Archive
Archive for August 3, 2009
Security Officer Spotlight www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
LAKELAND FLA Aug 3 209- Attend a baseball game at Joker Marchant Stadium and there’s a good chance you might run into Bernard Greenhoe, one of the Detroit organization’s MVPs.
But this Tiger doesn’t take the field. He’s 85 and makes his impact with a warm greeting, a good story and a tireless work ethic.
Greenhoe is one of the Lakeland staff’s most valuable people because he pretty much does it all around the stadium.
“If you wanted to follow around Bernie for a day, I don’t think you can keep up with him,” said Zach Burek, general manager of Flying Tigers operations.
Greenhoe is the head of security and is in charge of the ushers and ticket takers. And he often helps lock up the stadium after shutting off the lights.
“He means everything to us, not only professionally but personally,” Burek said. “He’s someone we can count on – reliable. More importantly, he has passion for the Tigers and he brings that to work every single day.”
Greenhoe’s tenure with the Tigers has been a long one, too. The World War II veteran, who was in the Battle of the Bulge, is in his 23rd year in Lakeland.
“I’m not the type of person that likes to sit around all the time,” said Greenhoe, who added he plans to keep working the job for “as long as they’ll have me.”
But this Tiger doesn’t take the field. He’s 85 and makes his impact with a warm greeting, a good story and a tireless work ethic.
Greenhoe is one of the Lakeland staff’s most valuable people because he pretty much does it all around the stadium.
“If you wanted to follow around Bernie for a day, I don’t think you can keep up with him,” said Zach Burek, general manager of Flying Tigers operations.
Greenhoe is the head of security and is in charge of the ushers and ticket takers. And he often helps lock up the stadium after shutting off the lights.
“He means everything to us, not only professionally but personally,” Burek said. “He’s someone we can count on – reliable. More importantly, he has passion for the Tigers and he brings that to work every single day.”
Greenhoe’s tenure with the Tigers has been a long one, too. The World War II veteran, who was in the Battle of the Bulge, is in his 23rd year in Lakeland.
“I’m not the type of person that likes to sit around all the time,” said Greenhoe, who added he plans to keep working the job for “as long as they’ll have me.”
Bernard Lee Greenhoe was born Jan. 29, 1924, in Sheridan, Mich., and grew up during the Great Depression, but said “a lot of people had it a lot worse than we did.”
His father, Otto, had a barbershop, while his mother, Mabel, ran a beauty shop.
Through his early years, Greenhoe stayed busy with sports and followed the Tigers, which was somewhat of a family tradition.
“I guess we were all oriented in baseball,” he said.
His grandfather, Edwin, was a die-hard fan and “wouldn’t speak to anybody all day if the Tigers got beat, hardly,” Greenhoe said.
Greenhoe’s father also was a big baseball fan and had the first radio in town.
“Guys used to crowd around that thing,” said Greenhoe, whose favorite player was longtime Tigers second baseman Charles Gehringer.
Like his grandfather and father, Greenhoe was active in the sport. He played left field mostly before graduating from Sheridan Community School in 1941 and later played for an independent league team that his father managed for about eight years.
Greenhoe’s dream was to play pro ball, but the tallest he’s ever been is 5-foot-6, and he weighed 115 pounds as a freshman.
“Sure I’d like to have been a professional baseball player, but I knew it would never happen,” he said.
That didn’t stop him from making a baseball contribution to his hometown.
After he returned from the Army, he and another man organized the town’s youth league, had a field built with eight teams in uniforms the first year. For a time, he was the president of the Sheridan Little League Association, which is still there today.
His father, Otto, had a barbershop, while his mother, Mabel, ran a beauty shop.
Through his early years, Greenhoe stayed busy with sports and followed the Tigers, which was somewhat of a family tradition.
“I guess we were all oriented in baseball,” he said.
His grandfather, Edwin, was a die-hard fan and “wouldn’t speak to anybody all day if the Tigers got beat, hardly,” Greenhoe said.
Greenhoe’s father also was a big baseball fan and had the first radio in town.
“Guys used to crowd around that thing,” said Greenhoe, whose favorite player was longtime Tigers second baseman Charles Gehringer.
Like his grandfather and father, Greenhoe was active in the sport. He played left field mostly before graduating from Sheridan Community School in 1941 and later played for an independent league team that his father managed for about eight years.
Greenhoe’s dream was to play pro ball, but the tallest he’s ever been is 5-foot-6, and he weighed 115 pounds as a freshman.
