Syracuse, NY December 2 2018— A Syracuse man, handcuffed to a bench after attacking court officers, turned and began to eat paperwork affixed to the wall, according to court officials. Michael Speer, 40, was deemed too unstable to be taken to the jail, so he was transferred to a nearby hospital for several hours Wednesday […]
Fresno Ca December 2 2018 Police officer suicide is not widely talked about. Publicized deaths of officers mostly are of those who have died in the line of duty, but suicide takes more police lives nationwide than the number killed while on the job. In 2017, there were 129 officers in the U.S. who died […]
Britain December 2 2018 Associated British Ports, DFDS Seaways PLC and ICTS (UK) Ltd have today been fined after a security guard was fatally injured when he was struck by an articulated vehicle. Hull Crown Court heard how, on 9 September 2015, a security guard employed at the container terminal at Immingham Docks, approached a […]
BUCKEYE, Ariz. December 2 2018 – Officers responding to reports of a shooting at an Arizona Walmart Tuesday found a man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the groin area, according to the Buckeye Police Department. Police said the victim was carrying an unholstered handgun in the front of his sweatpants, and it fired as […]
HAMPTON, Va. December 2 2018 A man wanted for a maiming investigation that sparked in October has been arrested. On November 28, 27-year-old Antonio Deron Futrell was arrested by the Virginia Beach Fugitive and Warrant Apprehension Unit and the Hampton Police Division. Futrell was wanted for shooting inside a catch and release restaurant located in the […]
DR PHILLIPS, FLA. December 2 2018 Sheriff’s deputies in Orange County, Florida, said they have charged an 83-year-old woman with shoplifting after she allegedly tried to steal bottles of wine worth almost $100 each. The woman allegedly brought some sort of tool to help remove the security devices from the bottles, deputies said. Deputies said […]
ST LOUIS, MO December 2 2018 A Kansas City, Kansas security contractor named Simmons Security & Protection Services, Inc. has agreed to pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle an employment discrimination lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in May of 2018 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which charged Simmons Security with discrimination […]
Washington County OR December 2 2018 A state trooper shot 12 times by a murder suspect is suing Washington County’s 911 system, the sheriff and others, contending dispatchers failed to alert officers that James Tylka was armed, suicidal and had just shot his wife when they radioed for police to find him on Dec. 25, 2016. […]
New Britain CT December 1 2018 Central Connecticut State University officials have revealed that a campus police officer was fired after being accused of sexually assaulting another officer. The New Britain school disclosed the firing Thursday and released a report about the department prepared by former state public safety commissioner Bernard Sullivan. Officials also announced […]
LEMONT, IL December 1 2018 Over 1,000 people have signed a petition to protest the firing of a LHS security guard. Sharon Karpiak, who has worked at the school for 12 years, was fired at the Nov. 19 Board of Education Meeting. According to the Change.org petition, supporters say “removing her from the position would […]