseen Khan’s grave. Tehseen died on June […]
Trenton NJ July 4 2019 A group of about 20 Trenton Public Schools security guards and union representatives attended Friday’s Trenton Board of Education to petition for fair pay, benefits and back pay. The guards, accompanied by members of the Service Employees International Union, said they are being paid between $11 and $12.50 an hour […]
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. July 4 2019 Two large holes swallowed more than three work trucks outside a Florida business Wednesday, according to the owner. Deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said they found “a large fracture in the ground between two lakes that had collapsed” at Florida Trailer Services on Boggy Creek Road. “Numerous […]
SPRING HILL, Kan. July 4 2019— Spring Hill police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at a fireworks tent early Monday morning. A security guard was also beaten. According to police, it happened at the 18700 block of South 169 Highway. Skyler Schimmel said he was helping a friend by working the overnight security […]
LAS VEGAS NV July 2 2019 The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released more information about the killing of a man by an armed security guard. According to LVMPD, just after 8:00 a.m. on Saturday officers responded to the business complex in the 6400 block of N. Decatur Boulevard in reference to a man down […]