Palm Springs California March 9, 2023 A security officer on duty at a marijuana dispensary found himself in the middle of an armed robbery Wednesday morning. Palm Springs police said that a woman wearing a black mask entered the store with a gun and fired at the ground by the feet of an approaching […]
Atlanta Georgia February 20th, 2023 During the past seven days, police reported seventy-three incidents involving firearms and security officers. Some of those incidents involved security engaging in shootouts, firing warning shots, and defending themselves. During at least eleven of those interactions, the security officers were shot, or stabbed, one fatally. In Los Angeles, a security […]
Sacramento CA December 15, 2022 A confrontation between a security officer and another man has led to a fatal shooting. Sacramento Police Department received a call Sunday at around 4:35 a.m. that there was a fight at a strip mall in the 5200 block of Stockton Boulevard, police said. The private security officer, for reasons […]
St Louis MO August 30 2022 Armed guards at a St. Louis hospital shot and killed a knife-wielding patient earlier this month, and the incident has reignited the contentious debate on whether such guards belong in hospitals. At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, guards shot a patient after he muscled his way out of a treatment room […]
Brooklyn Park MN Aug 3, 2022 Brooklyn Park police say the man who was shot by a security officer Monday night has died from his injuries in the hospital. A security officer on duty heard a woman screaming for help and saw a man trying to stab a woman with a knife. He went on […]
Alameda County CA June 20 2022 A video surfacing online shows security guards pepper-spraying and knocking over street vendor stands in the East Bay. The incident happened last weekend at Rowell Ranch Rodeo Park in Castro Valley. “It was very emotional for us. I mean, we’re just trying to make a living,” said hot dog […]
OKLAHOMA CITY OK June 8 2022 Authorities are investigating after a man was shot by a security guard in Oklahoma City. Around 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Oklahoma City police were called to a reported shooting near I-40 and MacArthur Blvd. When officers arrived at the scene, they realized that a man had been shot twice […]
Los Angeles CA June 7 2022 Two men were shot in Marina Del Rey late Saturday night at a bar on Washington Boulevard, resulting in a long investigation. Los Angeles Police Department officers told CBSLA Reporter Laurie Perez that two men were transported to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition. When authorities […]
Columbia MO May 17 2022 Federal authorities conducting an unannounced visit to the University of Missouri (MU) Health Care’s University Hospital found violations of patients’ rights, mainly at the hands of security officers. In Sept. 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which provide federal oversight of healthcare facilities, determined the hospital facilitated “an unsafe […]
AVONDALE, AZ FEB 8, 2022 Police say that a robbery at a truck stop ended with one man dead and another person for his life. Police said that a shooting broke out between armed men and a security officer during an attempted robbery at an Avondale truck stop early Sunday. Police were called out to […]