Lyme CT June 17 2022 Students at Lyme-Old Lyme schools this fall will see armed school security officers on their campuses. The Board of Education on Wednesday night approved the plan at a special meeting. The vote came as other school districts across Connecticut were also considering or deciding on armed officers. The districts’ actions come […]
34th ANNUAL RETAIL THEFT SURVEY Provided by Jack Hayes International HIGHLIGHTS FROM JACK L. HAYES INTERNATIONAL’S 34th ANNUAL RETAIL THEFT SURVEY TOTAL RETAIL THEFT Apprehensions: Survey participants apprehended a total of 204,404 dishonest individuals (shoplifters and employees) in 2021, a decrease of 12.8% from the prior year. Recoveries: Dollars recovered from those apprehended thieves increased a 9.9% […]
Henry County GA June 16 2022 A veteran Georgia sheriff’s deputy died suddenly during training Tuesday. Henry County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean M. Free was in a classroom at the gun range when he felt nauseated, WGCL-TV reports. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died. “When he was transported to the hospital, he was […]
CONROE, Texas June 16 2022— An EMS provider disarmed a patient who took out a gun and fired twice inside a hospital emergency department, Conroe police said. Harris County Emergency Corps crewmembers transported Glendar Johnson-Jackson, 65, to HCA Conroe for a mental health evaluation under an emergency detention order by the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, […]
EL MONTE, California June 16 2022— Two El Monte police officers were struck and fatally injured in a shooting with a suspect or suspects in El Monte early Tuesday evening. The two officers had been called to the intersection of Garvey and Central avenues, where the shooting happened just after 5 p.m., according to Deputy […]
ATLANTA, Ga. June 16 2022 A shooting on the campus of the Georgia State University near downtown Atlanta Monday night brought a large police response. Georgia State University Police and Atlanta police responded to the shooting that left one person dead. Georgia State University Police posted on Twitter that the shooting happened at Peachtree Street […]
Durham, New Hampshire June 16 2022- Police have issued arrest warrants charging 46 fraternity members from the University of New Hampshire for an alleged hazing incident that occurred at an event in April. Durham Police shared with FOX Television Stations the fraternity members who have been arrested Tuesday. Brendan Akpan, 21, Springfield, New Hampshire Nikolaos Beka, […]
Des Moines IA June 16 2022 Governor Kim Reynolds announced $100 million in school safety funding to support Iowa’s 327 public school districts and 183 non-public and independent schools during a press conference with the Department of Public Safety, Department of Education and Homeland Security and Emergency Management. This dedicated new funding will provide vulnerability risk […]
Los Angeles CA June 16, 2022 A former Transportation Security Administration officer pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of smuggling what he thought was methamphetamine through a TSA checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for $8,000, authorities said. Michael Williams, 39, of Hawhtorne, was arrested in March after authorities suspected him of helping smuggle […]
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. June 16 2022— Deputies say a mall security guard contacted the sheriff’s office just before 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning for an attempted break in. A security guard watched 3 juveniles attempting to break into a jewelry store within the mall, with a crowbar in tow targeting a jewelry store when he […]