2023 Award Nominations Now Open! Now Accepting Nominees for the 2023 PRIVATE OFFICER AWARDS! MEMBER OR NON-MEMBER THERE ARE NO FEES FOR ANY AWARD Recognize your employee, co-worker, colleague, supervisor, and even your boss! You can even nominate yourself! Recipients receive an award certificate and everyone will be included in a national press release and […]
Orlando Florida April 19, 2023 The Happiest Place on Earth just got a little happier for more than 1,300 Disneyland security workers. The theme park’s “security cast members” — including security officers, lead officers, sergeants, bag checkers and canine handlers — have secured a wage increase of nearly $8 an hour to be phased in […]
Pittsburgh PA April 18 2023 Nearly 30 Duquesne University police officers and security guards went on strike Monday morning after failing to reach a new contract with the school in Pittsburgh. The decision came after Keith Frank, the vice president of Teamsters Local 249, told KDKA-TV that the private Catholic college had made a […]
Washington DC April 18 2023 Dozens of George Washington University students took to the streets Monday to voice their opposition to the school’s plan to arm some campus police officers with guns. Interim President Mark Wrighton announced in a letter to students Thursday that the university’s Board of Trustees directed the administration to develop […]
San Diego CA April 18 2023 A La Mesa man and security guard remains in a Tijuana holding facility, under arrest after unintentionally ending up at the border. “My fear is not being able see my son again,” said Jackie Anderson. For Anderson, the last three weeks have been a blur of worry and tears. “I […]
Woodstock IL April 18 2023 A Lake in the Hills man was charged with punching a security guard at a hospital in Woodstock and attempting to punch an EMT, court documents show. Mitchell A. Thompsen, 27, of Lake in the Hills, was charged with aggravated battery of a security officer, aggravated assault on an emergency […]
Spencer IA April 18 2023 A Spencer, Iowa man is facing burglary and drug possession crimes after breaking into a business last week. Spencer Police say 46-year-old Christopher Mortimore broke into “Shine Brothers” just after 2 a.m. last Wednesday but was caught by the business’s overnight security guard and detained for police. Officers also found […]
Chattanooga TN April 18, 2023 Police have arrested an individual in the recent controversy surrounding Brainerd High School. A Hamilton County Grand Jury indicted Josephus Reed earlier this month on charges from the January incident at the school. A mother complained that her son had been punched in the face by a man who claimed […]