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Nightclub security officer run down by DUI driver www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
WICHITA KS. Sept 3 2010 ? A Wichita police officer working an off-duty security job at Club Rodeo was struck by a car in the parking lot early this morning, authorities said. The 21-year-old driver then aimed his car at the officer, who had rolled off the hood onto the ground, but the downed officer [...

Nightclub security shoot-kill armed man www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY Okl Sept 3 2010 ? Off-duty police officers with the OU Health Sciences Center shot and killed a suspect in an overnight shooting at a southwest Oklahoma City nightclub. Oklahoma City Police said an argument started around 2:00 a.m. Thursday inside Club Rodeo...

Private security to patrol Santa Cruz streets www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
SANTA CRUZ CA Sept 3 2010 – Downtown visitors will see more uniformed officers patrolling Pacific Avenue this month, but the new faces will not be police. A pilot program that puts private security guards downtown during the morning and early afternoon launches Saturday...

Security officer crashes responding to medical emergency www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
SOMERS NY Sept 3 2010? A Heritage Hills security guard responding to a medical emergency was injured in a two-vehicle collision this afternoon. The other vehicle’s driver, a 29-year-old Sleepy Hollow woman, and a 7-year-old boy riding with her were also taken to a hospital as a precaution...

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Four Jewish Security Teams Members Shot www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
Brooklyn NY Sept 3 2010 Four members of an Orthodox Jewish volunteer patrol in Brooklyn were shot Thursday night after they followed and confronted a man in a vehicle who had been acting suspiciously, the police and witnesses said. The men, members of the Brooklyn South Shomrim Patrol, a licensed unarmed civilian group, were shot [...

Ga. police officer arrested for racing www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
WAYNESBORO Ga.Sept 3 2010– A Waynesboro Police officer was arrested after troopers say he was racing with another vehicle that ended up flipping over and crashing. Investigators say Jonathan Cates, a Waynesboro Police Officer, was speeding in a 1999 Chevy Silverado...

TN. 3 yr old dies from spider bite www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
Nashville TN Sept 3 2010 News of a three-year-old Macon County child?s death from a brown recluse spider bite shocked the medical community in Nashville on Thursday. Dr. Steve Murphree, a medical entomologist and biology professor at Belmont University, said in his experience, he?d never heard of a death related to a brown recluse bite...

Atlanta cop guilty of protecting drug dealers www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
ATLANTA GA Sept 3 2010 — Former Atlanta police officer Lucius Solomon III, 31, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday morning after receiving a plea deal. Federal agents said they caught him in a sting operation protecting drug dealers. Federal attorneys said Solomon thought he was protecting drug dealers, but instead they were FBI agents [...

Feds sue Sheriff Joe Arpaio for discrimination against Hispanics www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 03, 2010
PHOENIX AZ Sept 3 2010 ? The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics. The lawsuit calls Arpaio and his office’s defiance “unprecedented,” and said the federal government has [...

CT. arson investigator charged with arson www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
BRIDGEPORT CT Sept 2 2010 — The city’s top arson investigator has been arrested for allegedly hiring a man to torch her Mercedes for the insurance money. Kimberly Biehn, 41, a veteran police detective who is also a member of the Police Department’s Identification Unit, was arrested by Waterbury police and charged with conspiracy to [...

Charlotte teacher arrested for being ?Peeping Tom? www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
Charlotte NC Sept 2 2010 A South Mecklenburg High teacher has been charged with peeping after police say he used a cell phone to take pictures up the skirts of a woman and her daughter at a south Charlotte Harris Teeter. Steven L. Skinner, 55, was in Mecklenburg Jail on Tuesday night but was released [...

Court security officer dies during training www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
Polk County IA Sept 2 2010 A Polk County Courthouse security officer died today after a training run at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy in Johnston, a spokeswoman said. Cass Nemmers, 46, of Des Moines, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after he collapsed late this morning, Sheriff?s Deputy Jana Rooker said...

Good samaritan shot helping robbery victim in Mobile www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
MOBILE, AL Sept 2 2010� Mobile Police are investigating a shooting at Bel Air Mall. Authorities say a 25 year old was shot while trying to help a woman targeted by robbers just before 6 o’clock on Monday. Investigators say the man was shot in the leg as three robbers tried to steal a lady’s [...

Alert security officer help nab car thieves www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
Daytona Beach Fla Sept 2 2010 Four men and a 17-year-old juvenile, all from Orlando, were arrested early today after a chase that started at an auto auction near Daytona Beach and ended in New Smyrna Beach. Volusia County deputy sheriffs said the five were attempting to steal four cars from the Manheim Auto Auction [...

Unlicensed Florida guard arrested in sting www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Sept 2 2010 – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson today announced the arrest of an unlicensed security officer in the Tampa Bay area on charges of possession of a concealed weapon by a felon and soliciting security services without a license...

