Charlotte NC August 3 2020 With the help of our staff, association members and cooperating state agencies, we now have a better picture as it concerns the Coronavirus and our private protectors have been working on the front lines. 183 security officers have died from the COVID-19 virus since February 2020. All of them had […]
Queens NY Aug 3 2020 An off-duty NYPD cop fatally shot himself inside his Queens apartment early Sunday, police sources said. The officer, identified by sources as Richard Catapano, shot himself in the head in his apartment on 23rd St. near 31st Ave. in Astoria about 1:50 a.m., the sources said. First responders rushed the […]
Bayonne, NJ Aug 2 2020 Saladin Blunt, 48, of Bayonne, was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, and was also found to have an outstanding warrant, according to Police Capt. Eric Amato. He was taken into custody around 8:34 p.m. from the area of […]
Washington DC Aug 2 2020 The Government Accountability Office on Monday recommended that the Transportation Security Administration establish “quantifiable targets” for its Surface Transportation Security Inspectors Program because it remains vulnerable to terrorism and other attacks. The TSA is part of the Department of Homeland Security and was created to provide security for the traveling public […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. July 2 2020 The Virginia Wesleyan University security officer who took down a Trump supporter at a Bernie Sanders rally was found not guilty of assault. Victor Dorsey, who is the director of security, was in court Monday on charges relating to the incident on Feb. 29. The incident was caught on camera. Markus […]
TACOMA, Wash Aug 2 2020 – Puyallup Tribal Police responded to a report of a shooting at the south parking garage of the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma just before midnight Friday night. Tribal officers and Emerald Queen security performed CPR on the male victim. The victim was pronounced deceased early Saturday morning. Tribal police say […]
Loudon County VA August 2 2020 A Transportation Security Administration officer detected a replica military anti-personnel mine in a woman’s checked bag at Dulles Airport late Friday afternoon. According to the agency, security scanning technology triggered an alarm on the bag, indicating that it needed to be inspected by a TSA officer. The officer opened the […]
Atlanta GA Aug 2 2020 Seven more Transportation Security Administration employees at Hartsfield-Jackson International have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last week, including some who have been on leave. Three of the employees worked at the Atlanta airport last week at the main security checkpoint. The other four last worked at the airport July […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio Aug 2 2020 A security guard continues to recover after he says he was brutally beaten by two men while making his rounds in a west side car lot. “He hit me with a flashlight,” said Ricky who says he was assaulted while asking three people who drove onto the property in a silver […]
MACON, Ga. Aug 2 2020 — An off duty Dublin police officer was arrested early Saturday morning at the Crazy Bull in Macon. According to a release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call at the Crazy Bull around 3 a.m. Witnesses say that a 31-year-old man laid his cell phone down […]