Washington DC September 20 2022 Authorities have launched an investigation after an explosives detection dog for the Metropolitan Police Department was found dead inside a police vehicle in Washington, D.C., Monday. Police confirmed that late Monday morning, a handler found Rocket, a seven-year-old Malinois Shepherd, dead inside of a parked police car. The MPD […]
DENVER, N.C. September 20 2022— Police in Denver, North Carolina, have charged a U.S. marshal with repeatedly stealing from Walmart. Robert Spangler, of Denver, was in court on Friday to face five misdemeanor counts for shoplifting, according to WSOC-TV. Walmart employees recognized Spangler on security video because they said he went out of his way […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. Sept 20 2022 A Johnson City man is facing several charges after police say he threatened to bring a gun onto a private school campus. Jeremy Jeffers is charged with aggravated criminal trespassing, simple assault, and communicating a threat to a school employee. It all happened Friday morning at Providence Academy. An affidavit […]
New York NY September 20, 2022 Stephen Hollowell has seen the different sides of safety — from working in the United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. These days, he’s returned to a familiar trade, as security director for Sentara Healthcare. But […]
Dallas TX September 20 2022 A man is dead after being shot by a security officer outside a Dallas 7-Eleven Sunday night, police say. Officers were called to a shooting in the 2500 block of Lemmon Avenue just before midnight Monday. When officers arrived, police said they found a man in the front of the […]
IRMO, S.C. Sept 19 2022— On Monday, the Lexington-Richland 5 school board voted unanimously to arm members of the district’s security team. The decision allows three employees, who are not officers but have prior law enforcement experience, to carry a concealed weapon at schools. According to the board, the employees have been trained by the South […]
NEW YORK NY Sept 19 2022 A thief robbed a Bronx Rite Aid store and pepper sprayed a security guard in the process, authorities said. The incident happened around 6:50 p.m. at 1091 Ogden Avenue in Highbridge, police said. A 22-year-old security guard confronted the Rite Aid robber after they tried to leave the store with […]
Albany NY Sept 19 2022 Albany Democrats have introduced legislation to allow some foot-weary working New Yorkers to sit on the job — despite the risk of creating a future “Seinfeld” security situation featuring a comfy store guard napping on the job. “Jokes are funny – but I think within reason, the argument can be […]
Baton Rouge CA Sept 19 2022 A college student in Louisiana was fatally shot in her vehicle early Friday morning, authorities said. Allison Rice, 21, of Geismar, died in the shooting that occurred about 2:19 a.m. on the 1500 block of Government Street, according to a statement from Baton Rouge police. “Rice was shot multiple times […]
DENVER CO Sept 18 2022 A friend of the protester shot and killed by an unlicensed security guard hired by a Denver TV station has filed a lawsuit. The plaintiff, Steven Wright, claims that he witnessed the shooting and has since suffered “severe emotional distress.” The lawsuit claims 9News and the two security companies behind the […]