MORGANTOWN, W.Va. Feb 16 2020 – A 30-year-old male is in custody following an incident at Ruby Memorial Hospital Thursday morning. Morgantown police chief says his officers and Ruby Memorial Hospital security worked together on the situation. “Officers received a report of an individual in psychiatric distress who had locked himself in a car at Ruby […]
Madison WI Feb 16 2020 After a year without any security presence, Madison’s Community Development Authority will hire armed security guards to patrol five properties daily. On a 3-2 vote Thursday, the CDA Board authorized signing a contract with National Security and Investigations for two armed security guards who would patrol three west and two east […]
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Feb 16 2020 Police in a Dallas suburb shot dead a knife-wielding man suspected of assault in a motel courtyard, officials said. Dewayne Brian Bowman, 30, died Wednesday of gunshot wounds to the head and chest at the Grand Prairie, Texas, motel where he lived, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said in […]
CHICAGO IL Feb 16 2020 A community is rallying around the Wrigleyville security guard who was shot and badly injured last week in the Lakeview neighborhood. Chicago police later shot and killed the alleged gunman in a standoff. Robert Glover remains hospitalized as he continues to recover. The 33-year-old security guard was shot 6 times, taking […]
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky. Feb 15 2020 A work day that took an unexpected turn. Breathitt County Sheriff John Hollan said he was forced to lay off his entire staff Thursday. All office personnel, deputies and court security officers were relieved of their duties as of 4:00 p.m., February 13. “My deputies will have to stay home,” […]
SEATTLE WA Feb 15 2020 — Two national teachers unions are sounding the alarm on the negative effects of active shooter drills on students as more public schools engage in lockdown drills. The report, compiled by the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Educators Association, takes a stance […]
Sacramento CA Feb 15 2020 California’s Supreme Court has ordered Apple to pay its store employees for time spent in off-the-clock mandatory bag and phone checks by managers or security personnel. In a court order released Thursday, Judge Tani Cantil-Sakauye said the decision is retroactive for employees, although it is unclear how much Apple will […]
BELEN, N.M. Feb 15 2020 Here’s a plan that takes the idea of a citizen’s arrest to another level, an understaffed New Mexico Police Department is hoping armed civilians can help fill in the gaps. At Rey Dar’s barbershop in downtown Belen, patrons are hopeful, their community is about to get safer. “There’s lots of people […]
PHILADELPHIA PA Feb 15 2020 Philadelphia International Airport is debuting a new inline bagging screening system meant to speed up the time that a checked bag goes from the terminal to the aircraft and keep passengers safer. The EDS, or explosive detection system, works like a CT machine used in a hospital, where it takes a […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK Feb 15 2020 – Police are investigating after a truck driver was shot by a security guard Friday morning at a southwest Oklahoma City Truck Stop. According to authorities, the shooting was at T A Truck Services near Interstate 40 and South Council Road. Police said a security guard and a truck driver […]