CONNERSVILLE IND Jan 30 2020 – Reid Health says it will begin transitioning its security department to a state-recognized police department. Training and certifications for the 25-member security team in Richmond and Connersville will be underway this month as Reid makes the shift. Director of Reid Health’s Security Services Randy Kolentus says violence toward care providers […]
SCOTTSDALE, AZ Jan 30 2020 A man entered the HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center last night armed with a rifle and threatening to shoot himself and others if his ex-girlfriend who was a patient didn’t come out. According to Sgt. Ben Hoster of the Scottsdale Police Department, Joshua Greenleaf, 27 was involved in a domestic […]
MAHONING TWP. PA Jan 30 2020— A Phillipsburg man bit a hospital security guard’s arm, punched him in the head and spit on him and another guard, Mahoning Township police said. Patrolman Cody Clossen was called to Geisinger Jan. 26 about an assault on security officers Ken Meyer and Braeden Clark. Meyer said he was […]
Ontario Canada Jan 27 2020 Newmarket’s Southlake hospital will make its first court appearance Feb. 7 to answer to nine charges brought against it by Ontario’s Labour Ministry after an 11-month investigation into a patient attack on a nurse and security guard on the premises. The Jan. 17, 2019 incident saw York Regional Police charge […]
BETHLEHEM, Pa. Jan 25 2020 An Allentown man faces assault charges after authorities allege he refused to leave a Lehigh County hospital and fought with security as they tried to escort him outside. Bethlehem police were dispatched to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday for a report of a man fighting with three security […]
KINGSPORT, Tenn. Jan 25 2020 Kingsport Police have arrested a man after he was reportedly caught stealing from the Holston Valley Medical Center gift shop. Police responded to the hospital on Wednesday after a security officer said the suspect, identified as Randy Ensor, ran away from the hospital. According to the report, a hospital security officer saw […]
Burlington Vermont Jan 25 2020 Vermont is a surprising case study in how things can quickly go wrong when hospitals invite police inside to serve as security officers, Vice reports. At least nine of Vermont’s 14 emergency rooms, including six of its eight hospitals serving rural populations, have been cited by national regulators over the past […]
JASPER IN Jan 24 2020 — Police made a controlled substance arrest after being called Wednesday evening to Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center. The Jasper Police Department was dispatched to assist hospital security with a man who allegedly admitted to smoking spice, which is synthetic marijuana. Authorities escorted the man, Cody A. Greenwell, 30, Pekin, […]
PHILADELPHIA PA Jan 22 2020 – A Jefferson Hospital patient says he went to the cafeteria to grab lunch, but instead he claims he was grabbed by a security guard and dragged out. “I had no strength to defend myself,” Jemel Minor told FOX 29. “I was already in a lot of pain going down to […]
BEAUMONT, Texas January 17 2020 Security officers for facilities in the CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System will now carry firearms, one of several changes to better equip the team. The team completed months of training and are certified by the state to have the weapons as ‘Level III commissioned security officers.’ A ceremony is set for […]