SAI - Tracking Hospital Security Events

Seattle hospital security afraid for their own safety
KTUU, AK - Sep 2, 2007
by Kim Holcomb SEATTLE, Washington -- Security officers at a Seattle hospital that treats many critically injured Alaskans are expressing concern about ...

Abducted Woman Rescued Before Baby Cut Out
KHBS/KHOG 40/29, AR - Aug 1, 2007
Police on Tuesday said they saved a kidnapped pregnant woman just before her unborn baby was to be cut from her womb at a Missouri hotel. ...

Teens charged with kidnapping pregnant woman, planning to cut baby ...
Columbia Missourian, MO - Aug 1, 2007
By AP KANSAS CITY - Two teenagers were charged Tuesday with kidnapping and assault after they allegedly kidnapped a pregnant woman and held her in a motel ...
Two women charged with plot to kill mom, take baby Blue Springs Examiner
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Mother of Kidnapped Baby Tells About Incident
KSL-TV, UT - Jul 30, 2007
A 7-month-old kidnapped baby is in foster care this evening after his mother is sent to jail. The mother, Alisha Rondas, told KSL News, "I want to be with ...

Baby Kidnapped Update
WJTV, MS - Jul 27, 2007
By AnneMarie Crumby Authorities arrest a fourth person in connection with the kidnapping of a 5-month-old baby girl. According to our media partner the ...
Grandfather charged in kidnapping of 5-month-old girl WLOS
Grandfather Charged in Kidnapping of 5-month-old Girl abc11tv.com
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Infant Abduction Prevention, Part 3
SecurityInfoWatch, IL - Jul 24, 2007
... of infant abduction both nationally and locally. Staff should understand the gravity of the problem and learn the history of hospital infant abductions. ...

Woman Charged for Abducting Baby From Norfolk General - UPDATE

WTKR NewsChannel 3 - Jul 23, 2007
NORFOLK -- A 21-year-old Hampton woman has been charged with abduction after police said she tried to steal a newborn from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ...

Police ID woman who tried to abduct baby from Norfolk hospital
The Virginian-Pilot, VA - Jul 21, 2007
... had been dressed in hospital garb. Police said Pittman is not related to the infant and that the motive for the attempted abduction was not known. ...

Police ID woman in alleged child abduction attempt
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Jul 10, 2007
The incident happened around 2:15 pm Monday on the second floor of the hospital. The woman set the child down and ran out of the hospital when a hospital ...

Woman escapes after trying to snatch 2-year-old at hospital
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Jul 10, 2007
The abduction attempt occurred about 2:15 pm on the second floor of the hospital in a play area where siblings of hospital patients can go while family ...

Police: Woman tried to abduct baby from Norfolk hospital
WAVY-TV, VA - 20 hours ago
(AP) - Police in Norfolk say a 21-year-old woman has been charged with abduction after she tried to steal a newborn from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital ...
Woman attempts to abduct baby from hospital, police say WVEC.com (subscription)
Police question woman who tried to take baby from Norfolk General The Virginian-Pilot
Attempted baby abduction foiled Daily Press
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Parents Arrested For Kidnapping Infant Daughter
TurnTo23.com, CA - Jul 13, 2007
A Bakersfield couple has been arrested and charged with felony kidnapping after they tried to walkout of a Porterville hospital with their newborn daughter. ...

Cops: Inmate Kills Officer at Hospital
BlueRidgeNow.com, NC -
(AP Photo/Deseret Morning News, Scott G. Winterton) Authorities said a prison inmate out for a medical appointment wrested a gun from a corrections officer ...
Cops: Inmate kills officer at hospital Pioneer Press
Cops: Inmate Kills Officer at Hospital Philadelphia Daily News
Tattooed prison escapee recaptured after gun battle Daily Mail
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Thieves dressed as medics stole from hospital
Gazette & Herald, UK - May 28, 2007
And that has prompted the hospital's security team to issue a high priority action plan to deter the thieves from trying their luck again. ...

