ELIZABETH NJ March 14 2020 Prosecutors are using their discretion to drop charges a week after Roselle Park police arrested an armed security guard for carrying a licensed handgun. Roosevelt Twyne, a 25-year-old resident of Roselle and an armed Brinks guard with a license to carry a firearm for work, was pulled over Feb. 8. Twyne […]
AUSTIN TX March 14 2020 Nearly two-and-a-half months after the head of a White Settlement church’s security team stopped a gunman within seconds after he opened fire, Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a website Wednesday with resources for volunteer security teams protecting places of worship. The webpage details what measures are allowed under Texas law, […]
Philadelphia PA March 14 2020 A Philadelphia SWAT team officer was shot and killed early Friday while executing a murder warrant in the city’s Frankford section. Cpl. James O’Connor, 46, is the first officer killed in the line of duty in Philadelphia in five years. Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said he was a married father […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. March 14 2020— A Charlotte man who created fun and engaging bedsheets for children in the hospitals is taking his product one step further. Kevin Gatlin, the owner of Playtime Edventures, is now donating his bedsheets to juvenile detention centers all around North Carolina. Gatlin’s bedsheets have over 50 games and puzzles on them. “My […]
Gaffney SC March 13 2020 Limestone College is moving forward with plans to transition a portion of its Campus Safety operation to establish a police department. The Board of Trustees voted recently for Limestone to begin developing a strategy for the change. According to Chief William Petty, the department is currently working with the South […]
Teller County CO March 13 2020 Jason Mikesell might be watching you. But is he conducting surveillance as Teller County sheriff? Or is he doing so as head of his private company, which employs a stable of local peace officers now in hot water over their part in Mikesell’s profit-making enterprises? As sheriff, a post […]
Palm Beach FL March 13 2020 The Palm Beach Police Department said Tuesday evening two people from Canada face trespassing charges after parking and remaining on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property without permission. A probable cause affidavit said Aaron Mennie, 62, and Katherine Poon, 54, both of British Columbia, were at the property in a Ford […]
New Orleans LA March 13 2020 A security officer at the IberiaBank in the Central Business District Tuesday afternoon was able to detain a man attempting to rob a bank until police could arrive. The hold-up attempt occurred just after 4 p.m. at a bank located in the 600 block of Poydras Street, according to […]
Madison WI March 13 2020 An East Towne Mall security guard was punched in the face repeatedly Tuesday by a thief who attempted to leave the mall with two bags full of stolen goods, Madison police reported. The security guard struggled with the thief, after confronting her about the goods, and called for help and answered […]
Milwaukee WS March 13 2020 A Milwaukee father says he was racially discriminated against when an unlicensed private security guard shoved and pepper-sprayed him as he tried to buy dinner for his daughter at a Glendale restaurant, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. Najjar Abdullah Jr. was immediately confronted by the security guard, Grant M. […]