Champaign County IL Dec 24 2020 A 21-year-old security officer at Carle Foundation Hospital is the youngest Champaign County resident to lose their life to COVID-19. Bryant Boyer-Killion died Monday “from COVID-19 due to complications from asthma,” his family said Tuesday in a statement to The News-Gazette. “He was the best son and big brother. […]
New Orleans LA December 24 2020 A security officer fatally shot a man involved in a botched robbery, according to police. New Orleans police say the death of the suspected armed robber who was fatally shot by a security guard at a New Orleans East store during a hold-up Tuesday night was a justifiable homicide. […]
Washington DC Dec 24 2020 In the nearly 20 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Air Marshal Service has suffered enough controversy, scandals and investigations to fill an armory. Its latest scandal and investigation may not come as much of a surprise, but air marshals in the know have given it a […]
La Crosse WI Dec 24 2020 The School District of La Crosse Board of Education voted to phase police out of its schools, after months of investigating the program found it negatively impacted marginalized students in the district. Police officers will no longer be regularly in school buildings, and the district will begin reducing the […]
MARTINSVILLE, Ohio Dec 24 2020 An officer with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources was shot and seriously injured while investigating a deer poaching complaint. Kevin Behr, a 25-year veteran of the department, was shot around 4 p.m. Sunday and was flown to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition, according to the Clinton County […]
Houston TX Dec 24 2020 Typically, when a security guard weighs 400 pounds, it means they are not well suited for foot patrols. K5, however, was built for it. Soon the spaceship-shaped sentries will roll into action at transit stops and continue keeping watch on a parking garage at Bush Intercontinental Airport, under tests to see […]
HAYWARD, Calif. Dec 24 2020— Michaela Joy Garecht was last seen on Nov. 19, 1988, wearing jeans rolled over her knees and feather-shaped earrings. More than 32 years later, the 9-year-old girl with blond hair and blue eyes is still missing. California authorities announced Monday that they have charged convicted killer David Misch with Michaela’s […]
HOBART Ind December 24 2020 — Southlake Mall removed an employee at its Santa photo set from the premises after she charged and screamed at a customer in what a witness described as a “meltdown.” A customer at the super-regional mall at U.S. 30 and Mississippi Street posted a widely shared video of the incident Sunday […]
Ontario County, N.Y. Dec 24 2020— Tuesday’s bright spot shines on Eastview mall security guard Scott Woodruff. You see, he knows how much Trey, who has autism, enjoys riding the carousel at the mall. He has done so four or five times a week for about 18 years. The ride has been shut down during […]
TRENTON, N.J. Dec 24 2020— New Jersey’s top law enforcement official on Monday unveiled new guidelines governing the use of force for the state’s nearly 40,000 police officers, saying the changes would make the state “a national leader in policing reform” and help restore public trust. The new policy, which had been promised after widespread protests […]