Raleigh NC September 27, 2024 Starting Oct. 1, a new North Carolina law will require hospitals to have an armed law enforcement officer in emergency departments, The Carolina Journal reported Sept. 26. The new law was passed amid a trend of growing violence in healthcare settings and is seen as a response to that trend. […]
SPOKANE, Wash. September 24 2024 Marcus Vert, 34, was arrested and charged with three counts of felony harassment after Spokane Police said he threatened to shoot and kill several Providence Sacred Heart security officers on Tuesday. Vert made his first appearance in court Wednesday afternoon. He is being held on a $10,000 bond in the Spokane […]
HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. May 5 2024 – A man, identified as Christopher Jarred Martin of Alto, is facing charges after allegedly assaulting a staff member at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham on Tuesday night. According to warrants, Martin is accused of causing visible bodily harm to a security officer employed by Northeast Georgia Health System. […]
AUSTIN, Texas May 2 2024 – A man is facing charges after attempting to escape from a hospital in central Austin on Monday, according to arrest documents. On Monday, April 29, an officer responded to a call for service at St. David’s. The call stated a mental health patient was trying to escape. Nurses at the […]
GRAND FORKS, N.D. March 21 2024 One man is facing an assault charge, after he allegedly punched an on-duty hospital security guard in the head. On March 18, 2024, officers responded to an assault in progress at Altru Hospital, located at 1200 South Columbia Road in Grand Forks. Court documents say Andrew Mattson was waiting […]
STATEN ISLAND NY March 4 2024– Three security guards were slashed and nurses were attacked at a Staten Island hospital Sunday morning, according to police. The incident started around 4 a.m. at Richmond University Medical Center when a 19-year-old man was at the hospital for an evaluation. Police say he slashed three security guards, punched […]
February 15, 2024- A hospital security officer was viciously attacked leaving the officer with a concussion and other injuries. A Newville man who was in the Chambersburg Hospital Behavioral Health Unit is now facing a felony charge. Police have identified him as Justin Mitchell Miller who is now facing charges of felony aggravated assault against designated […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio February 9 2024— A security officer at Adena Regional Medical Center was injured Monday evening after attempting to restrain a juvenile who attempted to leave the facility, according to the Ross County Sheriff’s Office. Incident details from the sheriff’s office: A teenager entered the ER for suicidal ideation, accompanied by a parent and […]
BELTON, Texas Feb 6 2024 Victoria Ann Galindo, of Nolanville, Texas, was arrested over the weekend on charges she assaulted a nurse and a security officer at a hospital, an arrest warrant states. The incident happened on Nov. 15, 2023, when Galindo was under an emergency order of detention at the Baylor Scott & […]
KANSAS CITY MO February 3 2024 —A patient shot and wounded a security officer Friday morning at a Kansas City hospital after disarming him. Just after 8:30a.m. Friday, police responded to an “assist the officer.” call at the hospital, 2301 Holmes Street, according to Police Sergeant Phil DiMartino. The initial report indicated there was a hospital […]