KINGSPORT, Tenn. June 25 2020– An Erwin woman is charged with felony theft after walking out of a Kingsport jewelry store with two rings. According to a report from the Kingsport Police Department, officers were called to the Kay Jewelers at Fort Henry Mall in reference to a shoplifting. When the officer arrived, they found […]
Pittsburgh PA June 25 2020 Numerous Pittsburgh Public Schools police officers defended their jobs in written testimony that was read before the school board Tuesday amid calls to remove law enforcement from the district. The officers’ statements were read aloud during the second day of a public hearing in which board members heard comments from […]
Carson CA June 25 2020 One person is dead after a confrontation between a security officer and a shoplifting suspect at an Albertsons in Carson, witnesses and officials say. The incident was reported at the Albertsons on the 100 block of East Carson Street around 6:45 p.m. Lt. Derrick Alfred with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s […]
Providence RI June 25 2020 A security guard hired as a contractor by Uber “tackled” a Black teen girl in Providence, Rhode Island, who was riding one of the company’s Jump bikes, an employee told Vice. Following its 2018 acquisition of electric bike and scooter startup Jump, Uber hired private security guards to help it […]
Magazine AR June 25 2020 A group of Magazine School District employees underwent 60 hours of training last week, culminating in them earning the title of Commissioned School Security Officer. Each of those completing the training also finished with concealed carry and enhanced carry licenses. Arming staff was an idea initially presented during Brett Bunch’s […]
Seattle WA June 25 2020 Homeland Patrol Division Security owner Steve Pansini explained Tuesday that he and his team were hired to protect homes and businesses inside Seattle’s so-called “CHOP” zone because residents have felt vulnerable and left unprotected by their city’s leadership. In an interview on “America’s Newsroom” with host Ed Henry, Pansini said that […]
Woodside CA June 25 2020 A Freeway Service Patrol driver died Tuesday afternoon in a crash on southbound Interstate Highway 280 in Woodside, a spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said. Someone called the CHP at 3:40 p.m. to tell them about the crash between Farm Hill Boulevard and Edgewood Road, CHP spokesman Officer Art Montiel […]
Charlotte NC 24 2020 Private security officers have once again become the target of violence since the reopening of businesses, malls, and nightclubs during the past few weeks. To understand the dynamics of how private security officers are often the target of assaults, shootings, and death, you need not look any further than the past […]
PHILADELPHIA PA June 24 2020 A security guard shot another guard by accident early Tuesday, police said. According to police, the shooting occurred as the two guards got into a vehicle and one of the guard’s gun discharged. The bullet struck the other. The wounded security guard was taken to a hospital, where he was in […]
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. June 24 2020 The Bartow County community is coming together to remember a beloved deputy who died Monday. Deputy Matt Aliberti passed away Monday morning due to medical issues, the sheriff’s office said. The 39-year-old had been with the sheriff’s office since 2016 and served 6 years in the Army before that. Aliberti […]