MISSOULA, MT March 18 2020 The Missoula Police Department says they responded to a call of shots fired Sunday evening that they later concluded as unfounded. Police say they were called in to the 500 block of West Broadway just before 6 p.m. Not long after, police say another call of shots fired came in from […]
Chesapeake VA March 18 2020 Security officer Sean Stevenson protects and serves. It’s in his blood. A decorated veteran of Operation Desert Storm, Stevenson transitioned from a military career to public safety, serving as a police officer for many years before joining Chesapeake Regional Healthcare in 2015. The hospital’s employee engagement committee recently recognized Stevenson […]
Chambersburg PA March 17 2020 Chambersburg Police Department was dispatched to the Chambersburg Hospital Wednesday to assist hospital security with a patient that was being violent. It was determined that Adrian Casey, 23, Chambersburg, assaulted and injured a security officer. Casey has been charged with aggravated assault, a second-degree felony. Magisterial District Judge Duane Cunningham’s […]
Centralia WA March 14 2020 Police responded to assist hospital security at 1:35 p.m. on Monday. A patient had assaulted a nurse and a security officer prior to their arrival. Officers arrived and arrested Edward E. Jerns, 32, of Chehalis, at the 900 block of South Scheuber Road and booked him into Lewis County Jail. […]
TEXAS CITY, Texas March 10 2020– Two people were shot and killed Sunday at an adult skilled nursing home facility in Texas City in what police describe as a murder-suicide. The shooting was reported at about 2:45 p.m. at the Rio at Mainland Center in the 1000 block of Mainland Center Drive, police said. The […]
Bullhead City AZ March 2 2020 Police were called to assist security and they and a nurse was assaulted at an area hospital. Officers arrived at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center on a report that an intoxicated man was creating a disturbance and had assaulted several people. Subsequently, Nathan Michael Peddycord, 26, was arrested […]
Washington DC Feb 28 2020 Nearly 50% of emergency physicians say they’ve been assaulted. 70% of emergency nurses report being hit or kicked on the job. So what’s the solution? Since 2018, Amy Prescott, MD, has worked as a resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. About six months ago, one of […]
DeKalb IL Feb 28 2020 Police said a man at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital lashed out at two hospital employees as he was being held at the hospital as a precaution after he made threats of suicide or homicide. Michael S. Johnson, 52, of the 900 block of North Ninth Street was charged with aggravated […]
SUFFOLK, Va. Feb 26 2020 A man was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly pepper-spraying hospital security personnel. Norman Ontague Ashburn III, 51, of Suffolk was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of injury- caustic agent, explosive or fire, impersonating law enforcement, and failure to produce weapon permit, according to Suffolk officials. Suffolk Police responded to […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Feb 26 2020 A hospital security officer was assaulted, and one person was arrested. Police said it happened around 5 p.m. at the hospital on Boulder Street. An officer was on an unrelated call when he saw a man try to leave the hospital while fighting with hospital security, according to police. […]