PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. April 7 2021 A special police officer working security at a local business was shot at by a man suspected of sexual assault, police say. The incident happened around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday in Fairmount Heights. That’s when officers responded to the sound of shots in the 5300 block of Sheriff Road. […]
Washington DC March 30, 2021 Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division announced that an arrest has been made in an Assault on a Special Police Officer while Armed that occurred in the Sixth and Seventh Districts. On Thursday, March 25, 2021, at approximately 5:05 pm, in the 1900 block of 14th Street, […]
WASHINGTON, Beaufort County NC March 30 2021— Beaufort County Schools will not be using local police for school resource officers but instead have a new partnership with Allied Universal Security to provide the district with school resource officers. In-person classes are back in session, with staff and students back on campus, Superintendent Matthew Cheeseman broke […]
RICHMOND, Ind. March 3 2021— Reid Health continues to build its police department. Four more officers completed Indiana Law Enforcement Academy training Feb. 26, bringing Reid’s total of certified police officers to 13. Nine more officers must attend the academy to complete the Reid Health Police Department’s transition from a security department, according to a […]
PIQUA OH Jan 24 2021 — The Edison State Community College Department of Public Safety has changed dramatically over the past 18-months. After a successful history creating a safe campus environment, and based on changing campus safety and security standards, the Department of Administration and Finance determined the need for an armed presence on campus. […]
Columbus IN Jan 15 2021 Columbus Regional Health is planning to start turning its current hospital security unit into an in-house police force this year in response to what officials said has been an increase in “quickly escalating or high-risk, sometimes violent situations” at the hospital in recent years. The transition, which includes phasing out […]
Atlanta GA January 1 2021 Atlanta city council members have proposed a $1.6million plan to create a private police force in one of its wealthiest suburbs just days after a seven-year-old girl was fatally shot by a stray bullet. Kennedy Maxie died from her injuries on Saturday night, five days after she was shot in […]
RICHMOND, Ind. January 1 2021— Reid Health Police Department increased its force of sworn officers by four this week. Officers Jeremy Hicks, David Jones, Dillon Pitcher and Jeremiah Lawson took their oaths Monday from Craig Kinyon, the president and CEO of Reid Health, according to a news release. The four will now attend the Indiana […]
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Dec 21 2020 Security officers employed by the city will receive increased authority, including the ability to issue citations and “trespass” citizens from public property. The ordinance was unanimously approved by the City Council at a special session on Thursday night. The first change made by Ordinance 49 will allow security guards employed […]
Milwaukee WI December 17 2020 There is a new kind of police force emerging in America. At first glance it is familiar: Officers carry guns, can make arrests and generally cannot be prosecuted for on-duty actions. But unlike typical police forces, these departments operate largely in secrecy. They don’t have to tell the public much […]