Forsyth CountyNC May 22 2020 The school system in Forsyth County wants $1.6 million in local money to hire campus security associates whose duties would include preventing the criminalization of some students at a young age. The request is part of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth Schools proposed $616 million budget for 2020-21, of which $152 million would…
Rome NY April 13 2020While schools are closed for at least another three weeks due to COVID-19 concerns, Board of Education members evoked speech and debate lessons before narrowly approving a new agreement for school security officers (SSOs).A three-year agreement for SSOs, who are retired police officers and armed, was approved at the board’s remote…
SEATTLE WA March 28 2020 — One of the most vibrant neighborhoods in Seattle –— both night and day –— is currently a ghost-town because of COVID-19 closures.As a result, Ballard business owners are concerned their stores, restaurants, and bars are more vulnerable to crime.Curtis Steiner’s watch and jewelry store on Ballard Avenue Northwest was burglarized…
Washington DC March 15 2020 The union representing Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) says TSA is not doing enough to protect officers and the flying public from COVID-19. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents nearly 46,000 TSA officers nationwide, is calling on the agency to increase safety protocols after three officers at San…
DALLAS TX Feb 10 2020 – An apartment security guard is being labeled a hero after banging on tenant’s doors in the middle of the night to alert them about a fire. This happened just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, at the Tealwood Apartments in Northeast Dallas. It took firefighters just under two hours to extinguish the…
Roswell NM Jan 18 2020 Two Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell security officers now carry firearms.Cpt. Brad McFadin, head of the Campus Security Department, informed Branch Community College Board members during the group’s Wednesday meeting that he had been certified Monday to carry a gun. Lt. Benjamin Dean also is authorized to be an armed officer. “Moving…
Bloomington MN November 29 2019 With the Christmas shopping season upon us and Black Friday shopping well underway, we thought that we would take a closer look at one of the largest malls in America and that is of course, the Mall of America. To give you an idea of the size, training and ability of…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Nov 17 2019 — Chattanooga Police have arrested and charged a Cleveland woman they say she was caught stealing from the JC Penney store at Hamilton Place Mall. Mall security notified police after seeing the suspects steal items on surveillance video. Police responded to the mall and waited for Lorraine Kennedy and Yoganda Clark…
MACON, Ga. October 26 2019A security guard who spotted a man trespassing and involved in stealing copper from an apartment complex call for law enforcement assistance. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says on Sunday patrol deputies went to Crystal Lake Apartments to assist security with a suspicious person call. The security guard onsite told deputies…
MARYSVILLE, Calif. September 29 2019— Four days after committing a murder, a wanted suspect was arrested when security staff at Feather Falls Casino in Oroville were able to identify him through surveillance footage and law enforcement. Officers from the Marysville Police Department (MPD) responded to a report of a disturbance on September 22, at 3:28…
