ALBANY, NY Dec 7 2021—The slayings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police sparked a year of activism and gave birth to a new phrase that entered the national lexicon: “Defund the police,” a catchall term that broadly refers to taking funds from police departments and steering the money to alternative […]
ATLANTA GA December 7 2021 Police are investigating a triple shooting that happened on Peters Street near Walker Street in Atlanta Saturday night. Around 10 p.m., officers responded to 309 Peters Street regarding several people being shot. An off-duty Atlanta Police Officer, working nearby, heard the gunfire and responded toward the area as well. When […]
ATTLEBORO MA Dec 7 2021— A former security guard at the Emerald Square mall in North Attleboro is now on probation after admitting to groping his girlfriend’s co-worker. Alberto Mateo, 36, admitted this week in Attleboro District Court that police had sufficient evidence to prove him guilty of indecent assault and battery. Judge Michele […]
DANBURY CT December 7 2021 — A Danbury police officer died unexpectedly Sunday, according to the department. Andrew Katkocin was a 12-year member of the Danbury Police Department and “well-liked and respected by his peers and supervisors alike,” Lt. Mark Williams said on the department’s Facebook page. “Our deepest sympathy is with Andrew’s family and loved […]
MELBOURNE, Fla. Dec 6, 2021– The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after officers shot and killed an armed man on the campus of the Florida Institute of Technology. Melbourne police and security at the school responded to a report of an armed man “assaulting students” just before 11 p.m. on campus. Students […]
Syracuse, N.Y. Dec 6, 2021 An on-duty security officer in the downtown area of Syracuse was beaten in the head and face, kicked, and stomped on multiple times losing a lot of blood, and left unconscious where she laid for more than two hours police said. The vicious assault and robbery took […]
Portland OR Dec 6 2021 To businesses and property owners in downtown Portland, Echelon Protective Services’ seamless slip into a police role was a lifeline. But to the people taxpayers pay to provide public safety in Portland — the city police and county prosecutors — the area’s growing reliance on a private security firm was […]
WINNIPEG Canada Dec 6 2021 A security guard was robbed and knocked unconscious by two suspects in the West End on Wednesday night. Police say the victim was in the area of Beverley Street and Sargent Avenue at around 10:45 p.m. when he was looking in the back of his vehicle. The two suspects approached him […]
San Francisco CA Dec 6 2021 “This Safeway is getting weirder and weirder,” one shopper muttered as he walked through newly installed security gates at the entrance of the grocery store near San Francisco’s Castro District. The automatic gates, added to the Safeway at 2020 Market St., let customers easily enter the store but […]
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. Dec 6 2021— The state Attorney General’s office announced a pilot program Tuesday that will pair state troopers with a mental health professional when responding to certain crises — a tactic recently adapted by some law enforcement agencies across the country to better respond to mental health emergencies. Acting Attorney Andrew […]