NC officer named School Resource Officer Of The Year www.privateofficer.com

NC officer named High School Resource Officer Of The Year www.privateofficer.com

Matthews NC May 13 2008
When you love your job, it shows. Such is the case for Matthews Police Officer Michelle Archer.
As Butler High School’s resource officer, the 42-year-old Archer is known for her friendly smile and camaraderie with the kids. But she can be tough too — everything a resource officer needs to be.
And for the second consecutive year, Archer has been honored with the High School Resource Officer of the Year award, given annually by Charlotte Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers.
She was recognized this year for her continued success as a role model and mentor for Butler students. She also was praised for her work in establishing a student Crime Stoppers Web site.
When all the kinks are worked out, students will be able to log on to the Web site, fill out an anonymous crime stopper report on Butler’s crime stopper page, then e-mail the report directly to Archer. The only identification required is a student ID number, and that’s just so Archer can find the student for an award if their tip ends up solving a crime.
Archer came to police work at age 32 after a stint in the Army and then a career at the Department of Social Services.
She joined the Matthews Police Department in 1998 and has worked as a school resource officer since 2001. After several years in elementary school, she moved to Butler and says she never wants to leave.
“When I decided at 16 that I wanted to be a police officer, it was based on a community police officer that came and talked to our school. I knew that’s what I wanted to do. Now I have found my calling. I am living my dream come true,” Archer says.
“I feel like every one of these 2,500 kids are mine. I play with them the same way I play with my kids at home. I call them my babies and I would lay down my life to protect them if I had to.”
She says the hardest part of her job is when she has to arrest a student.
“It’s so hard to put handcuffs on a kid, but at least I’ve learned not to cry anymore. I hate to take a student to jail, but that’s part of the job. And I do what I can to ask the courts to be as lenient as possible. I’m not trying to ruin their future, but there has to be consequences when they break the law,” Archer said.
Fortunately, arrests at Butler are few and far between. In fact, Archer says crime statistics as the school are down and students are taking a more active role in crime prevention.
Matthews Police Chief Rob Hunter says Archer is a role model for students and other officers as well.
“Officer Archer is the ideal model for an effective police officer in today’s society. She is dedicated to those she serves, she consistently strives to keep herself trained and in touch, she is compassionate yet absolute, and she loves what she does. You’ll not find another officer more committed to her charge — building strong relationships and keeping everyone safe,” Hunter said.
“This award serves to remind all of us not to take Michelle and the multitude of officers like her for granted.”
To see the Web site
Butler’s Campus Crime Stopper Web site can be found at pages.cms.k12.nc.us/butlercrimestopper

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Security guard arrested for selling drugs www.privateofficer.com

Cincinnati Oh. May 13 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Cincinnati Police responding to information about a drug dealing security guard went after suspected dealers at McMillan and Gilbert in Walnut Hills late Friday afternoon. According to a police staement, officers say their main target was the man hired to protect customers at the Deveroe’s clothing store.
Police say that a security guard named Charles Conard is on duty daily at the Deveroe’s at McMillian and Gilbert and most people who live in the area are very familiar with him but not everyone can believe what the guard is doing at the store.
“It’s crazy,” said Monique Smith, Walnut Hills. “I didn’t know he was doing that. I thought he was just security at Deveroe’s.”
Officers conducted an investigation of the activity involving Conrad and others on that street corner and soon moved in and arrested Conard in his First Choice Security uniform, complete with badge.
Undercover Vortex officers say they’ve been watching Conard sell pot to people as he was working security.He even allegedly sold to an undercover cop posing as a Deveroe’s customer.
“Here’s a person who is entrusted by the public to protect people, but really what he was doing was using the gun and badge for profit,” said Lt. Bruce Hoffbauer, Cincinnati Police Vortex. “In this case it was the selling of drugs.”
Police say the dealer was dangerous, packing this 9mm handgun and three cartridges of ammunition.
Police say Conard even chased off competing drug dealer. They say this had the potential to turn into a turf war. Officers say that it could have turned into a very dangerous situation.
“If push came to shove, if something didn’t go the way it was planned, he had a firearm at hand, it could have turned very tragic,” said Lt. Hoffbauer.
A Deveroe’s regional manager had no comment Friday night.
First Choice Security wouldn’t talk to media about its guard either.
The store manager, Kennisha Catlin, was also arrested for having marijuana in her purse.
Two other men were arrested in the bust.
Police say they found Lovell Brown, 35, with $3,100 in cash and a scale used to weigh drugs. Police say they also arrested Michael Simms, 30, after they found that he had 19 baggies of crack cocaine on him.
The shop was shut down Friday, after the Vortex drug bust in and outside of the shop.

