PRESS RELEASE CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 26 2021 Walden Security recently announced Stephen Wilson as the company’s 2020 Court Security Officer of the Year for the 5th Circuit of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) at a local ceremony hosted in his honor. The annual award is presented to employees throughout the country for the critical […]
DECATUR, GA June 27 2021—The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office unveiled its newly- renovated Career Learning Center for DeKalb Jail inmates with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 19. DeKalb Sheriff Melody M. Maddox hosted the event with the agency’s new corporate partners and longtime supporters of the jail’s inmate education programs. “We are grateful for contributions […]
Tempe AZ June 27 2021 With the number of homeless people on Valley streets increasing and local police agencies strapped for resources, private security companies hired by businesses are having to step up and deal with what can sometimes be challenging, emotional and even dangerous encounters. In Tempe, Windom Security has now taken on the […]
San Jose CA June 27 2021 After nearly a yearlong debate, San Jose education leaders are booting police officers from San Jose Unified School District campuses—at least for the next school year. The school board Thursday considered a contract between the district and the San Jose Police Department, along with a resolution to limit police […]
Global News June 27 2021 “You’re gonna die,” one of my mates texted, followed by the Edvard Munch scream emoji. When I clicked on the link, I saw what she meant: according to the Office for National Statistics, male security guards were the professional group most at risk of dying from Covid-19. I forwarded the link […]
Lackawanna County, Pa June 27 2021 Police in Lackawanna County, Pa. broke up an exorcism in the lumber aisle of a home-improvement store Monday. Details are scarce on just what was going on inside the Home Depot on Commerce Drive in Dickson City Monday afternoon. Police were called around 3:26 p.m. to escort several people […]
ST LOUIS MO June 26 2021– A man is dead after a Saint Louis University security officer saw him holding two firearms early Friday morning on Locust Street. The commander of the Homicide Unit Lt. Scott Aubuchon said the SLU security officer encountered the man at 3301 Locust Street at 12:31 a.m. Aubuchon said at […]
Stanislaus County CA June 26 2021 The Modesto man shot by an Ontel security officer at a Salida school over the weekend has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the incident. Ontel security officers John Lessman and Brandon Lumauig encountered Roy Bert Hoskinson when they responded to a security camera […]
Baltimore MD June 26 2021 A woman was shot while driving after leaving the Maryland Live Casino at Arundel Mills Mall early Friday morning around 4 a.m., according to Anne Arundel County police. The woman left the casino, drove onto Route 100 and was near Interstate 97 when she was shot, said Officer Christina Lockwood. The […]
Los Angeles CA June 26 2021 One person was killed and four others were wounded during an attempted robbery early Friday in an exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood, police said. Three men, all in their 20s, tried to rob three others about 2:05 a.m. PT in the 1400 block of Blue Jay Way in affluent Hollywood […]