New Orleans LA April 30 2020 Two days before her mother died from the novel coronavirus, Valisha Scott got permission to visit her in the hospital. Because of infection controls, Scott had to talk to her mother, an Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy, from behind glass through a cracked door. “It was hard,” Scott said Tuesday. […]
BOSTON MA April 30 2020 A Boston man accused of spitting on nurses and security guards at a Jamaica Plain hospital while claiming to have a highly contagious illness before attacking police officers is facing serious criminal charges, officials said. Officers responding to a reported disturbance inside of the Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital on Centre […]
ABILENE, Texas April 30 2020— A correctional officer at the Middleton Unit in Abilene died after testing positive for COVID-19. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said James Coleman, 53, got sick at home on Monday, collapsed and was taken to a local hospital where he tested positive for COVID-19. He died Tuesday afternoon, according […]
Patterson NJ April 30 2020 A 44-year-old security officer has died from complications of the COVID-19 virus. He had been taken to the hospital with flu like symptoms and a test confirmed that he was positive for the virus. He spent about 10 days in the hospital before his death. His family said that they […]
Newark NJ April 30 2020 A Transportation Security Administration officer at Newark Liberty International Airport has died of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths at the agency to five, with 500 officers testing positive at airports nationwide. TSA said “with deep sorrow” Wednesday that Mark Barisonek, who spent 16 years with the agency, […]
SAN FRANCISCO CA April 29 2020 – There’s a new breed of shoplifter, one who claims to have the coronavirus in hopes of eluding security, police say. But what suspects don’t know is that what ordinarily could be considered a petty theft case could be elevated to a felony robbery prosecution, legal experts say. In Vallejo, […]
Charlotte NC April 28 2020 Rick McCann Private security across the country have always been frontline protectors who protect life and property wherever and whenever they are called on. On a yearly basis, security officers literally save hundreds of lives by using their training in first-aid, CPR and stopping the bleed techniques as they rescue […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. April 28 2020— As MTA employees continue to be among those hardest hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the transit agency has expanded its efforts to ensure the health and safety of its workforce. On Saturday, the MTA announced an expansion of the agency’s “Temperature Brigade,” a group of medically trained personnel […]
NEWARK, NJ April 28 2020— Friends, family and loved ones of Newark Police criminal intelligence analyst Danny Francis gathered for his final send-off in Roselle on Saturday, bidding farewell to the former Essex County investigator before his interment at Hollywood Memorial Park. Francis became the second member of the Newark Department of Public Safety to […]
MIAMI, Fla. April 28 2020– Miami-Dade’s Mayor Carlos Gimenez said the county is preparing to re-open after the month-long shutdown because of coronavirus, but it isn’t ready yet. Local leaders agree that reopening too quickly could have dire consequences. “We can’t go early with this thing. The rush to do it would be devastating,” said […]