“Sure I’d like to have been a professional baseball player, but I knew it would never happen,” he said.
That didn’t stop him from making a baseball contribution to his hometown.
After he returned from the Army, he and another man organized the town’s youth league, had a field built with eight teams in uniforms the first year. For a time, he was the president of the Sheridan Little League Association, which is still there today.
After Greenhoe graduated from high school, he was drafted in December 1942 and was in the Army from age 18 to 21. He served in the 87th Infantry Division as a driver for the company commander and as a message runner.
While taking part in the invasion of Germany, Greenhoe said, he had to be extra observant for the enemy in disguise.
“You never knew if you were running into an ambush or what you were running into,” he said. “You had to be careful what you were doing.”
Greenhoe served in Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Adolf Hitler’s last-gasp counterattack in late 1944.
“He wasn’t afraid to be out there, leading his troops,” Greenhoe said of Patton, whom he got to see “a few times.”
When Greenhoe returned home, he bought the Sheridan Advertiser, a weekly newspaper where he had worked as a kid. He ran it for about three years and worked for the newspaper for another year after he sold it.
Greenhoe moved on to work for the Gibson Refrigerator Co., doing material control for three years until he took a job with Thompson Products (now TRW), a company in Portland, Mich., that provides safety systems for autos and heavy machinery. He started out as a buyer and wound up the supervisor of scheduling, planning and customer services.
Greenhoe was at the company 31 years and worked with one of his two sons, Greg, 61, who says his father has always led well by example.
While taking part in the invasion of Germany, Greenhoe said, he had to be extra observant for the enemy in disguise.
“You never knew if you were running into an ambush or what you were running into,” he said. “You had to be careful what you were doing.”
Greenhoe served in Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Adolf Hitler’s last-gasp counterattack in late 1944.
“He wasn’t afraid to be out there, leading his troops,” Greenhoe said of Patton, whom he got to see “a few times.”
When Greenhoe returned home, he bought the Sheridan Advertiser, a weekly newspaper where he had worked as a kid. He ran it for about three years and worked for the newspaper for another year after he sold it.
Greenhoe moved on to work for the Gibson Refrigerator Co., doing material control for three years until he took a job with Thompson Products (now TRW), a company in Portland, Mich., that provides safety systems for autos and heavy machinery. He started out as a buyer and wound up the supervisor of scheduling, planning and customer services.
Greenhoe was at the company 31 years and worked with one of his two sons, Greg, 61, who says his father has always led well by example.
Burek and others will tell you Greenhoe’s a great storyteller.
“It seems like no matter what somebody says, it reminds him of a story,” Greg Greenhoe said.
Burek said the “witty” Greenhoe has a knack for keeping everyone loose at work.
“You get running around sometimes during the game, and you lose focus sometimes that it’s baseball and that it’s fun,” Burek said. “All you have to do is go over and talk with Bernie for a minute, and he puts you right back there.”
He also has used humor to put himself at ease.
Greenhoe has been married twice and has endured the deaths of both of his wives. His first wife, Marilyn, died of cancer at the age of 35. His second wife, Martha, died in 2005 while dealing with severe dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
“He had to go through that, and I think his sense of humor helped a lot,” his son said.
Still, Greg Greenhoe said his father shows no self-pity, doesn’t complain and can also makes family members smile.
Family has always been important to him, and he still keeps up with it as well as he patrols Marchant Stadium. Greenhoe has six children – four of his own and two stepdaughters – 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
“Even though he’s down in Florida just about the whole time, he still remembers all of his kids, his grandkids, his great-grandkids’ birthdays. He always makes sure they get a card or a phone call or something,” Greg said.
His sons, Greg and Kurt, and his daughter in-law, Kathy, work for the Tigers during spring training. Greenhoe’s wife Martha even worked for the Tigers as a ticket taker and in the office for 18 years.
“It seems like no matter what somebody says, it reminds him of a story,” Greg Greenhoe said.
Burek said the “witty” Greenhoe has a knack for keeping everyone loose at work.
“You get running around sometimes during the game, and you lose focus sometimes that it’s baseball and that it’s fun,” Burek said. “All you have to do is go over and talk with Bernie for a minute, and he puts you right back there.”
He also has used humor to put himself at ease.