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Man arrested with drugs at casino www.privateofficer.com

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Suquamish Wa. May 13 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Kitsap County Sheriff deputies reported that they responded to a call from security at the Suquamish Casino after a 33 year old Seattle man tried to claim a bag containing drugs from the casino’s lost and found department.
The casino’s security department notified authorities when the bag turned in by another customer was found to contain three knives,a bag of white crystals later identified as meth, some jewelry, a small digital scale and some blood preasure medication.
A deputy sheriff was discussing the items with the casino security when a male subject walked up to claim the bag. When he confirmed that the bag was his, the deputy placed the man under arrest.
According to the sheriff department, the man, whose identity was not disclosed in the police report is no stranger to law enforcement.
The authorities say that the man has been arrested for burglary, possession of stolen property,drug possession,theft of a motor vehicle and eluding police.
The man was arrested for felony possession of the meth. possession of dangerous weapons(the knifes) and possession of perscription drugs without a perscription.
He was taken to the county jail where he is being held on a $40,000 bond.

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Father knocks out umpire at daughters game www.privateofficer.com

COLUMBIA, Tenn. May 13 2008

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A girl’s softball game in Maury County turned violent when a coach took on an umpire and began swinging.
Columbia Police were called to a youth softball game when things got out of hand and talking turned to fighting.
Witnesses said Jonathan Allen Rose was arguing with umpire David Ray Kelley over a play during the 10-year-olds’ game.
Kelley allegedly called Rose a liar several times, and that’s when Rose punched the umpire – knocking him unconscious.
Police and medical personnel responded to the scene and Rose was taken into custody and has been arrested and charged with assault.
There was no word on the Kelley’s injuries.

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Shoplifters arrested for trespassing after warning www.privateofficer.com

Staten Island NY May 13 2008

She may be barred from the Staten Island Mall, but that didn’t stop her from shoplifting more than $1,000 worth of designer sunglasses there, authorities allege.
Charlene Thompson, 26, of the 100 block of Park Hill Avenue in Clifton, was caught on video April 9 stealing the glasses along with another woman, according to court papers.
Both Ms. Thompson and her mother, also Charlene, have a history of shoplifting arrests at the Mall.
They have been accused on separate occasions of using shopping bags lined with foam, silver duct tape and aluminum foil to get past store security sensors.
In December 2004, the older Ms. Thompson fell over a second-floor railing into a fountain in the Staten Island Mall as she allegedly tried to elude guards who suspected her of shoplifting baby clothes from Macy’s.

And earlier that year, the younger Ms. Thompson tried to fight off police detectives who were coming to arrest her mother on a shoplifting charge, police alleged. She allegedly bit one detective and tried to choke him with his tie.
In February 2005, the Mall’s security department issued a “barring notice” against the younger Ms. Thompson, banning her from the premises for five years, court papers show.
She was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with fourth-degree grand-larceny, fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property and third-degree criminal trespass.

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Casino security finds dead baby www.privateofficer.com

Las Vegas NV. May 13 2008
Metro Police are investigating the discovery of the lifeless body of an infant boy Sunday night in a trash can at a Las Vegas Strip hotel and casino.
An Excalibur Hotel and Casino security guard found the infant’s body wrapped in a hotel gift bag and a pillow case in a trash can, according to police.
The hotel’s security called police about 9:40 p.m. Sunday after hotel employees discovered the body while cleaning a trash receptacle inside a woman’s restroom, police said.
Evidence at the scene on a hotel concourse near elevators to Guest Tower.

