Lee County VA July 29 2018– In a Virginia school district closer to Kentucky than the U.S. Capitol, teachers are now preparing to return to their classrooms, armed, in September. The move comes after a unanimous vote by the Lee County School Board, one that spurred mild panic among Democratic elected officials that a precedent […]
BALTIMORE MD July 10 2018 Two State of Maryland Special Police Officers who tried to intercept a drug deal and arrest several men were forced to fire their weapons police said Monday. Baltimore City Police were called to a shooting near Pimlico Race Track in the 5200 block of Park Heights Ave. Police say they received […]
LANSING, MI May 16 2018- A second attempt at legislation to allow for the expansion of private police forces passed the Senate Government Operations Committee on Tuesday over the continued opposition of existing law enforcement groups. The issue first came up last year, when companion bills from Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, moved to […]
London UK May 9 2018 A private ‘police force’ is expanding nationally after success in three affluent London areas. For £100 to £200 a month, staff from My Local Bobby will meet with people, discuss any concerns and investigate crimes. ‘Bobbies’ patrol neighbourhoods and let people who pay track their progress on an iPad app. […]
ASHEVILLE NC April 13 2018 — Biltmore Company Police on Wednesday arrested a man who they said brought more than two and a half pounds of marijuana and a stolen AK-47 rifle onto the estate entrance. Torrey Lane Hodsden, 21, faces several felonies, including assault of company police officers with a deadly weapon, after he tried […]
CHICAGO IL April 13 2018 A class action lawsuit, on behalf of 292 aviation security officers, was filed today against the State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans regarding the changes made to the officers’ jobs in the ongoing fall-out from the incident involving United Airlines passenger David Dao last spring. […]
Baltimore MD April 1 2018 Maryland lawmakers will not endorse Johns Hopkins University’s proposal to create its own police force in Baltimore — at least not this spring. Baltimore Del. Curt Anderson, chair of the city’s delegation to the General Assembly, said Friday the university did not establish enough community support for the idea, and […]
WASHINGTON DC March 14 2018 A Washington DC “Special” Police Officer has been attacked and their weapon taken while patrolling a Safeway Grocery store. Investigators say the theft happened at the Safeway store nearby Benning Road. It happened just as police and community leaders were finishing a safety walk a few blocks away in response […]
CENTER POINT TX March 12 2018 — He’s still getting used to being called “chief,” but it’s clear that Jimmy Poole is comfortable leading the newly created Center Point Independent School District Police Department. “I like to talk to kiddos,” said Poole, 62, whose long law enforcement career includes two years as a school resource […]
NORTH SEWICKLEY TWP. PA. March 8 2018— An armed officer soon will roam the halls of the Riverside School District. The Riverside School Board voted Tuesday night without dissension, or even any public discussion, to designate security guard John Ludwig, a retired state police trooper, as the district’s school police officer and provide him with […]