Police Make Arrest in Hospital Sexual Assault
Guelph Tribune - Guelph,ON,Canada
On Saturday May 5 around 11 pm, a 25-year-old Guelph woman and her husband went to Guelph General Hospital's emergency department looking for medical ...
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Woman assaulted at Guelph General Hospital
570 News, Canada - May 10, 2007
A security guard at Guelph General Hospital has been charged with sexually assaulting a patient. Police say it happened late Saturday night when a 25-year ...

Parking garage draws thieves
Visalia Times-Delta, CA - Apr 21, 2007
Dena Cochran, vice president- of development for Kaweah Delta, said hospital security personnel will patrol the hospital's section of the garage.

Infant kidnapped
Edmonton Sun, Canada - 3 hours ago
By AP. LUBBOCK, Texas -- A woman posing as a medical worker kidnapped a three-day-old infant from
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Deadly shooting in hospital raises security questions
By: Holly Brantley. Doniphan, MO - Authorities in Southeast Missouri investigate a deadly shooting at . . . .
www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=6181334 - 68k - Mar 6, 2007

Rhode Island AG to probe hospital security lapse
Eyewitness News, RI – Mar 3, 2007
WESTERLY, RI (AP) -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch is investigating whether officials at The Westerly Hospital knew about a security breach ...

Officials: Prisoner attempts escape from hospital
Providence Journal, RI - Mar 3, 2007
PROVIDENCE — A prisoner being treated at Rhode Island Hospital attempted to escape Wednesday night after a guard allowed him to use the bathroom, ...

Guard Shot At Hospital - Feb 27, 2007
BBC Kansas City, Mo. There was a shooting in a local hospital overnight.

Man jailed over hospital hatchet horror
BBC News A man filmed on CCTV cameras chasing people with a hatchet in a Belfast hospital has been jailed for 15 months. Hospital security staff managed to restrain him until ... dishing out the violence.". ...

CCTV of the incident

Prisoner Escapes: Campus Closed; Deputy Killed WMTW, ME

William Charles Morva is accused of killing an unarmed hospital security guard, 26-year-old Derrick McFarland, when he escaped county custody Sunday. The inmate had been taken from the jail to Montgomery Regional Hospital for treatment of a sprained leg and wrist. He escaped early Sunday after overpowering a sheriff's deputy, taking the deputy's gun and then shooting the unarmed hospital security guard, authorities said.

Follow up ... Morva is now accused of shooting two men in Blacksburg -- including a sheriff's deputy. ... The campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg was shut down Monday, and ...
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Search on for ailing baby abducted in Texas
CNN - USA
(CNN) -- Lubbock, Texas, police searched Monday for an ailing 5-day-old girl that authorities said was snatched from her mother Sunday by a woman posing as a ...
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Baby Abducted by 2 Women Who Had Tried to Buy Him
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
A 6-week-old boy was kidnapped Monday in South Los Angeles by two women who police said had earlier tried to buy the baby from his mother. ...

Kidnapping feared as search widens for missing Acre baby
Ha'aretz - Tel Aviv,Israel
... a public restroom near the Al-Ralam mosque, leaving the infant outside in a baby carriage. ... although it cannot be determined if the child was abducted, or if ...

Infant abducted from hospital in Rawalpindi
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
... there is no clue to the whereabouts of the woman who kidnapped the baby on April ... said she “sold” a newborn the same day when the infant disappeared from ...

The baby market
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
... of children who could have been abandoned, abducted or even ... as evidence in court that she wilfully surrendered the baby. ... The infant remains in the care of the ...

Emergency Department Violence / U.S. & U.K.

Patient attacks security guard
Huntsville Forester - Ontario, Canada
... called to the hospital emergency room, where a patient who had been undergoing a psychiatric assessment had assaulted one of the hospital’s security personnel ...

Emergency Nurses Association Issues Call for Zero Tolerance of ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... supports the implementation of a violence prevention program requiring trained and equipped security personnel to be on duty in the emergency department at all ...

