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Homeless Man Arrested At McDonald’s After Attacking Security Guard | Santa Monica Mirror

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Homeless Man Arrested At McDonald’s After Attacking Security GuardPOSTED OCT. 6, 2014, 9:05 AMTIM BROUGHTON / MIRROR CONTRIBUTORSanta Monica police arrested a 35-year-old homeless man inside the McDonald’s near the pier on Friday, Sept. 24 after attacking a security guard.Officers of the Santa Monica Police Department rushed to McDonald’s at 1540 Second Street at 9:40 pm on this day in order to investigate a report of a fight in progress.Upon arrival the officers spoke with two witnesses who told them they had seen a pair of what they described as “intoxicated males.”The witnesses added these men had been drinking from beer cans, and laughing and making a commotion in the restaurant, and that when a security guard had requested that the men leave the restaurant the pair became “belligerent.”These men had then allegedly advanced towards the security guard in a threatening manner which prompted the guard to use his pepper spray on them.A fight had quickly ensued before two citizens had assisted the security guard.One of the suspects had fled, according to the witnesses, but the security guard detained the other until police arrived.The officers, under the protocol afforded to them by a request for a citizen’s arrest by the security guard, arrested this suspect and he was charged with assault and battery.Bail for this 35-year-old homeless man was set at $20,000.Editor’s Note: These reports are part of a regular police coverage series entitled “Alert Police Blotter” APB, which injects some minor editorial into certain police activities in Santa Monica. Not all of The Mirror’s coverage of incidents involving police are portrayed in this manner. More serious crimes and police-related activities are regularly reported without editorial in the pages of the Santa Monica Mirror and its website, smmirror.com.

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Armed Security Hired to Protect California Gurdwara Members Amid Dispute privateofficer.com | PRIVATE OFFICER MEDIA

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Armed Security Hired to Protect California Gurdwara Members Amid Dispute privateofficer.comPosted on September 29, 2014 by poi4925 Hughson, California Sept 30 2014 Armed private security officers have been hired to protect worshippers and keep the peace at the Sikh Temple in Hughson because of rising tensions between two factions that disagree over management of the facility.An 11-member executive committee charged with managing the financial affairs and operations of the temple was overthrown earlier this month and replaced by 11 other temple members who appointed themselves the interim committee.During a temple meeting Sept. 7, a dispute ensued between members of the committee and people who soon after formed the takeover committee. The dispute centered around the bylaws of committee elections and the manner in which the elected committee was spending the temple’s money, according to Dupinder Bajaw, a member of the takeover committee.Bajaw said the confrontation even became physical, punches were thrown, and the meeting was terminated. Since then, verbal disputes have erupted at Sunday worship and some members have been seen carrying baseball bats and hockey sticks, according to both sides.The morning after the meeting, takeover committee members changed locks at the temple, took possession of the collection box and appointed itself the interim committee, according to Jagtar Singh of the elected committee.But Bajaw said his committee has no control over the temple’s bank accounts, which he claims the elected committee continues to maintain and has used for personal gain. He said he spent his own money paying an electric bill and a priest’s salary since the takeover.Michael Ijams of law firm Berliner Cohen’s Modesto office is representing the temple in a lawsuit against it by one of its members. The lawsuit and a countersuit by the temple centers around the bylaws in question.“The bylaws that they presently operate under were drafted by non-lawyers 25 to 30 years ago,” Ijams said. “The bylaws are contradictory as to who votes and how the committee is elected .… The bylaws are, A, ambiguous and, B, outdated.”Ijams sent a letter to the takeover committee on behalf of the elected committee demanding that it cease operations and return the cash box, but he hasn’t received a response.Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said deputies responded to the Sept. 7 dispute. “We mitigated a verbal disagreement between two parties but we are not going to get involved in a civil problem,” he said.Since the takeover, friction between the two groups has mounted.Christianson said he was asked by members of the temple to assign deputies to provide security during Sunday services to prevent violence between the two groups. Christianson said no.Bajaw hired Ontel Security, which Sunday will provide armed security officers whose primary responsibilities will include “protecting property and life, as well as ensuring the peace,” according to Chief of Security David McCann.Typically, more than 500 members of the congregation – which draws from the Modesto-Hughson-Ceres area – attend Sunday services.Christianson said he encouraged the groups to get together and settle their differences.There is no indication from either side that will happen in the near future.SIKH24.com

