NEW PORT RICHEY FL June 9 2019— With an emotion-filled voice, Jose Vazquez thanked those gathered at Marchman Technical College on June 27. There were dozens of police officers and school personnel — from Superintendent Kurt Browning to Seven Springs Elementary principal Todd Cluff — who announced Vazquez as Pasco County’s School Security Guard of […]
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana IN July 9 2019 More than 275 benefactors joined the Sisters of Providence for a dinner and award presentation during the 19th annual Saint Mother Theodore Guerin Dinner on June 8 at St. Mary-of-the-Woods. The dinner in the O’Shaughnessy Dining Room at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College honors donors for their gifts of […]
Brooklyn NY July 7 2019 These students celebrated more than just graduation! Kids at a Sheepshead Bay charter school threw a surprise party for a beloved security guard on June 26, the last day of school. Fred Eilam has guarded students at Advanced Math and Science III for 25 years, but he says that — […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. June 23 2019 If you’ve ever had to do business at Lake Charles city hall, you probably know Michael Narcisse, the afternoon security guard who is known for greeting everyone with a smile and a ”How are you doing today?” Narcisse has been working as a security guard at city hall for only seven […]
HOUSTON, Texas June 19 2019 A security guard is being hailed a hero after trying to stop a robbery and it was all caught on camera. Surveillance video shows a group of men pull up in a car at the Boost Mobile off Fulton in north Houston around 3:30 p.m. Saturday. A vigilant security guard, Tomas […]
2019 Award Nominees Wanted! PRIVATE OFFICER APPRECIATION AWARDS Now Accepting Nominees for the 2019 Security Officer Awards! MEMBER OR NON-MEMBER THERE ARE NO FEES FOR ANY AWARD Recognize your employee, co-worker, colleague, supervisor or boss! Recipients receive award plaques or certificates, interviews and news postings, press release and will be added to the POI […]
POI News Staff Exclusive Tulsa OK June 11 2019 Nightfall had come and people were milling about at a Tulsa apartment complex as several security officers patrolled the for loiters or suspicious activity. It didn’t take long after the two officers had started their patrols for gunshots to ring out Wednesday morning at the Sierra […]
Stockton CA June 10 2019 Authorities responded to assist a security officer who had caught a man breaking into a business at 7:21 a.m. in the 1600 block of South Turnpike Road. Officers arrived and took 39-year-old Phillip Guthmiller into custody and found he was in possession of narcotics. When Guthmiller was taken to the […]
College Station TX May 31 2019 An alarm sounding at the Post Oak Mall just after 2 a.m.sent police and security to the scene. The security officer verified that someone was inside the mall after hours and police quickly found the suspect driving away from the mall. According to CSPD Sergeant Gatlin Kling, the suspect tripped […]
BROOK PARK, Ohio May 12 2019 A security officer on duty late at night at a car dealership noticed a man park a vehicle and begin to act suspiciously walking in and out of the car lot. The Metro Lexus security officer called police about the suspicious man hiding between cars in the lot. He […]