LUBBOCK, TX Sept 7 2018– University Medical Center is in the works of making their security services stronger by arming their security staff in January 2019. They think this will be the best way to keep everyone safe, but there are some people aren’t happy about the changes. “Often we get violent people that come […]
WEYMOUTH MA Sept 5 2018— A Quincy man was arrested at South Shore Hospital and accused of a third drunken driving offense. Robert Dixey, 49, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, third offense; negligent operation of a motor vehicle and having open containers of alcohol in his vehicle. […]
Pueblo CO Sept 5 2018 Public safety is not going to the dogs at Parkview Medical Center, but rather a drug-sniffing Labrador retriever named River now bolsters the hospital’s security. Admired and liked by Parkview staff, the friendly black lab patrols the hospital’s expansive North Side campus with his handler, veteran Parkview security officer Arlene Workman, […]
Bloomington IN Sept 1 2018 Bloomington Police Department arrested a man at IU Health Bloomington Hospital on Wednesday after he choked a hospital security guard. Fred Reed, 52, came into the emergency department of the hospital asking for treatment, then asked workers if he could leave. A security guard told Reed he could leave at any […]
Charlotte NC Aug 24 2018 Atrium Health is beefing up security at many of its hospitals and health facilities. Visitors will soon have to check in at reception desks and in some places have to go through metal detectors. Additional security and name badges are also being added to help with security concerns. Starting next month, […]
TRUMBULL COUNTY, OH -Aug 22 2018 Two suspects are behind bars after allegedly stealing aluminum coils from a Trumbull County hospital. Warren police arrested Michael Pence, 35, and Jessica Friend, 29, for the incident that happened at Trumbull Regional Medical Center last Friday. Last week, police said a hospital security guard told them that a […]
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. Aug 21 2018 — A 56-year-old hospital patient knocked out his doctor, punched a Nassau University Medical Center safety officer and then set his bed sheets on fire, police said. Joseph Hores allegedly assaulted his doctor at the hospital and set bed sheets on fire. (Nassau County Police Department) Joseph Hores allegedly kicked […]
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Aug 15 2018— A man has died Monday evening after he jumped from a fifth-floor window at Crouse Hospital, Syracuse police spokesman Sgt. Richard Helterline said. Someone at the hospital called 911 at 4:42 p.m. to say a man had jumped from the fifth floor of the Memorial Unit on the west side […]
St Louis MO Aug 14 2018 Emergency responders gave the all clear at Missouri Baptist Medical Center around 4:30 p.m. Monday after two security guards reacted to an unknown substance they encountered while performing a search of a backpack, hospital officials said. The hospital contacted local authorities to evaluate the substance. Firefighters said hazmat crews were called […]
Geneva IL Aug 12 2018 A man with a history of mental disorders who had just been released from jail after pleading guilty to threatening two Geneva police officers in 2016 was arrested and charged this week with kicking a security guard at Delnor Hospital and threatening a nurse. William J. Taber, 47, who is […]