Minneapolis MN April 16 2021 George Floyd died in police custody after a corner store clerk reported he had used a fake $20 bill, a nonviolent offense so low-level that police don’t usually take people to jail for it. Now, as the trial over his death continues to unfold, criminal justice reform experts and diversity specialists […]
PRESS RELEASE April 16 2021 Brunswick, Maine The Bowdoin College Office of Safety and Security has announcedthat it has achieved accreditation from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), the leading authority for campus public safety. The Office of Safety and Security demonstrated to outside impartial experts its compliance with national standards that […]
Selbyville DE April 15 2021 A fire police officer with the Selbyville (DE) Volunteer Fire Company was killed after being struck at the scene of a motor vehicle accident, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. On Friday, April 9, 2021, Fire Police Officer Laura Madara, 56, was working at the scene of a vehicle accident and […]
Washington DC April 15 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reported several guns being stopped at U.S. airports by TSA officers over the last week as air travel experiences a spring uptick. TSA officers caught a Fairfield County, Connecticut, man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 13 bullets in his carry-on bag at Newark-Liberty International […]
San Diego CA April 15 2021 A wanted fugitive his at several school campuses before finally being caught and fatally ahot. Suspect Christopher Marquez and an unidentified woman were hiding in a dumpster on San Diego High School’s campus early Tuesday. Sometime before 9 a.m., he was fatally shot, police said. San Diego High School […]
Baltimore MD April 15 2021 The city of Baltimore’s private security costs have ballooned over the last five years and are set to increase by another $4.5 million this week if approved of the Board of Estimates. Since 2016, Baltimore has contracted with Metropolitan Protective Services for armed private security. The contract approved in March of […]
JOLIET, IL April 15 2021— A 26-year-old Joliet man remains in the Will County Jail after Joliet police say he attacked a nurse and a private security guard inside the AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center’s emergency room early Monday morning. After responding to the disturbance call, Joliet police arrested Corey Measaw on two counts of […]
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. April 15 2021— A woman is facing charges in connection with the 2019 shooting of a security guard at a Kernersville sweepstakes, according to a news release from Kernersville police. Leighanna Perez Terry, 30, is charged with conspiracy to armed robbery and attempted first-degree murder. On Dec. 23, 2019, around 4:30 a.m., officers […]
Guam April 15 2021 Losal Phaynid was charged with third-degree robbery as a third-degree felony and assault as a misdemeanor in connection to the 88 Leisure Game Room robbery, according to a magistrate’s complaint. Phaynid, 20, was seen on April 6 via video surveillance footage assaulting a security guard at the game room with another […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. April 15 2021 A man who has been arrested more than 200 times now faces charges for what Metro Police call “random attacks” Wednesday morning on six staff members of St. Thomas Midtown. Investigators say Larry Brown, 67, received treatment at St. Thomas Midtown and had been discharged but refused to leave the hospital. After […]