BAY AREA, CA Feb 9 2020— BART transit officials are hoping a new ambassador program launching next week will provide riders with a sense of added security and help curb inappropriate behavior aboard trains. Starting Monday, 10 BART Ambassadors wearing distinct uniforms will walk trains in teams of two along the agency’s busiest routes, BART […]
Erie PA Feb 6 2020 Sources have confirmed to JET 24/FOX 66 that the Erie International Airport will not have police officers on site during third shift. The source, who asked to not be named, is a board member who says Executive Director Derek Martin decided to pull police during the hours of 1 a.m. […]
FULTON COUNTY, Ga. Jan 28 2020— A Delta employee was shot and killed at an employee parking lot near the Atlanta airport Sunday night. College Park police have identified the employee as 30-year-old Alexis Reed. Police said they found Reed with several gunshot wounds in the parking lot. Reed died on the way to the […]
PHOENIX, AZ Jan 27 2020— Phoenix police have arrested a woman in connection with a Friday night disturbance at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s Terminal 4. According to police, Hope L. Webber, 53, was taken into custody after she became angry that she wasn’t allowed to board a plane and made threats, prompting the Phoenix Bomb […]
Newark NJ Jan 23 2020 Seven Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers helped revive a man who collapsed Tuesday morning while riding an escalator at Newark Liberty International Airport, police said. The 51-year-old Michigan man fell backward around 10:15 a.m., hit his head and stopped breathing, according to a statement from the […]
LOS ANGELES CA Jan 21 2020 A person being disorderly and refusing to leave the airport was arrested Monday according to LAX airport officials. The person was taken into custody after a disturbance at Los Angeles International Airport caused a brief panic among some travelers, officials say. The person who police took into custody was not […]
FLORENCE, S.C. January 5 2020 An officer was killed in an officer-involved shooting at the Florence Airport, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken. An official with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says the suspect initially fled the scene, but was later apprehended by Florence County Deputies. Dozens of police officers and deputies […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. December 28 2019 The Birmingham Airport Security Department found a deceased person near the airport around 10 a.m. in an area behind the airport and notified the Birmingham police. Birmingham Police say that death is now being investigated as a homicide. Sgt. Johnny Williams with Birmingham Police says the change to a homicide […]
ST LOUIS, Mo. December 12 2019 After an increase in crime, there is a new effort to make public transit safer. Bi-State development approved a multi-million-dollar deal for more security on MetroLink. Metro’s President and CEO Taulby Roach tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that riders will be seeing more officers. This news comes after a board meeting […]
Wenatchee WA December 5 2019 A Wenatchee man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a bus station security guard last Friday. Connor Trevino, 25, was told to move along at the Link station on Columbia Street when he reportedly responded by punching the security guard and slammed him to the ground. “The suspect had fled prior […]