FORT DRUM, N.Y. April 4, 2021 Preventing unauthorized persons from entering a military installation is essential to maintaining a safe community, and every day, the Department of the Army security personnel perform this duty diligently. But how do you keep an invisible virus from creeping past the gates? With the global pandemic persisting for more than […]
Washington DC March 20 2021 The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is trialing the use of new technology that uses ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light to disinfect airport checkpoint bins in a bid to provide safer checkpoint experiences and prevent the spread of Covid-19 and other viruses and bacteria. The trial is being carried out at two checkpoints […]
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. March 16 2021— A Florida man was arrested after he spat on a Walt Disney World resort security guard who asked him to wear a mask, investigators said. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said a security guard approached Kelly McKin, 51, of Palm Beach, last month as he tried to enter the […]
Latin America March 13 2021 Their highly superior sense of smell has long been used to sniff out drugs, weapons and dead bodies. Now Latin America’s crime-fighting police dogs are being trained to detect Covid-19. In El Salvador, police are using artificial aromas similar to the sweat of a person infected with the coronavirus to […]
Charlotte NC March 4 2021 In a state with just under 600, 000 licensed security officers, a new light has been shown on the pandemic in the state of California. According to the news site, The Guardian, when the Covid-19 pandemic closed down California’s offices, malls and event spaces last year, nearly 200,000 security officers […]
Nationwide USA March 4 2021 One Sunday last May, Karmen Kolda arrived early for his 11 a.m. shift as a security guard at a medical marijuana dispensary southeast of downtown San Jose. He’d made the 30-mile commute from his home in San Mateo wearing his usual all-black gear, with “SECURITY” printed on the back of […]
New Yoek NY March 3 2021 Homeless shelter security officers and members of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union rallied Monday for greater COVID-19 protections on the one-year anniversary of the virus’ official arrival in New York City. The attendees made a vociferous scene outside the Bronx’s Acacia Network corporate office on Monday […]
TUCSON, Ariz. Feb 21 2021 A dangerous crash at Tucson Medical Center left volunteers shaken. A couple came to the Tucson Medical Center to get their vaccine. Instead, they left with a totaled car. Close to a thousand cars drive through the vaccine line at TMC every day, but one driver lost control. Officials say the […]
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Feb 5 2021— The official title is compliance officer. That’s what it says across the back of the polo shirts of the employees who work for Bloomington-based Security Pro 24/7. The “mask police” as they are known around Shelby County were hired to help the nine-person health department with the mask mandate during […]
Atlanta GA Jan 31 2021 Things turned violent in a Georgia dollar store after a maskless customer said he was confronted by a gun-wielding employee, according to police. The man said he ran into the Family Dollar in southwest Atlanta for a few items Tuesday — and was “challenged immediately” by an employee who forced him […]