Orange Texas June 14 2023 A new CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Hospital is set to open in Orange in the fall and they’re looking to hire full-time armed security officers. The Gisela Houseman Medical Campus will be 55,000 square feet and will spread across more than 20 acres. The bottom floor will house a 24-hour emergency room […]
Camp Hill PA June 9, 2023 A security officer was hurt in the fourth assault incident at the same Central Pennsylvania hospital involving a patient. Marie Annette Flemister, 58, of Steelton was arrested following an investigation into an assault at Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill, according to a release issued by East […]
Irving Texas June 9, 2023 Irving, Texas-based Christus Health has issued body cameras to its security personnel as an additional safety measure, according to a June 8 news release. The system’s decision is in line with many health organizations that have begun to increase security measures and precautions in the light of increasing violence against […]
Killeen, TX June 8, 2023 A 29-year-old man has been charged with assaulting a security officer from an incident which occurred while he was a patient at a Killeen medical facility. The U.S. Marshals’ Lone Star Fugitive Task Force found Tyler Travis Kemper and arrested him Tuesday on a warrant which was obtained in connection with […]
Mountain Home AR June 7 2023 A Midway man was arrested following a disturbance at Baxter Health Saturday night. Three felony charges have been filed against 19-year-old Christopher Richard Jorsch after he allegedly spit on a security officer and threatened to kill multiple people. The probable cause affidavit in the case indicates Mountain Home Police were […]
Eau Claire, WI May 27 2023 A Menomonie man physically assaulted and injured a security officer at an Eau Claire hospital, police say. Dustin N. Lutz, 36, N3667 430th St., was charged Thursday in Eau Claire County Court with a felony count of bodily harm to a worker in a health care facility. A $2,500 signature […]
Atlanta GA May 16, 2023 When Destiny heard screams, she raced to a hospital room where she saw a patient assaulting a care technician. As a charge nurse at Northeast Georgia Health System, she was trained to de-escalate violent situations. But that day in the spring of 2021, as Destiny intervened, for several minutes the patient […]
Lancaster PA May 15 2023 A 16-year-old female from Millersville was charged with Aggravated Assault and Simple Assault on Wednesday. The charges came after she bit a security officer at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center at around 12:27 a.m. Approximately two hours later, another security officer was bitten, leading to additional charges of Aggravated Assault […]
Huntsville Alabama May 14 2023 Huntsville Hospital Health System’s patients, visitors, and staff are head-over-paws for Mollie the German shepherd, who is believed to be the first hospital-based security K9 in the state. Mollie’s primary purpose is sniffing out illegal narcotics, a job for which she is certified through the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association as […]
Richmond, Virginia May 14 2023– An altercation between two male co-workers inside a stairwell at VCU Medical Center North Hospital resulted in one of the men being fatally shot early Wednesday morning. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police received a report just after midnight on Wednesday that shots were fired and there was an active threat […]