Windsor hospital overhauls emergency call system
OHS Canada - Toronto,ON,Canada
... current "code white" personal alarms located in various departments within the hospital. ... whether or not such technologies can address workplace violence in a ...

Attacks rise on hospital staff
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
... police base in the accident and emergency department, which has ... The number of security guards at the hospital has ... to prevent any form of violence against staff ...

Health workers in danger: 20,000 attacked last year
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
... or the threat of violence is part of the job.” He added that that GPs on home visits could have “the same protection as a doctor working in a hospital”. ...

Hospital Violence

Hospital security guard finds newborn
abc13.com - Houston,TX,USA
By Laura Whitley. (5/07/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - A hospital security guard made a disturbing discovery early Sunday morning. Only a few ...
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Hospital guard tab rises
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... expensive, he said. Hospital security has been an ongoing concern, particularly after two shootouts at Parkland's emergency room. ...

Forensic nurses work where law, medicine intersect
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... a forensic nursing student at Quinnipiac who orchestrated the fake hospital scene as ... can mean working with victims of domestic and sexual violence or elder and ...

Two In Custody In Parking Lot Attendant Killing
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... It just shows that we're just as susceptible to violence as anyone else ... admitted that they are checking another robbery that occurred at Hahnemann Hospital. ...

Fighters take over Somalia hospital
United Press International - USA
... The hospital, with its meager supplies, has been treating wounded civilians caught in the deadly violence in the beleaguered Horn of Africa nation, reports the ...
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Woman arrested at Manatee Memorial Hospital
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
A woman was charged with resisting arrest with violence, resulting in minor injury to ... reported he had dropped off a person at Manatee Memorial Hospital and was ...

Body found in hospital parking lot
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
... An investigation into the cause of death is ongoing, he said. Police are currently reviewing hospital security camera film to discern additional information. ...

Hospital Violence - International News

Violence won't be tolerated
Townsville Bulletin - Northern Australia,Australia
... Frontline emergency department staff, in particular, have found ... about the fact that any violence perpetrated against ... to 150 calls for security assistance are ...

Surrendered militant killed in Kashmir hospital ward
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
... Guerrillas managed to enter the Institute of Medical Sciences, which is heavily guarded by paramilitary forces and the hospital security. ...

Swords create terror in Mohali hospital
Chandigarh Newsline - Chandigarh,India
... The terrified staff of the Emergency Ward, complained about the lack of security for hospital staff even though they deal with all kinds of medico-legal cases ...

Muskegon Chronicle - Muskegon,MI,USA
... Police say he held the pen against the female employee's neck as he made his way out of the building, with hospital security following closely. ...

Mental health patient faces multiple charges

Medevac helicopter crashes in Olympia; one hurt
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... A hospital security guard also suffered minor injuries. The crash occurred at 11:24 pm near the emergency room of Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. ...

Triple-murder suspect nabbed at NY hospital
Newark Star Ledger - Newark,NJ,USA
... Belinda Conway, senior vice president of Cabrini Medical Center, said a member of the hospital security staff was involved in the arrest. ...

Nurses continue to get threats, security increased
SABC News - Auckland Park,South Africa
Monwabisi Goqwana, the Eastern Cape health MEC, has beefed up security at Zitulele Hospital at Mqanduli, Eastern Cape. Goqwana says ...

Security boost to tackle violence at Bart's
Islington Gazette - London,England,UK
SECURITY at Bart's Hospital is to be stepped up amid concerns of rising violence and aggression against staff. There are also fears ...

Lenoir County has a plan for dealing with disaster, but is it a ...
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
... Clarke, the hospital's security and safety manager, said the hospital's emergency preparedness plan is continually evolving. After ...

Attempted rape in elevatorat hospital brings 15 years
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
... Several hospital employees were waiting at the doors. They blocked Stanford from leaving until hospital security arrived. The victim ...

Hospital accident victim is mourned
Albany Times Union - Albany,NY,USA
... A hospital security camera recorded the accident. Hospital officials have given a copy of the DVD to police who are continuing their investigation. ...