STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. April 28 2020— As MTA employees continue to be among those hardest hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the transit agency has expanded its efforts to ensure the health and safety of its workforce. On Saturday, the MTA announced an expansion of the agency’s “Temperature Brigade,” a group of medically trained personnel […]
Washington DC April 28 2020 By now you have surely seen the news that fewer people are traveling. Since March, we have been posting the daily figures online with a side-by-side comparison to last year’s statistics. Even still, every day, TSA officers continue to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to serve those who need to travel. With […]
Sault Ste. Marie, ON Canada April 28 2020 KC Security Services has been retained by the Downtown Association to perform COVID-19 mobile patrols on Queen Street. Downtown business owners and landlords were advised this week that the KC patrols started on Sunday. They’ll continue until at least May 1, with a possible contract extension […]
NEWARK, NJ April 28 2020— Friends, family and loved ones of Newark Police criminal intelligence analyst Danny Francis gathered for his final send-off in Roselle on Saturday, bidding farewell to the former Essex County investigator before his interment at Hollywood Memorial Park. Francis became the second member of the Newark Department of Public Safety to […]
HANOVER NH April 28 2020 — Hundreds of gallons of heating oil leaked from a newly installed boiler and seeped into the Connecticut River, the Hanover Fire Department said Sunday. A security officer discovered the leak at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory on Lyme Road, just east of the Connecticut River, around […]
MIAMI, Fla. April 28 2020– Miami-Dade’s Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the county is preparing to re-open after the month-long shutdown because of coronavirus, but it isn’t ready yet. Local leaders agree that reopening too quickly could have dire consequences. “We can’t go early with this thing. The rush to do it would be devastating,” said […]
Stockton CA April 28 2020 After a 20-year-old store security officer stopped a man for allegedly attempting to steal property, the man reportedly struck the security guard with a glass bottle and fled. Police were called and responded to the store in the 7500 block of Pacific Avenue about 4 p.m. Saturday. Officers searched the […]
BATON ROUGE, La. April 27 2020— A shooting in Louisiana’s capital city left one police officer dead and his wounded colleague fighting for his life Sunday, authorities said, adding a suspect was later taken into custody after an hours long standoff in which shots were exchanged with a SWAT team. Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy […]
Charlotte NC April 27 2020 The Webster’s Dictionary defines “Betrayal” as the act of betraying someone or something or the fact of being betrayed : a violation of a person’s trust or confidence, of a moral standard. Carl Dawson a security officer said that he became ill in early April from the COVID-19 virus after […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. April 27 2020— The PS 4 school community is mourning the loss of their beloved school security guard, Richie Chin, according to multiple social media posts. Chin, 61, was described by many of the Arden Heights school’s families on Facebook as being one of the “kindest, sweetest, and most sincere people” they have […]