Charlotte NC Aug 5 2020 COVID-19 cases among Transportation Security Administration agents at Charlotte Douglas International Airport have nearly tripled in less than a month, with the most recent case reported Sunday. Twenty-four total TSA agents working at CLT have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the TSA website. That includes 22 TSA employees whose job […]
Melbourne AU Aug 5 2020 A woman in Australia allegedly slammed a police officer’s face into the concrete multiple times Monday after the officer asked her to wear a face mask, the Evening Standard reported. The 26-year-old officer and her colleague approached the mask-less 38-year-old woman while on patrol near a Melbourne shopping center. The woman […]
ROCKWALL, Texas Aug 5 2020— A Rockwall police officer died due to complication from COVID-19 on Monday. Officer Tracy Gaines was admitted to a local hospital on July 11 and underwent various treatments, according to a news release. Gaines joined the Rockwall Police Department in September 2005 and most recently served as a School Resource […]
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. Aug 5 2020– A Georgia sheriff’s office is thanking a group of inmates credited with rescuing a deputy who collapsed and suffered a head injury while supervising a jail unit. The Gwinnett County deputy recounted the events in a social media post Tuesday. The agency said the inmates noticed the deputy didn’t appear to […]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa Aug 5 2020– An Iowa man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly stole hand sanitizer while burglarizing a Sioux City bank during a string of break-ins. The Sioux City police department said they responded to the Security National Bank on Pierce Street in Sioux City Tuesday morning at 5:15 a.m. Court documents […]
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. Aug 5 2020 The three men who filed a lawsuit over a 2011 shooting by an off-duty police officer working security at a Little Rock mall have reached a settlement in the case, but the details of the agreement haven’t been released. Christopher Johannes shot at driver Joseph Williams and passengers Keith Pettus […]
Sergeant Steven Splan Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety, Michigan End of Watch Sunday, August 2, 2020 BIO Age 46 Tour 15 years Badge 325 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Heart attack Sergeant Steven Splan suffered a fatal heart attack several hours after cutting and removing a large tree that had fallen onto Bloomfield Hills Parkway east […]
Special Agent John Bost, III United States Department of Justice – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, U.S. Government End of Watch Tuesday, July 28, 2020 BIO Age Not available Tour 20 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent) Location Hawaii Special Agent John Bost was killed as the result of an […]
Arcadia CA Aug 4 2020 Around 50 hospitals today use a technology from a company called SwipeSense to monitor whether medical staff are washing their hands when they enter and exit patient rooms. Others use it to track expensive assets, like wheelchairs or IV pumps, which have a tendency to go missing. The system leverages […]
Master Sergeant Henry Turner Louisiana Department of Corrections, Louisiana End of Watch Saturday, July 18, 2020 BIO Age 65 Tour 24 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Master Sergeant Henry Turner died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Sergeant Turner had served […]