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Security guard’s gun discharges, strikes man suspected of shopli – WKRN News 2

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Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on gmailShare on emailShare on printMore Sharing Services12Security guard’s gun discharges, strikes man suspected of shoplifting beerPosted: Sep 26, 2014 3:02 AMUpdated: Sep 26, 2014 2:34 PM   NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A man suspected of shoplifting was shot by a security guard after his gun discharged at a Walmart in east Nashville Thursday.It happened around 11:30 p.m. at the Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 1220 Gallatin Avenue.The security guard was patrolling the parking lot when he confronted the suspect, identified as 21-year-old DeMarko Peoples, as he was getting into a car.Police said Peoples allegedly took a case of beer and dog food.As the security guard asked Peoples to exit the vehicle, he put the car into drive forcing the security guard to jump out of the way to avoid being struck. As Peoples’ car was exiting the parking space, the security guard’s gun discharged. The suspect was shot once in the back. A female passenger in the car drove Peoples to Skyline Medical Center where he was last listed in critical but stable condition.The passenger was not injured in the incident.

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Woman Dies After Handcuffed by Security – dan@californiaspecialservices.com – CSS Insurance Services, LLC Mail

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Woman Dies After Haandcuffed by Security         SEPTEMBER 25 2014   SANTA ANA CA A woman acting irrational and disorderly at a California store is dead after a security officer placed her in handcuffs.Police are investigating the mysterious death at a market in Santa Ana. Officers said that a woman was acting violently Wednesday at El Toro Carniceria-Meat Shop at 1340 West 1st Street when a security officer detained her and placed her in handcuffs. A witness said she was behaving erratically and began removing her clothes when the security officer approached her and tried to stop her. “She was jumping like crazy. And then she made a mess inside the liquor store. And that’s why the security guard had to do what he had to do, and grab her and handcuff her,” Joseph Castellan said. Moments later, she died. Detectives have not released the identity of the woman. A coroner will try to determine if she was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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Standard Security Guard in hot water?

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Just last week, “Django Unchained” actress Danielle Watts was allegedly mistaken for a prostitute after she was seen kissing her white boyfriend. The story made headlines and raised awareness about the ever-present racial profiling that continues to permeate our society. Unfortunately, though, Watt’s story was just a precursor to another similar situation involving a group of women and a security guard at the Standard Hotel in New York City.

Kantaki Washington, the executive director of Sol Afrik, and her two friends were invited to the downstairs bar at the swanky West Village hotel by a group of men they met in the lobby. An African American man walked up to their table to talk to the women but was quickly escorted out by a security guard, which the women thought was “odd.”

However, before the security guard walked away, he looked at the three women and said, “Come on, ladies, you can buy drinks here, but you cannot solicit.”

Washington and her friends were confused and questioned the guard.

“We were like, ‘What are you saying?’ So he was like, ‘Come on, ladies, you know what you’re doing. There’s no soliciting here,'” she told HuffPost Live’s Alyona Minkovski.

And then the women realized what was going on — they were the only African American women at the hotel at the time, and they were being accused of prostitution.

“That’s when I stood up and explained, ‘Look, I have a legal background, I went to law school, what are you saying? These women are educators. There’s no way that we are here soliciting, nor do we have any reason to solicit.’ And he was like, ‘I don’t really care who you are,'” Washington said.

Washington and her friends wanted an apology and asked the manager how to get in touch with guest services, but they were given a “hesitant” reaction. It wasn’t until a reporter later found out about their story that the Standard started giving them more attention.

“When a reporter got the story and reached out to [the Standard], all of a sudden they were ready, willing and able to have conversations with us,” Washington said.

The hotel subsequently emailed Washington, offering to sponsor a dinner for her and her friends that she said would have amounted to about $400 and a bottle of champagne. However, the women found the offer offensive.

