Atlanta GA Jan 31 2021 Things turned violent in a Georgia dollar store after a maskless customer said he was confronted by a gun-wielding employee, according to police. The man said he ran into the Family Dollar in southwest Atlanta for a few items Tuesday — and was “challenged immediately” by an employee who forced him […]
Palm Beach Fl January 31 2021 Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son have reached a plea deal to settle misdemeanor battery charges stemming from an altercation with a security guard at a posh Florida hotel. Prosecutors and defense attorneys announced Friday that Stewart and his son, Sean Stewart, would not be going to trial for […]
HAYWARD CA Jan 31 2021— Police officers will no longer be assigned to school campuses, Hayward Unified trustees have decided, saying their presence can intimidate students. Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to eliminate the school resource officer program, which had been in limbo since last year amid the ongoing national debate about how law enforcement interacts […]
SAN ANTONIO TX Jan 31 2021– A security guard is hospitalized after San Antonio police say three suspects beat him up and ran him over in a sports bar’s parking lot on the Northwest Side. The incident happened around 1:30 a.m., Saturday, at the Ojos Locos located at 5809 NW Loop 410. Police said […]
LITTLE ROCK AR Jan 31 2021 Little Rock police have arrested three men in connection to a gun show theft that happened earlier this month. Police say they arrested Vicente Cantu, 22, on Jan. 13. Kaleb Barnett, 23, and Matthew Thomas, 22 were taken into custody on Thursday. 18 guns and more than 450 rounds of […]
GALVESTON TX Jan 31 2021 Two Texas A&M University students died on campus within hours of each other, in apparently separate incidents that left the small campus on Pelican Island in mourning Friday. Over the course of about 14 hours, school officials confirmed Brandon Perlowski, 23, a cadet in the Texas Maritime Academy from […]
Harrisburg, Pa. Jan 30 2021 For several weeks, frontline workers across the state have been getting the COVID-19 vaccine. But some workers who are on the frontlines say they don’t have access to the vaccine. “We want to get the vaccine as soon as possible,” Justin Edwards said. Edwards is a privately contracted security guard. […]
Las Vegas NV Jan 30, 2021 Wynn Las Vegas and Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun have lauded the achievement of a health security verification, after becoming Sharecare verified with Forbes Travel Guide. The comprehensive facility verification helps ensure that guests and travel planners can visit properties with confidence that they have the appropriate health and safety procedures in […]
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. Jan 30 2021 The University of Illinois Police’s “party patrol” will be hitting the streets as students return to campus for the new semester. Officers said their party patrol “is a group of Student Patrol officers and police officers who have been specially assigned to respond to calls of parties in the Campustown […]
MONTREAL Canada January 30 2021– This week, amid an outcry over the policing of homeless Montrealers sparked by a man’s death, one of the city’s biggest day shelters laid off 11 of its front-line staff—then promptly hired some security guards. The guards aren’t meant to replace front-line workers, says the director of the Accueil Bonneau shelter. […]