San Diego CA July 29 2020 San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Director of Transit Enforcement Manuel Guaderrama will retire Aug. 28, after five years in the position. He previously served as the agency’s deputy director and is a 30-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department. A national search is underway for his replacement […]
Secaucus NJ July 29 2020 A Hudson Regional Hospital security guard has been charged with stealing from three patients, including one who had died of COVID-19, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Danny Rivera, 40, of Jersey City, a security guard at the Secaucus hospital, was charged on July 22 with three counts of theft […]
NORFOLK VA July 29 2020— The private security company that’s guarded Norfolk’s libraries, tourist attractions, and City Hall for the better part of two decades has lost its bid for another five-year contract, after a Virginian-Pilot investigation exposed failures that plagued its guards for years. For years, the city paid Norfolk-based Top Guard Inc. $2.5 […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 29 2020— A Memphis police officer was shot while off-duty working as a security guard. Authorities said the officer received information early Tuesday morning that two males were seen prowling near vehicles on North Lauderdale near the I-40 underpass. When the officer went to check the area, he found a man breaking […]
SPARTANBURG, S.C. July 29 2020 Officials are investigating after a man wearing a stolen Batman costume robbed a South Carolina church. On Friday, security camera footage obtained exclusively by WSPA shows the Batman burglar entering the administration building of Church at the Mill in Spartanburg County after breaking into an office. The criminal then entered a […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio July 29 2020 The company that owned a Cleveland bowling alley has settled part of a lawsuit brought by the family of a man who was fatally shot there by an off-duty police officer in 2018. Court documents show the company that owned Corner Alley Uptown, which has since closed, reached an agreement with […]
Kingstown Saint Vincent July 29 2020 A security guard who worked with Premium Security Services Ltd for 13 years has confessed to stealing a pair of shoes that she needed to wear as part of her uniform. Thirty-four year old Asha Lewis, the mother of a 14-year-old, appeared before the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court and Senior […]
Deputy Sheriff William K. Nichols DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, Mississippi End of Watch Wednesday, July 22, 2020 BIO Age 33 Tour 10 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause Drowned Location Florida Deputy Sheriff William Nichols drowned while attempting to save his son from a rip current near Sandestin, Walton County, Florida. He was able […]
Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Pitts Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, Louisiana End of Watch Sunday, May 31, 2020 BIO Age 44 Tour 2 years, 2 months Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Incident Date Not available Deputy Sheriff Kietrell Pitts died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty in the Tangipahoa Parish Jail. Deputy Pitts had served […]
LOS ANGELES CA July 28 2020 A Los Angeles police officer whose domestic partner is pregnant with twins — died of the coronavirus Friday morning, becoming the agency’s first sworn member to succumb to complications from COVID-19 as the virus sweeps through the state. Officer Valentin Martinez, 45, was a 13-year veteran of the LAPD. He […]