Plantation FL October 22 2021 An off-duty Hollywood police officer apparently took his own life in the parking lot of a shopping mall early Monday, according to reports. The officer, identified as Hollywood Police Lt. John Graham, died outside the Broward Mall in Plantation within hours of the death of another Hollywood officer, Yandy Chirino, 28, who was […]
MISSOULA, Mont. October 22 2021— Missoula City Council approved two motions that would authorize the mayor to sign an agreement with a security company. In a presentation to Missoula City Council Wednesday, officials described their goal to keep Missoula’s neighborhoods safe while also housing and sheltering at-risk populations during the colder months. To do both, […]
FREMONT, Calif. October 22 2021 A 24-year-old man was arrested after waving a gun at a security guard in August, according to the Fremont Police Department. On August 8, police said a group of people was told they could not enter the Mojo Lounge due to being underaged. One person, later identified as 24-year-old Alejandro Soria […]
Portland OR October 22 2021 The widow of a man whom a security guard killed outside Dream On Saloon in 2019 agreed Oct. 18 to a $200,000 settlement from the owners of the deep Southeast Portland nightclub. The club’s security guard shot and killed Eugene Pharr, an unarmed 42-year-old, in the parking lot on Jan. 15, […]
ST LOUIS MO October 21 2021 An armed security officer fatally shot a 32-year-old man outside of SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital overnight. According to police, a 38-year-old security officer was investigating a suspicious car that was driving around the hospital parking lot in the 1400 block of South Grand around 1 a.m. Wednesday. A […]
Portland OR October 21 2021 The family of Freddy Nelson Jr., the man fatally shot by an armed security guard this summer, is suing both the private security company who employed the guard and the real estate company that hired the security firm. The family is seeking $25 million. On May 29, Nelson was fatally shot […]
Salt Lake City UT October 21 2021 A Utah police officer died from a medical condition while on duty last week. No details were given concerning the medical issue that led to the death of University of Utah Police Sgt. Kory Newbold on Oct. 14, KTVX-TV reports. He had been with the department since 2014. In […]
Philadelphia PA October 21 2021 An armored car security officer thwarted a robbery after firing a shot at a suspect who was trying to rob him at gunpoint in Philadelphia. The incident occurred Monday around 4 p.m. on the 1900 block of North 5th Street. Investigators said a masked man tried to rob a Brinks Armored […]
PATERSON, N.J. October 21 2021— One week after a lockdown at a Paterson high school over reports of a student with a gun, the New Jersey city’s school district will meet Wednesday night, Oct. 20, to vote on whether or not to allow off-duty police officers to serve as school security. With an increase I […]
Cole County MO October 21 2021 A Jefferson City, Missouri, woman is accused of running onto a football field full of school children while only wearing a scarf, prosecutors said. Lacey Uthe was charged with sexual misconduct for the incident in which she exposed herself to 29 eighth graders, one of whom was under the […]