“For us, it was kind of an insult to be given a dinner. We felt like we’re professional women, we can kind of afford that,” she said. “We think there should be more of a greater action taken on behalf of the hotel. They need to make sure that patrons feel comfortable, that they have a good image and also to rectify the situation. We were the only African American women in there.”

Since the story has become more public, Washington is considering the role that racial-profiling may have played in the security guard’s highly offensive behavior.

“I’m not saying maybe race was an issue, but I can say we were the only African American women in there and they targeted us for prostitution immediately,” she said. “No questions asked, and there was no apology given on the spot.”

Apartment security guard accused of sexual assault | Albuquerque Journal News

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A security guard at an apartment complex is accused of forcing a woman into a vacant apartment and sexually assaulting her.Bryce Harper, 34, is facing kidnapping with great bodily harm charges and is jailed without bond, according to jail records.Police were called to Villa Hermosa apartments on the 2600 block of Americare Ct. NW on a shots fired call just before 4 a.m. Sunday. While en route, officers took a call from a woman who said she had been assaulted, according to the criminal complaint.The woman told police she was looking for her cat, and when she asked Harper, one of the complex’s security guards, for help, he forced her into vacant apartment, unzipped his pants and assaulted her.The woman’s son and his friend heard her screams and ran into the apartment and punched Harper, who left the apartment.Police said a gun was fired during the altercation and Harper was the only person with a weapon, though he denied firing, according to the complaint.Harper’s supervisor heard the altercation on the security guard’s radio. The supervisor called police as well.Police said Harper told them he met the woman and they started to flirt. Then they went into a vacant apartment and he was jumped by the woman’s son and his friend, according to the complaint.

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Funeral Processions and the Right-of-Way

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Funeral Processions and the Right-of-WayBy Gary L. Wickert and Nicole M. Ways | July 3, 2014Email ThisPrintNewslettersinShare1ArticleCommentsOn June 16, 2014, a Virginia man was pulled over by the police for running a red light while driving in a funeral procession. As a result, R.G. Spinner missed his great-grandmother’s burial. The Alexandria police officer pulled behind Spinner with his red and blue emergency lights flashing after witnessing him driving through a red light, along with the rest of the funeral procession. Spinner removed the large yellow funeral procession tag from his rear-view mirror and furiously waved it out his window, hoping the officer would let him proceed. He didn’t.Confusion and inconsistency abounds regarding when and whether a motorist in a funeral procession can run a red light. There is much more at stake than missing a funeral. As you can imagine, the likelihood of a serious accident involving personal injury or property damage increases exponentially if you have a long string of cars streaming through a red light in heavy traffic. Millions of claims and subrogation dollars hang in the balance. An understanding of how funeral processions affect the legal rights and remedies of motorists and their insurers is clearly a prerequisite to the effective handling and/or subrogation of the thousands of insurance claims that flow from accidents involving funeral processions.GenerallyA word from our sponsor:Donan Engineering.When HVAC claims strike, get conclusive answers LIGHTNING fast!Donan Lightning Investigation.A funeral procession is a convoy of friends, relatives, and family members following the hearse from the funeral home to the burial site. Through the ages it has varied from people walking and carrying the deceased, to the modern entourage of limousines and automobiles. Most states have enacted statutes governing the procedures and traffic laws governing a procession as well as the legal requirements for yielding to one. Quite often, all vehicles in the funeral will be marked with a purple funeral flag issued by the funeral home. All drivers will be told to turn their headlights on. The hearse will be the first vehicle in the procession followed by the spouse, children, immediate family members, and friends. In most states the lead vehicle must observe all traffic lights, but when the lead car has proceeded through an intersection, the rest of the funeral train may proceed without stopping. The procession is often accompanied by law enforcement vehicles to ensure the safety of the procession when running a red light. Cars traveling in the opposite direction of a procession may yield out of respect, if they want, but in most states, they don’t have to yield, slow or stop at all. Clearly, this is a recipe for disaster.Obviously, identification of a funeral procession is vitally important. This usually requires the lighting of headlights, but can include flags or even flashing lights. Consistency is lacking and if you travel to another state for a relative or friend’s funeral, there is no telling what the law might be. Not only do the laws governing funeral processions vary wildly from state to state, there is also mass confusion regarding the application of such laws within certain states. Nevada specifically allows the lead vehicle to actually go through a red light. Five states Arizona, Idaho, Kentucky, Montana, and North Dakota grant a funeral procession the right-of-way at any intersection without regard to any traffic control signal. There, the lead driver can make any necessary turns or movements regardless of the color of the light, implying that it can run a red light. Iowa law immunizes vehicles in a funeral procession from violation of traffic laws unless the vehicle is operating recklessly. Six other states statutorily provide for the continuity of funeral processions at intersections but do not specifically provide the procession with the right-of-way. Some states have no laws at all.With the help of research by the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research and Nicole Ways, a Marquette law student and MWL law clerk, let’s take a closer look at the specific laws of all 50 states.Laws of All StatesALABAMA: There are no state laws governing funeral processions. However, the city of Birmingham has an ordinance that prohibits motorists from driving through a funeral procession if it is reasonably apparent to the public that an automobile is in a funeral procession. Therefore, the procession has the right-of-way to proceed as a single unit through intersections and traffic signals. Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Allred, 247 Ala. 499, 500, 25 So.2d 179, 180 1945.ALASKA: There are no state laws governing funeral processions.ARIZONA: The law allows a funeral escort vehicle driver holding a class D driver’s license and exhibiting a red or red and blue light to 1 direct the vehicles in the procession and other vehicles approaching the procession to stop, proceed, or make any necessary movements without regard to any traffic control device, and 2 exceed the speed limit by up to 15 miles per hour to overtake the procession so it can direct traffic at the next intersection. All other vehicles and pedestrians, except emergency vehicles, must yield the right-of-way to funeral processions. Vehicles in the procession must exercise due care. Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 28-776.ARKANSAS: There are no state laws governing funeral processions.CALIFORNIA: The only law California has regarding funeral processions prohibits anyone from disregarding any traffic signal or direction given by a peace officer in uniform authorized to escort a procession. Cal. Veh. Code § 2817.

