Oyster Bay NY December 12 2019 The Oyster Bay Town Board on Tuesday approved allowing its bay constables and public safety officers to carry firearms and authorized them to use deadly force in certain situations. Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said after the board meeting that the policy, which passed unanimously, was necessary for “the safety […]
ST LOUIS, Mo. December 12 2019 After an increase in crime, there is a new effort to make public transit safer. Bi-State development approved a multi-million-dollar deal for more security on MetroLink. Metro’s President and CEO Taulby Roach tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that riders will be seeing more officers. This news comes after a board meeting […]
PALM SPRINGS, Fla December 12 2019 Police in Palm Springs said no one was hurt after a bank security guard accidentally discharged a weapon Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 10 a.m. at a Bank of America located at 3716 S. Military Trail. According to a written statement from Palm Springs Support Services Manager Edgar T. […]
DADE CITY, Fla. December 12 2019– A Florida police department is going beyond the call of duty this Christmas by helping pay off layaway accounts at a local Walmart. Dade City Police Chief James Walters tells WFLA he made a list and checked it twice. He personally called the accounts of 26 people who were out […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. December 12 2019 A man acting suspiciously and possibly trespassing assaulted a security officer who confronted him and then police on a chase on Interstate 65 in Kentucky. Police were first called to a report of a suspicious person in a high-rise medical research facility in the University of Louisville School of Medicine […]
Vancouver Canada December 12 2019 Three people have been arrested in two shoplifting incidents in which security guards were threatened with weapons. The first case took place Dec. 6 around noon, when a man was spotted allegedly stealing alcohol from a B.C. Liquor Store on Commercial Drive. A security guard arrested the man and put […]
Detective Joseph Seals Jersey City Police Department, New Jersey End of Watch Tuesday, December 10, 2019 Bio Age 40 Tour 18 years Badge Not available Incident Details Cause Gunfire Weapon Gun; Unknown type Offender Deceased Detective Joseph Seals was shot and killed at 12:30 pm in Bayview Cemetery after encountering two subjects in a van […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio December 11 2019 A security officer who witnessed a shooting Sunday while working at a Cleveland nightclub was found slain one day later, police reports say. Jayme Smith, 29, died after being shot about 2 a.m. Monday in Cleveland’s Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood, according to a police report. Earl Franklin Jr., 24, is charged with […]
Ukiah CA December 11 2019 A Newhall man working in Northern California as a marijuana grow operation security guard was arrested last week for illegal possession of a firearm, among other charges, officials said Monday. Luis Parra, 47, was arrested on Dec. 4 on multiple felonies and misdemeanors after a traffic stop in Ukiah, according […]
Virginia Beach VA December 11 2019 A city office assistant was on the way to the restroom when she saw a man shoot three people dead about 50 paces ahead. She yanked out her earbuds. The country music she had been listening to was supplanted with pops and screams and the panicked whisper of her supervisor […]