Greenhoe has been married twice and has endured the deaths of both of his wives. His first wife, Marilyn, died of cancer at the age of 35. His second wife, Martha, died in 2005 while dealing with severe dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
“He had to go through that, and I think his sense of humor helped a lot,” his son said.
Still, Greg Greenhoe said his father shows no self-pity, doesn’t complain and can also makes family members smile.
Family has always been important to him, and he still keeps up with it as well as he patrols Marchant Stadium. Greenhoe has six children – four of his own and two stepdaughters – 10 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
“Even though he’s down in Florida just about the whole time, he still remembers all of his kids, his grandkids, his great-grandkids’ birthdays. He always makes sure they get a card or a phone call or something,” Greg said.
His sons, Greg and Kurt, and his daughter in-law, Kathy, work for the Tigers during spring training. Greenhoe’s wife Martha even worked for the Tigers as a ticket taker and in the office for 18 years.
Like his humor, the job and his coworkers help keep Greenhoe in good spirits.
“This thing with the Tigers, I’ll tell you if it wasn’t for that, I don’t know what my dad would have done because it just seems to keep him going,” Greg Greenhoe said.
Bernard Greenhoe’s position in baseball has evolved since he started with the Tigers in 1987. He put his name in for a job with the organization after talking with a friend who worked for the club.
“I got called on a Sunday night and started working on a Monday, and I’ve been there ever since,” Greenhoe said.
After moving to Lakeland the year before, Greenhoe started as a ticket taker, then worked the pass gate for a few years.
When Ron Myers took over as general manager of the Lakeland Tigers and head of spring training in 1991, he asked Greenhoe to take over as head usher. Myers currently works as the director of Florida operations for the Tigers in Lakeland.
Fast-forward to today, and Greenhoe is responsible for about 50 people working under him during spring training.
Greenhoe admitted probably his greatest challenge of supervising is getting the right people into the right places around the complex.
“I try to pick people that are going to be friendly with the fans and that love baseball, which almost all of them do,” he said.
After spring training is finished for the year, Greenhoe said he “fills in wherever he can” during the Flying Tigers’ minor league season when the staff’s numbers are fewer.
And if you want to meet him, there’s a good chance he might be at the front gate to take your ticket.
“When you’re greeted with a smiling face and an ‘Enjoy the ball game. Can I help you in any way?’ That goes a long way with fans,” Burek said. “He makes them feel welcome as soon as they walk through the ball park.”
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: Uncategorized
church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, ww.privateofficer.com
Security officer charged with sex crimes www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
SANTA CLARA, Calif. Aug 3 2009 — A veteran volunteer security guard for two professional soccer teams in Santa Clara has been charged with sex crimes involving a child, the district attorney’s office announced today.
Thomas Anderson, 75, of San Jose, was arraigned Wednesday on eight counts of lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years of age.
Anderson was arrested on July 24 after two witnesses reported seeing him act inappropriately with a child during a soccer game earlier this month, according to the district attorney’s office.
Anderson has been a local volunteer security guard in Santa Clara for two years and has worked with area soccer teams for about 20 years.
He is expected to enter a plea in court at 2 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Hall of Justice in Santa Clara.
If convicted as charged, Anderson faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison.
Thomas Anderson, 75, of San Jose, was arraigned Wednesday on eight counts of lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years of age.
Anderson was arrested on July 24 after two witnesses reported seeing him act inappropriately with a child during a soccer game earlier this month, according to the district attorney’s office.
Anderson has been a local volunteer security guard in Santa Clara for two years and has worked with area soccer teams for about 20 years.
He is expected to enter a plea in court at 2 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the Hall of Justice in Santa Clara.
If convicted as charged, Anderson faces a maximum sentence of 22 years in prison.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: security guard arrested
75, church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, of San Jose, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, Thomas Anderson, www.privateofficer.com
Off-duty officer shoots shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
Tucson AZ Aug 3 2009
A man who was shot by an off-duty police officer at the Tucson Mall was suspected of stealing several hundred dollars worth of clothing.
The man and two others were walking out of Sears Thursday around 4:30 p.m. when they were confronted by a Tucson police officer who was working security at the mall, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman
The trio ran out to the parking lot toward a red two-door sedan. The officer went after one of the men who got into the passenger side and a struggle ensued, Pacheco said.
The driver turned on the vehicle and put it in reverse, Pacheco said.
The officer told the driver to stop, but he did not and the officer was bumped backwards, Pacheco said.
The officer had his gun out and fired it at the driver, striking him in the right leg.