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Wig-wearing bandit robs San Bernardino Walgreens

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Wig-wearing bandit robs San Bernardino WalgreensPOSTED: 06/28/14, 2:41 PM PDT | 6 COMMENTSA man disguised with a woman’s wig and armed with a handgun held up the Walgreens store at Highland and Del Rosa avenues early Saturday morning.Around 4:20 a.m. the robber walked into the store with a gun, police said.He threatened to shoot and kill the armed security guard if he went for his gun, police added.The security guard surrendered his sidearm and the wig-wearing bandit proceeded to rob the store.“The security guard did the right thing,” police Lt. Dan Gomez said. “At the end of the day he went home to his family unharmed.”Police say the bandit stole more than $500.Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call police at 909-384-5742.— Doug Saunders, staff

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Alleged shoplifter shot dead by LAPD after confronting mall security guard

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Alleged shoplifter shot dead by LAPD after confronting mall security guardBY VERONICA ROCHA SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES CREATED: JUNE 27, 2014Man reportedly brandished a handgun while talking to guard and fired an unknown number of roundsLinkedIn0CommentsPrint2June 26–The man fatally wounded by Los Angeles police officers Wednesday had been shoplifting at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza and fired a gun at a security guard who tried to stop him, authorities said.The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, was confronted by a security guard, who spotted him about 7:10 p.m. shoplifting inside the mall in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, LAPD Officer Chris No said.The security guard began talking to the man, who then brandished a handgun and fired an unknown number of rounds, No said. The guard was not injured.The man then fled the mall and Los Angeles police quickly moved into the area, searching surrounding neighborhoods. He was eventually spotted in the 3700 block of Santa Rosalia Drive, but fled and hid inside a home.Television footage showed officers in helmets firing their guns into a home garage a short time later.Police say he was shot as officers attempted to take him into custody. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died of injuries.Internal investigators are reviewing the officer-involved shooting.

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