Denver CO Sept 26 2020 Two Denver police officers and Denver Health Medical Center face a federal lawsuit for misidentifying a hospitalized woman as a burglary suspect, leading the woman to be mistakenly detained for nearly 48 hours for a crime she didn’t commit. “Plaintiff was not the correct suspect in this incident, and Defendants […]
Hillsborough County Fla Sept 26 2020 Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrest of Michael Lashman, a school security officer who worked at Knights Elementary School and physically abused a student this week. According to HCSO, a student became verbally disruptive on Wednesday and teachers were able to calm the child down. Multiple witnesses […]
VIDEO ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. Sept 25 2020– It was a scary and life-threatening few moments that a Florida security officer experienced, alone earlier this month at a Florida Mall. The unarmed security guard was held at gunpoint by three masked culprits who stole money from him and burglarized a jewelry kiosk, according to the Orange […]
DELRAY BEACH Sept 25 2020 – Patrick Adolphe grew up dreaming of one day becoming a law-enforcement officer. But a decision that he made in college over a decade ago appeared to have forever ended that dream. Adolphe was convicted of a felony in a 2009 shoplifting incident that happened at a retail store in Central […]
Lowndes County, Mississippi Sept 25 2020 A federal judge has refused to toss a suit by a lawyer who says he was tackled by a security guard at a courthouse in Lowndes County, Mississippi, in a dispute over the need to go through the metal detector. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock of Amory, Mississippi, tossed […]
ALBANY NY Sept 25 2020— A Buffalo firearms instructor who admitted to running bogus gun safety and “peace officer” courses will spend four months in jail and three years on probation, Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday. Dennis Brennan, 66, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty back in July to defrauding students and the […]
AMERICUS GA Sept 25 2020 – South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Campus Safety Director Sammy Stone and the members of the SGTC campus safety office were recognized recently during National Security Officer Appreciation Week. The third week in September is National Security Officer Appreciation Week and it is designed to recognize in-house and contract security personnel. […]
Oakland CA Sept 25 2020 The recent police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, touched off another round of protests around the country. Something must be done to decrease the abuse of power by police officers, but the violence of these protests illustrates that “defunding” the police is not a practical alternative. Instead, it is […]
MIAMI FL Sept 25 2020 – Miami-Dade County and Allied Universal security failed to take action quickly enough to prevent the attack of an elderly man on a Metromover train Sunday morning, an attorney representing Eduardo Fernandez and his family says. Fernandez, 73, suffered broken bones and internal injuries in the violent beating, which came a […]
Las Vegas NV Sept 25 2020 The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday is expected to issue $435,000 in fines against six casino companies for violating policies and regulations. Stipulations for settlement said a $300,000 fine would be issued against Boyd Gaming Corp.’s Fremont for a botched casino patron dispute by security officers that escalated into […]