The men then drove away, striking another vehicle in the parking lot.
Police spotted the car turning in to an apartment complex in the 3800 block of North Flowing Wells Road where all three were detained, Pacheco said.
The driver was taken to a hospital where he remained Friday afternoon.
No arrests have been made as the incident is still under investigation, Pacheco said.
The name of the officer was not released.
A man who was shot by an off-duty police officer at the Tucson Mall was suspected of stealing several hundred dollars worth of clothing.
The man and two others were walking out of Sears Thursday around 4:30 p.m. when they were confronted by a Tucson police officer who was working security at the mall, said Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman
The trio ran out to the parking lot toward a red two-door sedan. The officer went after one of the men who got into the passenger side and a struggle ensued, Pacheco said.
The driver turned on the vehicle and put it in reverse, Pacheco said.
The officer told the driver to stop, but he did not and the officer was bumped backwards, Pacheco said.
The officer had his gun out and fired it at the driver, striking him in the right leg.
The men then drove away, striking another vehicle in the parking lot.
Police spotted the car turning in to an apartment complex in the 3800 block of North Flowing Wells Road where all three were detained, Pacheco said.
The driver was taken to a hospital where he remained Friday afternoon.
No arrests have been made as the incident is still under investigation, Pacheco said.
The name of the officer was not released.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: police, security
church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
Best Buy security injured by shoplifter www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
BROOMFIELD, Colo. Aug 3 2009 (CBS4)
Police in Broomfield are looking for two men who robbed a Best Buy store and attacked an employee.
It happened Saturday afternoon at the Best Buy at Flatiron Crossing.
Police say the men took two hard drives.
A security guard tried to tackle them, but fell and scraped his arm.
A female employee also tried to help, but police say one of the suspects pulled out a knife and cut two of her fingers.
Police say the men got into a gray Pontiac with temporary license plate 105-919-G. It was last seen going eastbound on Highway 36. A woman was driving.
Police in Broomfield are looking for two men who robbed a Best Buy store and attacked an employee.
It happened Saturday afternoon at the Best Buy at Flatiron Crossing.
Police say the men took two hard drives.
A security guard tried to tackle them, but fell and scraped his arm.
A female employee also tried to help, but police say one of the suspects pulled out a knife and cut two of her fingers.
Police say the men got into a gray Pontiac with temporary license plate 105-919-G. It was last seen going eastbound on Highway 36. A woman was driving.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: loss prevention, security officer injured
church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
81 Year old charged with urinating in public www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
Mobile AL Aug 3 2009
An 81-year-old woman with a self-described incontinence problem awaits trial on a charge of public lewdness after Mobile police arrested her for urinating in the bushes in Bienville Square.
Police said that they’ve been tightening enforcement in the downtown square in response to complaints, but Lula Mae Battle’s lawyer said his client’s arrest was an overreaction.
Battle, who will be 82 by the time her case goes to trial Sept. 15, said she was having a bladder emergency the morning of June 3 while at her bank, which is adjacent to the park, but was told that the branch didn’t have a restroom available to the public.
She headed for the restrooms on the far side of the park, she said, but was unable to make it and began to urinate, so she jumped for cover in the bushes surrounding a small building.
The small building turned out to be a Mobile police substation manned by a cadet. He called for an officer and had her arrested.
Battle said that she pleaded with the officer not to take her to jail, but the officer deferred to the cadet because he actually witnessed the act.
Jay Casey, Battle’s lawyer, called the decision to arrest an elderly woman with a bladder problem “ridiculously silly.” She was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail, her mug shot taken, and released on $500 bail.
“This is something that should have caused pity, not anger,” he said. “Another officer might have said, ‘I’m sorry, ma’am, can I get you a towel?’”
Battle’s arrest shouldn’t be viewed in isolation, said Maj. Mike Barton. Public urination in the square is an ongoing problem, he said, and the frequent cause of complaints by the public.
In fact, the substation was built in 2006 specifically to help deal with some of the problems in the area — from panhandling to public urination to bathing in the fountain and restrooms, said Deputy Chief James Barber.
Officers have some discretion on whether to arrest someone, Barton said, but sometimes, particularly in response to repeated complaints, “we have to take action and let a judge decide.”
Public lewdness is not a charge for which officers can simply write a ticket, Barber said.
Barton pointed out that another man was arrested that same day for allegedly urinating in public. Andrece Leon Knight, 59, also was charged with public lewdness.
