Security Guard Saves Child Left Inside Hot Car While Parents Drank at Miami Hotel Bar
A security guard has been deemed a hero after he rescued a toddler who was left inside a hot car while his parents reportedly went drinking at a bar inside a Miami hotel last week, police said. “I noticed a guy kept running in and out of our exit,” security guard Howard Bryan, who works at the Clevelander hotel on Miami Beach, told NBC Miami.
“I explained to the guy, like, ‘Look, you’re going to end up getting left out,’ and then he was like, ‘No, I’m just going in and out to check on my baby,’ and I was like, ‘Your baby?'” the security guard recounted. “He said, ‘Yeah, my truck is right here with the windows down with the baby in the back seat,’ and I was like, ‘Bro, you in a club, like, go handle your child,’ and then he was like, ‘No, my wife is in here.'”
Bryan started clocking how long the parents were inside the bar.
After Bryan had a brief encounter with the man who was identified as 33-year-old Osman Karatas, he started timing how long he and his wife were inside the establishment. The security guard said the couple remained inside for more than 45 minutes while their 3-year-old son was left alone in the vehicle.
Bryan quickly alerted two off-duty officers about the situation, prompting them to take action. “If I didn’t say anything and they left, they could have wrecked out with that child in the car because they were drinking and under the influence. The kid could have sat in the car and dehydrated,” Bryan explained.
The car’s temperature registered at 85 degrees.
Bryan realized the temperature was steadily increasing and waited for officers to arrive at the scene to help the young boy. According to a Miami Beach Police report, the temperature registered 85 degrees inside the car when the boy was rescued.
Police said Osman and his wife, Sevda Karatas, 32, initially tried to bring their son into the hotel, but they were turned away because children are not allowed inside, NBC Miami reported.
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Houston cop stops mass shooting
- Sgt Kendrick Simpo was working a second job as a security guard at the Galleria Mall on February 5 when he received a call about a man with a rifle
- He and another security guard quickly made their way to the department store, but Simpo made sure he didn’t take out his gun and startle children and parents
- He soon found the suspect – Guido Herrera – just about 10 feet from where a children’s dance competition was taking place and tackled him
- Simpo said he was able to point the rifle toward the ceiling before backup arrived and restrained Herrera without a single shot being fired
- About one month later, Herrera was arrested again when he went to the Houston FBI offices and asked to speak to the director with a gun inside his car
A heroic Houston cop who sprang into action earlier this year to stop a man from apparently opening fire at a children’s dance competition has spoken out for the first time.
Sgt. Kendrick Simpo was working a second job as a security guard at the Galleria Mall in Houston’s Uptown District on February 5 when he received a call about a man with a rifle walking near the Macy’s.
He and another security guard quickly made their way to the department store, but as he ran, he said he made sure he would not startle hundreds of children and adults gathered for a dance competition, which was just a few hundred feet from Macy’s.
‘I did know there was a dance competition with little kids going on at the Westin Ballroom, so I didn’t pull my weapon out because I didn’t want to be running towards the Macy’s area – which is past the ballroom area – with the gun,’ Simpo recounted to ABC 13.
Soon, he said, he saw the suspect – who was later identified as Guido Herrera – just about 10 feet from the entrance to the Westin Ballroom’s entrance where the competition was taking place.
‘I quickly bum rushed, tackled him,’ Simpo said. ‘And my first reaction was to make sure that I get a hold of the rifle. No matter what I grabbed, make sure I grabbed that rifle.’
‘I had in my mind [that] I was going to get shot, I just had to bear the pain. I knew it was going to hurt and I was like, “Whatever I do, I cannot let go of this rifle.”‘
Nashville police chief thanks hero security guard on Broadway
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A quick-thinking security guard credited with saving lives at a busy Broadway bar received more recognition for his bravery.
Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake paid a visit to the Lucky Bastard Saloon Friday night to personally thank Mike Kuhn for his actions the previous weekend.
Chief Drake also surprised Kuhn with a challenge coin as a token of his appreciation.
“He thanked me and he was very gracious,” said Kuhn after the two shook hands and hugged.
“His actions saved tourists’ lives, officers’ lives, and I wanted to come down here and tell him thank you,” said Drake.
