HORRY COUNTY, S.C. October 29 2021 A grandmother is suing Horry County Schools after she said that a private school security officer put her 9-year-old grandson in a chokehold while the child was having a panic attack. The lawsuit, filed by Mary Ellen Lashoones, was filed on Oct. 4 in the Court of Common Pleas in […]
Sacramento CA October 29 2021 Security guards in California will soon be required to complete training on when and how to use force before obtaining a license. The legislation was inspired by an investigation CapRadio published last year. It found California’s regulations provide no clear definition or training requirements for appropriate use-of-force in the private security […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. October 29 2021 The Albuquerque Police Department arrested an armed security guard suspected of being involved in a road rage incident that happened last month. APD says Richard Saravia was on a motorcycle when he pulled up beside a car near Wyoming and Central and started yelling at the driver, then pulled a gun […]
Boise ID October 28 2021 Two people were killed, including a security officer, and several others were hurt when a gunman opened fire at a mall in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, police said. The male suspect was taken into custody at the scene and died on Tuesday, Boise police said. The manner of death remains […]
BUTLER COUNTY, Kan. October 28 2021 The Butler County Sheriff’s Office said a patrol deputy, and part-time police officer for the City of Burns, died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash. The crash happened just before 5 p.m. in the 5200 Block of NW Hwy 77, El Dorado, while 44-year-old Stephen Evans was on duty for […]
Pontoon Beach IL. October 28 2021 The Pontoon Beach police officer who was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital after being shot at a gas station Tuesday morning has died from his injuries, Illinois State Police confirmed. Tyler Timmins approached what he suspected to be a stolen vehicle at the Speedway gas station at the […]
Boise ID October 28 2021 Two people were killed and five others injured Monday afternoon in a shooting at the Boise Towne Square mall. Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee said at a news conference that a Boise police officer and the suspected shooter were among the injured and stressed that the investigation was ongoing. Lee […]
Jefferson County AL October 28 2021 A 1-year-old Fairfield girl nearly died from a fentanyl overdose but was quickly revived by a Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy who was armed with an anecdote. Deputies were dispatched at 2:36 p.m. Monday to a 911 call from a woman who was screaming that a child had overdosed. When lawmen […]
Boulevard, CA October 28 2021 A former chief of the Manzanita Tribal Police Department pleaded guilty Monday to stealing more than $300,000 from the Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation as part of a scheme to sell police department membership to dozens of unqualified individuals. Anthony Reyes Vazquez, 49, of Camarillo, served as the department’s […]
PITTSBURGH PA October 28 2021 Pittsburgh Police Sgt. Richard Howe has died following complications from COVID-19. Pittsburgh Public Safety announced Thursday in a release that Sgt. Howe died surrounded by loved ones at St. Clair Hospital. He was 51. Public Safety said Howe was a 24-year veteran of the police force. He worked as a motorcycle […]