St. Louis, MO June 9 2020– The rioter accused of fatally shooting retired St. Louis Metro Police Captain David Dorn outside a pawn shop on June 2 has been arrested and charged with murder. After shooting the 77-year-old retired police captain multiple times, his attackers broadcast his horrific death on Facebook Live. St. Louis Circuit Attorney […]
Philadelphia PA June 9 2020 In the wake of the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, researchers and activists are once again urging that police departments be defunded and rethought. That includes a law enforcement group that’s gotten less attention in recent days: university police departments. According to the most recent survey from […]
Fairfax County VA June 9 2020 Police responding for assistance from mall security helped to round up a group of burglars. Mall security officers at Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Drive, on June 3 at 12:43 a.m. reported to police that a group of men tried breaking into Paul’s Bakery, located with the mall, Fairfax County […]
Kitsap WA June 9 2020 A shoplifting suspect accused of pointing a gun at a Central Market security guard who chased him and two women into the parking lot last month was charged Friday with first-degree robbery. Andrew James Williams, 30, of Seatac, is accused of going to the Poulsbo store on May 19 with two […]
Grand Junction June 8 2020 During the coronavirus shutdown this spring, the Downtown Development Authority hired extra security to patrol the empty downtown streets. Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Brandon Stam said the security firm was hired after several business owners requested more surveillance on their shuttered storefronts. “Data shows more eyes on the street, the […]
SOUTH CAROLINA June 8 2020 More fallout for comments made by the president of CPI Security, an alarm provider in the metro Charlotte NC region. The Panthers Football team announced that they were ending their partnership with the company for words written by the company’s president and now another large partner has also canceled all agreements […]
Oakland CA June 8 2020 Galvanized by the nationwide call for police reforms in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, Oakland activists are pressuring the Oakland school board to eliminate the district’s internal police force. On Wednesday, Oakland Unified School District board member Roseann Torres will reintroduce […]
Phoenix AZ June 8 2020 Following a Minneapolis school district’s decision to end its contract with the police department for on-campus officers, students are pressuring Phoenix Union High School District’s governing board to do the same. Abia Khan, who graduated from North High School this year, started a petition on change.org earlier this week asking […]
Guam June 8 2020 A man has been arrested and charged with threatening a security guard with what later turned out to be a fake gun. Rafael Fejerang Martinez was arrested following a disturbance outside New Home Plus Mart in Tamuning before dawn Saturday. When police arrived at the store, a man later identified as Martinez […]
PORTLAND, Ore. June 8 2020 The moment Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler as well as Portland Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero made the announcement that school resource officers (SROs) will not be on school campuses anymore, a lot of people weighed in. The news hit Officer Rick Puente hard. “It’s a little disappointing,” said Puente. “When we talk […]