Master Sergeant Henry Turner Louisiana Department of Corrections, Louisiana End of Watch Saturday, July 18, 2020 BIO Age 65 Tour 24 years Badge Not available INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Master Sergeant Henry Turner died after contracting COVID-19 during an outbreak among staff and inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Sergeant Turner had served […]
Police Officer Corey Pendergrass Lauderhill Police Department, Florida End of Watch Sunday, July 26, 2020 BIO Age 51 Tour 23 years Badge 349 INCIDENT DETAILS Cause COVID19 Police Officer Corey Pendergrass died after contracting COVID-19 while on duty. Officer Pendergrass had served with the Lauderhill Police Department for 20 years and had previously served with […]
Washington DC Aug 3 2020 Facing the dual forces of the coronavirus pandemic and the national movement to “defund the police,” law enforcement agencies across the country are bracing for budget reductions not seen in more than a decade. Nearly half of 258 agencies surveyed this month are reporting that funding has already been slashed or […]
HOUSTON TX Aug 3 2020 – Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith has died Saturday from an apparent heart attack, Waller County Judge Trey Duhon announced. “Sheriff Smith will be greatly missed by his family, all of the employees of Waller County and the Sheriff’s Office, and the Waller County community,” Duhon said. “Sheriff Smith cared deeply […]
Charlotte NC August 3 2020 With the help of our staff, association members and cooperating state agencies, we now have a better picture as it concerns the Coronavirus and our private protectors have been working on the front lines. 183 security officers have died from the COVID-19 virus since February 2020. All of them had […]
Atlanta GA Aug 2 2020 Seven more Transportation Security Administration employees at Hartsfield-Jackson International have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last week, including some who have been on leave. Three of the employees worked at the Atlanta airport last week at the main security checkpoint. The other four last worked at the airport July […]
Bethlehem Township PA August 1 2020 Like many other retail stores reopening during the pandemic, workers at Cigars International have been balancing how to stay in business while keeping customers and employees safe. But on Friday, a simple request that a patron wear a mask while inside the Bethlehem Township store erupted in gunfire, leaving […]
AUSTIN TX Aug 1 2020 For 17 years, Robert Mata Sr. watched over everyone who crossed his path. “Right here on the corner,” said Herman Mitchell, who lives on across the street from Barrington Elementary. Mitchell just one of the many people graced by Robert’s charm and joy for life. “He was the friendliest man I […]
Vancouver Canada July 30 2020 It was just another workday at Amato Gelato in Olympic Village for 24-year-old Shannon Ferris. Until she saw a customer breaking the store’s physical distancing rules. “She didn’t follow the precautions. She didn’t use the door that we had asked her to use,” said Ferris. “We have these ropes in […]
DES MOINES, Iowa July 30 2020 — Dennis Herman has worked in security for 25 years, and in that time, you could say a lot of his duties were pretty standard security measures. “We do job site security, we do a lot of armed security, personal security, VIP, executive protections,” said Herman. However, in two-and-a-half decades, […]