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Security officers thwart mallet attack, detain suspects until police arrive

Some excellent work by two security officers in Portland, Oregon and proof that often, security officers are able to assume the role of first responder -- whether they are officially designated as such or not -- because police officers cannot be everywhere, all the time. The number of security officers in the U.S. had already [...]

By |2020-12-12T06:42:58-05:00October 21st, 2020|News|Comments Off on Security officers thwart mallet attack, detain suspects until police arrive

Oregon high school coach disarms student with gun, hugs him

Keanon Lowe took a chance and in this case, he was right. He neutralized the threat by disarming a student, but instead of taking him down and possibly using strikes or a submission hold to make sure the student was under control, he hugged him. It's probably not a stretch to say Lowe is a [...]

By |2019-10-22T06:18:22-04:00October 22nd, 2019|News|Comments Off on Oregon high school coach disarms student with gun, hugs him

College campus rape survivor: women need guns

by AWR HAWKINS, 6 Aug 2017, Breitbart.com College campus rape survivor Shayna Lopez-Rivas tells Florida legislators that pepper spray is not a sufficient defensive tool—women need guns. She said she had pepper spray with her when she was attacked on Florida State University’s campus in 2014, but the spray did not stop the attacker. According [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:30:12-05:00August 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on College campus rape survivor: women need guns

Security officer keeps his cool in detaining shoplifter in Oregon

Kudos to the security officer in this video for keeping his cool where others might have become enraged with someone throwing punches at them. Instead, he continued  to give her directions to stop resisting and even warned her that he was going to take her down if she kept resisting. The security officer was able [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:25-05:00March 31st, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer keeps his cool in detaining shoplifter in Oregon

Family pushes for answers after Oregon security guard shot to death

Family and friends gathered in Gresham Saturday evening to honor slain security guard Luccas McNeill in a candlelight vigil. Sunday marks one week since the 28-year-old's mysterious shooting death.   From KATU.com: Family and friends gathered in Gresham Saturday evening to honor slain security guard Luccas McNeill in a candlelight vigil. Sunday marks [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:22:08-05:00August 15th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Family pushes for answers after Oregon security guard shot to death

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