No one indicated that someone had given birth recently, but the location is unknown at this time, police said.
The identity of the victim will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office once the infant is identified and next of kin are notified.

The cause of the infant’s death has not been determined.
Anyone who knows anything about this case is urged to contact Metro Police homicide officers at 828-3521 or Crime Stoppers at 385-5555.

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Casino security nab man for theft www.privateofficer.com

East St. Louis Mo. May 13 2008

By: Bryan Hill

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After playing a last hand at a blackjack table Sunday at the Casino Queen, a 27-year-old Cahokia man grabbed some poker chips and tried to run, police said.
Police say that he didn’t get far. Alert security personnel nabbed him before he could get off the boat.
Security officers grabbed William McGhee, of 403 E. Fifth St. and took him into custody and notified city police.
He was held overnight at the East St. Louis jail and charged Monday with theft over $300.

His bail is set at $40,000, and he is expected to be transferred today to the St. Clair County Jail.
Police responded to the Casino Queen, located at 200 S. Front St. at 10:12 a.m. Sunday to investigate the theft, Detective Michael Floore said. Police learned McGhee had played his last hand for $25.
“He walked away from the table, then he turned around, went back to it and grabbed 20 purple chips valued at $500 and one white one valued at $5,” Floore said.
Police say that it appears the man acted alone in the theft.

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Chaplain goes on trial for sexual assault www.privateofficer.com

DOVER NH May 13 2008 The trial of an Alton man, who formerly worked as a jail chaplain accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate during counseling sessions, is scheduled to begin this morning at Strafford County Superior Court.

Ralph Flodin, 70, of 5 Riverside Drive in Alton, faces nine counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault, each alleging he fondled a 24-year-old inmate while providing therapy in ways that were not “professionally recognized as ethical or acceptable.”

He also faces two misdemeanor charges of sexual assault.

The trial is expected to last four days. Witnesses include staff from the Strafford County House of Corrections and several women who were inmates at the jail when Flodin worked there.Flodin was hired in July 2006 to fill a new chaplain position responsible for coordinating spiritual programs and conducting counseling.

The alleged assaults began a month later and continued through April 2007, prosecutors claim.He was fired from his position in May 2007 after the victim, unwilling to attend a group counseling session, revealed his alleged conduct to jail officials.

A Sheriff’s Office investigation began, and the case was presented to a grand jury soon thereafter.

All Flodin’s charges are Class A felonies, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

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Street sweepers issue parking tickets www.privateofficer.com

Street Sweepers Now Issue Parking Tickets www.privateofficer.com

Chicago IL.May 13 2008
By: Rick McCann

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You may recognize the name Affiliated Computer Services, and know that it’s a data processing and call center employ more than 3,000 in Central and Eastern Kentucky.
But recently the company has shifted gears and now motorists in Chicago will know the company for something else: law enforcement. Parking tickets to be more precise.
The Texas company just signed a $7 million contract to install cameras on Chicago street sweepers to record the license numbers of illegally parked cars.
“As the sweeper moves down the street, the automated system takes pictures of the violating vehicles, transmits images and data for image verification, and interfaces with the Chicago Department of Revenue to mail violation notices,” ACS says.
Faster than they can say “No parking zone,” Chicago drivers have got a ticket or a summons in their mailboxes.
ACS says this is “the world’s first application” of law-enforcement cameras on street sweepers but probably not the last as the new concept will be marketed to other municipalities that have street sweepers deployed on it’s city streets.
The company isn’t saying what other uses they have cooked up for their software but one might guess that it’s use could be installed on school buses to monitor speeding cars and drivers who pass the bus when the stop arm is down and the bus is off loading. Or maybe use it’s cameras on city buses to ticket those parked in bus loading zones and so on.

