Manhattan NY October 28 2023 The Manhattan district attorney’s office dropped criminal charges filed against a city-contracted security guard, after he was arrested last week following a physical altercation with a top aide to Mayor Eric Adams. Charges of obstructing government administration and harassment filed against guard Terrence Rosenthal, 29, were dismissed because they could […]
Austin Texas October 28, 2023 Republic Square is the latest location downtown to implement private security. The pilot program, run by the Downtown Austin Alliance, began Oct. 1. Security guards monitor the park from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. It will run through March 31. “Obviously in Austin we have challenges with not having enough police […]
Houston Texas October 27, 2023 A dramatic stand-off between armed security officers and a man swinging a four- to five-foot-long pipe ended with security shooting the man. Houston police say that this all started when the man tried breaking into the Houston federal courthouse on Rusk Street in the downtown area of Houston. When security […]
McCandless, Pennsylvania, October 27, 2023 It’s been in the works for some time and now it’s official: the North Allegheny School District will establish a school police department. The school board unanimously approved the motion Wednesday. The district’s plan is to hire a police chief and a dozen officers. While it was approved unanimously, some […]
Philadelphia Pa October 27 2023 A former Center City bouncer accused of fatally punching a man outside a nightclub last year was taken back into custody Thursday when a Philadelphia judge raised his bail after he allegedly burglarized a liquor store last month. After prosecutors moved to revoke bail for the former bouncer, Kenneth Frye, Common […]
Sunnyvale California October 27, 2023 After 44 years, authorities claim to have solved the killing of an 18-year-old security guard in Sunnyvale. On October 16, 1979, officers with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety responded to an assault at a business at 444 De Guigne Drive. That is where officers found Estella Elena Mena, in the […]
Charlotte NC October 26th, 2023 On September 18th, Nolan Smith, a supervisor for a Denver Colorado security firm was on patrol and training a new employee. As he pulled up to the client’s property, the two security officers heard a pop and then a crash and saw that a vehicle had hit a power pole. […]
Monroe Louisiana October 26, 2023 This summer, the Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice quietly entered into a year-long contract with Coleman Consulting Group, LLC, a private company, to provide security at two Louisiana youth prisons — Acadiana Center for Youth in St. Martinville, and Swanson Center for Youth in Monroe. Its security guards don’t need […]
Chino California October 26, 2023 Chino police jailed a 23-year-old North Hollywood man last Saturday night on suspicion of trying to grab the holstered handgun from a security guard at Frosty’s Pumpkin Patch in Chino. Nicholas Elkins was booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on charges of attempted assault with a […]
Laredo Texas October 26 2023 Eight people have been arrested in an operation targeting unlicensed security guards, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. As part of a complaint investigation, the DPS Regulatory Services Division initiated an investigation at several locations in Laredo where security guards were employed. With the assistance of troopers, the […]