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San Fran’s BART to increase surveillance cameras, add call boxes

From securitymagazine.com: BART's (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Board of Directors has approved a plan to expand the transit agency’s network of digital cameras and install emergency call boxes on station platforms. The $20 million plan includes expanding BART’s digital camera network in stations, parking lots, and garages. BART has more than 4,000 surveillance cameras, which are a [...]

By |2018-08-11T08:49:09-04:00August 11th, 2018|News|Comments Off on San Fran’s BART to increase surveillance cameras, add call boxes

Security officers shoot, kill gunman at Denver railway station

  BY AMANDA ZITZMAN AND WEB STAFF, KDVR - FOX31 Denver DENVER -- A man was killed in a shooting involving two armed RTD officers at a light rail station on Wednesday night. The shooting happened just north of the parking garage after 7 p.m. at the Sheridan station at West Ninth Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on the [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:30:48-05:00August 25th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officers shoot, kill gunman at Denver railway station

Good Samaritans rescue Metro security officer in Missouri

  There may be an anti-law-enforcement sentiment in the United States, but clearly, that mentality is not held by everyone as several civilians rushed to the defense of a security officer who was under attack recently in Missouri. Kudos to the Good Samaritans out there who helped the security officer. -- IFPO.   From staff [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:28-05:00April 7th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Good Samaritans rescue Metro security officer in Missouri

Man charged with shooting MetroLink security guard in Missouri

    Prosecutors charged Mychael J. Garrett II, 22, of the 1600 block of Castle Park Drive, with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and resisting arrest. By Joel Currier St. Louis Post-Dispatch   WELLSTON • A man from Normandy was charged Friday with shooting a MetroLink security guard at the Wellston station a [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:25:30-05:00November 19th, 2016|News, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Man charged with shooting MetroLink security guard in Missouri

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