The uses seem limitless and so does the future for ACS.
One thing is for sure: Chicago drivers will never again view street sweeping as a harmless public service.

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Campus police involved in shootout www.privateofficer.com

Huntington WV MAY 13 2008

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Marshall University police say that they responded to a man with a gun call and was involved in a pursuit with the suspect that ended with a shootout with the man.
University police say that the shooting left a 19-year-old Huntington man with a gunshot wound to the head.
As of Monday, Rashawn Jerrell Harless was listed in critical condition at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
According to university police officials, Marshall and Huntington police gave chase through town Sunday after Harless was allegedly spotted with a gun.
Huntington Police Chief Skip Holbrook says that after Harless ducked behind a trash receptacle, he began firing shots and the Marshall officers returned fire.
Huntington SWAT officers soon arrived and used ballistic shields to approach Harless, who was found wounded.
Two Marshall officers have been placed on administrative leave until the shooting investigation is complete.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether Harless is a Marshall student

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Security officer rescues baby www.privateofficer.com

Salt Lake Ut. May 13 2008

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A store security officer is being praised today for saving a 2-year-old child who was left unattended in a vehicle on a warm Sunday afternoon.

According to police, the security agent spotted the boy at 3:38 p.m. in a vehicle parked at the Sears store at 800 S. State St.

The security officer could see he was perspiring, even though the weather was overcast and the car window was left slightly open, said Lt. Gary Young with the Salt Lake Police Department.

At that point the security officer made the decision to break out the car window and pulled out the boy, who was found to be suffering from heat exposure. Young said the boy was left in the car for about an hour.
“I guess the parents forgot to read the rule book, ” Young said. “One of the rules: Don’t leave your kids in the car. I guess they forgot that.” Police said that the boy was taken to Primary Children’s Medical Center as a precaution.

Young said that there was no arrest made at the time of the incident but that the district attorney will investigate this further to determine if charges will be filed against the child’s parents.
Names of the security officer or the childs parents were not released by authorities.

In April, a Kearns woman left her 18-month-old son Myles in her car while she was unloading groceries, then forgot about him.

When she came back three hours later, he was unconscious and was later died of heat-related causes.

It was not immediately known Monday if the child had been released from the hospital yet.

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Securitas security officer gunned down www.privateofficer.com

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TRUMANN, AR May 13 2008 An early morning shooting in Trumann on Monday leaves one man dead and another in police custody charged with Capital Murder.

Trumann Police say Monday around 4:30 a.m. 61-year-old Bruce Pennington of Trumann arrived at Columbia Forrest Products for his job as an engineer. Instead of going in to work however, police say security video shows him pulling his truck up next to the security building, getting out of his truck and going up to the building.

Police say that’s when the victim, 26-year-old Securitas security guard Dorman “Ray” Cooper, met Pennington at the door and was shot.
“The security guard came to the door as he exited his truck. They were in a foot or so of each other apparently. He was shot at point blank range. There was one shot to the chest and another one to the eye,” said Police Chief Larry Blagg.
Police say Pennington shot Cooper twice. Cooper was shot once in the chest and once in the head. Police say Pennington then got back into his truck and drove himself to the Trumann Police Department and turned himself in to police.
Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg told Region 8 News that Cooper was pronounced dead just before 5:00 a.m. Police are still investigating this crime and although they don’t know the motive at this time, Blagg said it seems to be very deliberate.
“I don’t think it’s a random act that he just came out and found somebody to shoot,” said Blagg.
Another security guard who works with the security company Securitas told Region 8 news that Cooper had worked there for about a year. Police Chief Blagg said that the suspect had moved to Trumann working for Columbia Forrest Products for about a year. Blagg said that Pennington is a member of upper management for the company working as an engineer.
Blagg said according to Pennington’s boss, he never caused any problems. This shooting is a shock to the company as well as the suspect’s family.
At his probable cause hearing Monday afternoon Pennington was officially charged with one count of Capital Murder and no bond was set. Pennington will be held at the Poinsett County Jail. His next day in court will be on June 23rd.

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