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Lone wolf drone Grinch steals Christmas by invading UK airport

Image from Vector Stock: https://www.vectorstock.com By Matt Wilkinson, Neal Baker, Abe Hawken and Alex Matthews, TheSun GATWICK Airport is back open this morning as chaos caused by an 'eco warrior lone-wolf' drone pilot rages into its THIRD day. Around 21 planes an hour are departing Britain's second biggest airport but thousands of people still [...]

By |2018-12-21T07:50:16-05:00December 21st, 2018|News|Comments Off on Lone wolf drone Grinch steals Christmas by invading UK airport

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

Los Angeles rail system to double number of security officers on rail system

Metro Gold Line commuter train. Photo via Wikimedia Commons   From MyNewsLA.com: The Metro board awarded an $82 million contract Thursday that will almost double the number of contract security officers on its rail system.   The board approved a one-year agreement with RMI International, Inc., beginning Oct. 1. The security officers will [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:23:31-05:00September 23rd, 2016|News|Comments Off on Los Angeles rail system to double number of security officers on rail system

Review finds big security problems at Boston Transit’s ‘money room’

(070116 Boston, Ma) A page from the MBTA Money Room Security Assessment document. Courtesy of the MBTA.   From the AP's TheBig Story: BOSTON (AP) — The facility that handles cash for Boston's transit system is riddled with security weaknesses that pose risks of theft and physical danger to employees, according to an [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:21:34-05:00July 12th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Review finds big security problems at Boston Transit’s ‘money room’

Security officer uses platform loudspeaker to stop assault

From NYPost.com: By Audrey Williams and Tina Moore A woman was saved from a predawn sex assault on the Christopher Street PATH platform Sunday when a security officer saw it unfold on a surveillance camera — and demanded over a loudspeaker that the attacker stop.  

By |2020-11-29T23:43:38-05:00June 7th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Security officer uses platform loudspeaker to stop assault

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