Knight’s criminal record includes convictions for third-degree burglary and criminal mischief as well as several other arrests on charges that were eventually dropped, according to online Alabama court records.
Battle’s record shows no prior arrests.
She said she’s not angry with the police. She just wishes they could have understood that she wasn’t trying to be rude; she just didn’t have a choice.
“If you got to go,” she said, “you got to go.”
An 81-year-old woman with a self-described incontinence problem awaits trial on a charge of public lewdness after Mobile police arrested her for urinating in the bushes in Bienville Square.
Police said that they’ve been tightening enforcement in the downtown square in response to complaints, but Lula Mae Battle’s lawyer said his client’s arrest was an overreaction.
Battle, who will be 82 by the time her case goes to trial Sept. 15, said she was having a bladder emergency the morning of June 3 while at her bank, which is adjacent to the park, but was told that the branch didn’t have a restroom available to the public.
She headed for the restrooms on the far side of the park, she said, but was unable to make it and began to urinate, so she jumped for cover in the bushes surrounding a small building.
The small building turned out to be a Mobile police substation manned by a cadet. He called for an officer and had her arrested.
Battle said that she pleaded with the officer not to take her to jail, but the officer deferred to the cadet because he actually witnessed the act.
Jay Casey, Battle’s lawyer, called the decision to arrest an elderly woman with a bladder problem “ridiculously silly.” She was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail, her mug shot taken, and released on $500 bail.
“This is something that should have caused pity, not anger,” he said. “Another officer might have said, ‘I’m sorry, ma’am, can I get you a towel?’”
Battle’s arrest shouldn’t be viewed in isolation, said Maj. Mike Barton. Public urination in the square is an ongoing problem, he said, and the frequent cause of complaints by the public.
In fact, the substation was built in 2006 specifically to help deal with some of the problems in the area — from panhandling to public urination to bathing in the fountain and restrooms, said Deputy Chief James Barber.
Officers have some discretion on whether to arrest someone, Barton said, but sometimes, particularly in response to repeated complaints, “we have to take action and let a judge decide.”
Public lewdness is not a charge for which officers can simply write a ticket, Barber said.
Barton pointed out that another man was arrested that same day for allegedly urinating in public. Andrece Leon Knight, 59, also was charged with public lewdness.
Knight’s criminal record includes convictions for third-degree burglary and criminal mischief as well as several other arrests on charges that were eventually dropped, according to online Alabama court records.
Battle’s record shows no prior arrests.
She said she’s not angry with the police. She just wishes they could have understood that she wasn’t trying to be rude; she just didn’t have a choice.
“If you got to go,” she said, “you got to go.”
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: police
81 Year old charged with urinating in public, church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, Lula Mae Battle, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
Shoplifter pepper-sprays mall security officer www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
Auroa IL Aug 3 2009
A 55-year-old security officer at the Premium Outlets Mall, 1650 Premium Outlet Boulevard in Aurora, was pepper-sprayed while trying to stop a shoplifting suspect about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The suspect, described as a 5-foot 2-inch black woman with black hair and brown eyes, left a store with about $2,400 worth of clothing she did not pay for, authorities said.
When the officer tried to stop her, she struggled with him and then used the pepper spray. She then dropped the items and ran from the scene.
The guard was treated at an Aurora hospital and released.
A 55-year-old security officer at the Premium Outlets Mall, 1650 Premium Outlet Boulevard in Aurora, was pepper-sprayed while trying to stop a shoplifting suspect about 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
The suspect, described as a 5-foot 2-inch black woman with black hair and brown eyes, left a store with about $2,400 worth of clothing she did not pay for, authorities said.
When the officer tried to stop her, she struggled with him and then used the pepper spray. She then dropped the items and ran from the scene.
The guard was treated at an Aurora hospital and released.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: security, security officer injured
church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
Mall security officer held hostage during robbery www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
Council Bluffs IA Aug 3 2009
Council Bluffs Police are looking for the men who forced their way into the Mall of the Bluffs overnight, and broke into several stores. But investigators may not have a lot to go on.
Bluffs officers arrived on the scene during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 2nd.
According to reports, a Mall of the Bluffs security guard was assaulted and held at gunpoint by one of the men while the other two men took merchandise from several stores.
The manager of one of the mall’s kiosks tells Channel -6- News the men knew what they were looking for, his display case of high quality gold jewelry was smashed, the contents emptied. Just a few feet away the display case with the lower quality gold jewelry was untouched.