Jurors decide against Sonitrol in lawsuit www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 02, 2010
DENVER CO Sept 2 2010 ?Jurors here in the Colorado Court of Appeals have decided in favor of the co-plaintiffs in a nearly decade-long legal battle against Sonitrol Corp. The lawsuit stems from a 2001 fire in which a warehouse owned by co-plaintiff Core-Mark Midcontinent was broken into and burned...

Blue Bell Creameries shooting; murder-suicide attempt www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 01, 2010
Sylcauga AL Sept 1 2010 A pre-dawn shooting at Blue Bell Creameries in Sylacauga appears to be a murder-attempted suicide, authorities said today. Police received a call of shots fired about 4:20 a.m. in the parking lot near the intersection of West Fourth Street and North Anniston Avenue...

SC K-9 officer charged with selling drugs www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 01, 2010
SWANSEA, SC Sept 1 2010- A Swansea police officer is charged with selling drugs that were supposed to be used to train drug-sniffing police dogs. Charles Jason Shuler, 37, was arrested Monday evening and charged with misconduct in office, according to Swansea Police Chief Clif Hayes...

DC cop guilty of robbery-murder www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 01, 2010
Washington DC Sept 1 2010 An off-duty D.C. police officer charged in a deadly December street robbery gone wrong pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and conspiracy before a D.C. Superior Court judge. Officer Reginald Jones, 41, a seven-year member of the department, faces the possibility of life in prison in the shooting death of [...

NJ mall security pursue shoplifters through 3 towns www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 01, 2010
MONTVILLE, NJ Sept 1 2010 ? Police say a pair of overzealous Willowbrook Mall security guards chased a carful of suspected shoplifters for six miles along Route 46, running at least one red light along the way, before both cars were stopped by Montville police...

Florida police officer charged with rape www.privateofficer.com

Posted on September 01, 2010
WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.Sept 1 2010 — A West Melbourne police officer was arrested on charges of rape, according to authorities with the Palm Bay Police Department. Officer William Young, 35, was charged with sexual battery and kidnap-false imprisonment, according to an arrest report...

Police shoot armed man at TN. school www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
� BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. Aug 31 2010 — A police dispatcher says an armed man who tried to enter an East Tennessee high school has been taken to the hospital with injuries. School officials in Sullivan County say the man, who has not been identified, confronted a security officer at Sullivan Central High School on Monday [...

Shelby NC teacher in court over student sex charges www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
Shelby NC Aug 31 2010 Nicole Chapman slipped from her seat in the very back of the courtroom to stand beside her lawyer, Katherine Haen, when her name was called during court proceedings Monday morning. The former North Shelby School teacher was arrested in May and charged with indecent liberties with a student and sex [...

Salt Lake Police Kill Heavily Armed Army Deserter www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
Salt Lake City Utah Aug 31 2010 A 28-year-old Army deserter wearing fatigues, military boots and full body armor exchanged fire at a busy intersection with Salt Lake City (Utah) PD officers, who fatally shot him, Sgt. Robin Snyder told said today. Army specialist Brandon Barrett shot an officer in the leg during the shooting [...

Reading school security hold in-service training www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
Reading PA. Aug 31 2010 As Reading School District teachers and students prepare for the first day of school Tuesday, so are the people charged with keeping them safe. For the first time, the district is holding full-day training sessions for security staff...

Chicago security guard arrested for shooting at respo men www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
Chicago IL. Aug.31 2010 A 65-year-old store security guard shot at a tow truck as his car was about to be repossessed, officials say. Ike D. Holmes was working at an Aldi food store in the 5600 block of West Fillmore Street on Aug. 27 when a tow truck arrived at about 7 a...

Man arrested for taking pictures of YMCA patrons www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
DAYTON OH Aug 31 2010? A Dayton man who allegedly took photos of West Carrollton YMCA patrons, including children, in the showers and locker room is in Montgomery County Jail today on multiple voyeurism charges. West Carrollton Deputy Chief Doug Woodard said a complaint by a patron back in January led to an eight month [...

Phoenix security officer discovers murder victim www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
PHOENIX AZ Aug 31 2010 – Police have arrested a suspect they say killed a man by throwing him from the 4th floor of a parking garage in Phoenix over a week ago. Phoenix police say a security guard found Javier Barajas-Caperon, 37, just after 4 a...

KCMO armored car robbed www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 31, 2010
KANSAS CITY, MO Aug 31 2010- Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are looking for three suspects after they allegedly robbed an armored car driver as he was filling up a Midtown ATM on Monday. According to police, the suspects robbed a Brinks Armored Car driver as he was filling up a drive-through ATM at the [...

Police investigate missing money from armored car company www.privateofficer.com

Posted on August 30, 2010
Key West Fla Aug 30 2010 Nearly $3,000 is missing from a Key West armored-car company, and police have listed two employees as suspects. Elsa DeGraffenried, a manager at Keys Armored Express, told Key West police that a bag containing $2,915.72 from Office Depot in Key Largo was missing after the two employees, one age [...

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