Police said just before midnight on Friday, July 22, officers were working to arrest Ja’Corious Hudson when Christopher Quintero interfered. Kuhn saw Quintero pull a gun out, and jumped from an open front window of the bar, onto Quintero and knocked the gun from his hands. Officers then rushed to arrest Quintero.
The entire incident was captured on the body camera of one of the responding officers.
“The individual said he was going to pull his gun and see what was up,” said Drake. “That could have been just a tragedy. We could have had a mass shooting or anything.”
“I just saw it happen,” recalled Kuhn. “I wasn’t going to let anything bad happen on the street, especially if I could affect it, so I did what I thought was the right thing to do at that time.”
Kuhn is an Army veteran who said he has only worked at the Lucky Bastard Saloon for a few months. While his military service took him around the world, he has never seen anything like what happened on Friday in the United States.
Quintero is charged with six aggravated assault counts, unlawful gun possession, gun possession while under the influence, public intoxication, and marijuana possession. Hudson was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He posted a $2,000 bond.
Mall security guard takes action against irrational customer
Visalia Mall and the Visalia Police Department honor security officer with award following heroic assistance in arrest
VISALIA – Even Visalia police officers need help with the average everyday arrests. That’s where security guard Luis Garcia comes in.
On Feb. 27 Garcia took heroic action and assisted a Visalia Police Officer with the arrest of a suspect causing a disturbance in the Visalia Mall. For his quick thinking Garcia was honored with a Meritorious Award from his company and the Visalia Police Department. The ceremony took place in the Visalia Mall food court next to the shoe store Foot Locker, where the initial scene unfolded.
Mark Hopkins, director of mall security, said it was in the late afternoon when the Visalia Mall security team received a call from the shoe store. They reported a subject who was behaving strangely and attempted to get into the store’s stock room. Security officers were sent to deescalate the situation but found themselves unable to do so.
“He was a fairly large gentleman,” Hopkins described. “He was very aggressive with them.”
The Visalia Police Department was contacted for assistance but their efforts to deescalate the affair were met with noncompliance. Mall security cleared the store of employees and consumers as it quickly became loud and dangerous. The Visalia police officer attempted to secure the subject but the subject was uncooperative and there was a physical struggle until the two ended up on the ground. Garcia made a judgment call and took initiative by stepping in to help the officer with the assault. He was able to get the subject in handcuffs before additional officers arrived.
“It’s quite an interesting place to work,” Hopkins noted about the Visalia Mall. “We’re often tasked here with things that aren’t in the norm. It’s not the first time [Garcia has] had to assist.”
“Security Officer Garcia went above and beyond. He saw a situation where someone needed help and he did what he thought was right,” Rick Feder, Visalia Mall general manager, said.
Lieutenant Kevin Kroeze of Visalia Police Department attended the ceremony as an expression of gratitude: “It was a good opportunity to say thank you to Luis, for his help.”
The Meritorious Award was presented to Garcia at 8:30 AM on June 14.
“He was humbled to get the award,” Hopkins said. “He feels like he was just doing his job, because helping people is what he loves to do.”
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Unarmed security guards hired to patrol on Chicago’s Southwest Side after increase in crime
CHICAGO – Starting this week, a ward on Chicago’s Southwest Side will begin hiring private security to combat an increase in crime in the Beverly, Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood neighborhoods.
It’s something business owners asked for, since there aren’t enough police officers to do the job.
“This is an extra set of eyes and ears, going up and down the alleys and in front of the businesses, identifying what could be suspicious behavior or criminal behavior, and then contacting the Chicago Police Department,” said Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th).
O’Shea said that robberies are up more than 20%, burglaries are up more than 30%, and theft is up more than 60% citywide.
He said he’s fired up about the lack of attention crime is getting, primarily when it targets the city’s most vulnerable residents.
“When we talk about crime, it’s not just the data, it’s the perception and people are scared,” O’Shea said.
O’Shea hopes the security will free up Chicago police to tackle more serious crime. He calls CPD staff shortages “troubling” and wants to lighten the load for police.
The private security is funded through the end of this year.
The Bucktown, Lincoln Park and Hyde Park neighborhoods have also recently hired private security to deter crime.
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