One source tells Channel -6- News the three men were armed with shotguns, somehow overpowered a security guard, and tied her up with duct tape. Council Bluffs Police say when the first officers arrived there was no evidence of the guard being bound.
The guard did suffer minor injuries during the incident, and was treated and released from a local hospital.
The total amount of damage and loss related to the incident is unknown, the manager of one of the businesses hit says he could have lost six or seven thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but could not be certain until an inventory was done.
Council Bluffs Police are looking for the men who forced their way into the Mall of the Bluffs overnight, and broke into several stores. But investigators may not have a lot to go on.
Bluffs officers arrived on the scene during the early morning hours of Sunday, August 2nd.
According to reports, a Mall of the Bluffs security guard was assaulted and held at gunpoint by one of the men while the other two men took merchandise from several stores.
The manager of one of the mall’s kiosks tells Channel -6- News the men knew what they were looking for, his display case of high quality gold jewelry was smashed, the contents emptied. Just a few feet away the display case with the lower quality gold jewelry was untouched.
One source tells Channel -6- News the three men were armed with shotguns, somehow overpowered a security guard, and tied her up with duct tape. Council Bluffs Police say when the first officers arrived there was no evidence of the guard being bound.
The guard did suffer minor injuries during the incident, and was treated and released from a local hospital.
The total amount of damage and loss related to the incident is unknown, the manager of one of the businesses hit says he could have lost six or seven thousand dollars worth of merchandise, but could not be certain until an inventory was done.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: security, security officer injured
church security team training, Council Bluffs, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, Mall of the Bluffs, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
Security officer assault with beer bottle www.privateofficer.com
August 3, 2009
Leave a comment
PALM DESERT CA Aug 3 2009 – Seven people were arrested in connection with a fight in a bar of the JW Marriott-Desert Springs Resort in Palm Desert, police said Monday.
The disturbance in the 74800 block of Country Club Drive was reported at 11:29 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Two groups of males were arguing in the main lobby bar when a physical fight broke out, police said. Hotel security workers were summoned and at least one of them was hit by a beer bottle.
The security staff called police, who were told one suspect might be armed with a handgun.
Police used a pepper-ball device to get some of the suspects out of a vehicle, and they used a stun gun to subdue a suspect, police said.
Isaias Sanchez, 28 of Desert Hot Springs, was arrested on suspicion of victim intimidation, police said. Angel Padilla, 30, of Desert Hot Springs, was booked for resisting an officer, according to authorities. Victor Padilla, 32, of Indio, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Arrested on suspicion of public intoxication were Francisco Ferratt, 56, of Coachella; Francisco Ferratt Jr., 29, of Coachella; Hector Vasquez, 19, of Indio; and Christopher Ferratt, 26, of Coachella, according to police.
Anyone with further information about the disturbance was asked to call the Palm Desert Police Department at (760) 836-1600 or Crime Stoppers at (760) 341-7867.
The disturbance in the 74800 block of Country Club Drive was reported at 11:29 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Two groups of males were arguing in the main lobby bar when a physical fight broke out, police said. Hotel security workers were summoned and at least one of them was hit by a beer bottle.
The security staff called police, who were told one suspect might be armed with a handgun.
Police used a pepper-ball device to get some of the suspects out of a vehicle, and they used a stun gun to subdue a suspect, police said.
Isaias Sanchez, 28 of Desert Hot Springs, was arrested on suspicion of victim intimidation, police said. Angel Padilla, 30, of Desert Hot Springs, was booked for resisting an officer, according to authorities. Victor Padilla, 32, of Indio, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
Arrested on suspicion of public intoxication were Francisco Ferratt, 56, of Coachella; Francisco Ferratt Jr., 29, of Coachella; Hector Vasquez, 19, of Indio; and Christopher Ferratt, 26, of Coachella, according to police.
Anyone with further information about the disturbance was asked to call the Palm Desert Police Department at (760) 836-1600 or Crime Stoppers at (760) 341-7867.
Follow Us On Twitter/privateofficer
Join Us At MySpace/privateofficernews
Join PRIVATE OFFICER
INTERNATIONAL
Categories: Uncategorized
church security team training, loss prevention agent, loss prevention association, national association of private officers, PRIVATE OFFICER INTERNATIONAL, security association, security guard, security guard association, security guard training, security officer, security officer assaociation, security police association, security training, www.privateofficer.com
