Shreveport LA Aug 1 2021 Shreveport Police took custody of 33-year-old Johnathan Watson Friday, July 23. Watson was a suspect in Thursday night’s armed person incident at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center. Shreveport Police received a call around 7:29 p.m. on Thursday from CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center after a security guard witnessed a man with a gun. […]
PHOENIX, AZ July 31 2021— A rookie police officer with the Phoenix Police Department has been arrested after his body-worn camera captured him physically assaulting a man who was handcuffed, according to a department release. The officer, 23-year-old Conner Orth-Smith, was booked for aggravated assault following the incident, which happened July 16 in the area […]
Baltimore MD July 29 2021 Johns Hopkins University has selected a Massachusetts police commissioner as its new vice president of public safety, officials said Tuesday, a move that signals the school will move forward with highly contested plans to form a private police force. Branville Bard Jr. will oversee security for all of Johns Hopkins University, […]
SAN ANTONIO TX July 24 2021 – A hospital security guard fired at least one shot at a man who allegedly stole an ambulance from a downtown hospital, then threatened him with a knife, according to San Antonio police. The incident happened around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police say no one was hit by the gunfire, but […]
ST JOHNSBURY, VT July 22 2021 Due to a staffing shortage, the Caledonia County Sheriff’s Department can no longer provide around-the-clock security at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Sheriff Dean Shatney said that starting Monday, coverage at the hospital would be “random.” The department roster has fallen from 23 people before the coronavirus pandemic to 11 people, […]
ESCONDIDO, Calif. July 21 2021 A three hour police chase coming to an end Friday evening after the suspect was arrested. Police responded to Palomar Medical Center Escondido on Friday after hospital security reported a theft, and an officer heard what they believed to be a gunshot. The call of a gunshot came in for the […]
Montrose CO July 21 2021 Montrose Memorial Hospital has increased security measures after a scissor-wielding man allegedly attacked an employee and others including a patient who tried to intervene. A hospital security officer deployed his Taser to detain suspect Johnathan Pringle for police. Pringle, 31, was arrested July 9 on suspicion of second-degree assault; aggravated […]
BATON ROUGE LA July 16 2021– Our Lady of the Lake says it’s reviewing its security practices after a patient brought a firearm into the hospital Sunday night. An OLOL spokesperson said the patient was stopped in the lobby after an employee noticed what appeared to be a firearm under his jacket. Staff notified a […]
Lewisboro NY July 6 2021 Police responded to a trespasser at the Four Winds Hospital. Security officers there reported that the unwanted person was really a black bear that came to close to the hospital for some people’s comfort. Lewisboro police responded and investigated and was told by hospital security that they scared the bear […]
Brandon MO July 5 2021 An “alert nurse” foiled a father’s attempt to kidnap a baby from a Missouri hospital, police say. The dad tried to leave the labor and delivery floor of Cox Medical Center Branson on Monday with the newborn, who is a ward of the state, in a duffel bag, police said in […]