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MIDDLEBURG, Fla. — The death of a person found inside a burning vehicle in early April has been ruled a homicide, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Firefighters and deputies made the discovery on April 6 when while responding to a vehicle fire in Middleburg near County Road 218 and N. Mimosa Avenue. After the fire was extinguished, the body of a male victim was found, according to the sheriff's office, and his...

OAKLAND PARK, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities seek the public’s help to find a man who, they said, tried to abduct an 11-year-old boy in Oakland Park. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the subject approached the victim near the 4100 block of Northwest 21st Avenue, just after 5:10 p.m. on Sunday. The victim told detectives that a man dressed in all black came up behind him, placed his hand around the child’s mouth and...

  WESTON, Fla. — The Broward County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect linked to an assault and lewd behavior. The sheriff’s office announced that on Wednesday, April 8, at 4:39 p.m., near the 16500 block of Golf Club Road in Weston, a woman was sitting on the grass when an unknown person grabbed her from behind. The victim said she struggled with the suspect before he got up, put on his shoes,...

Pompano Beach police activity shut down a stretch of North Dixie Highway early Sunday after deputies found a man shot in the roadway. Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit detectives are investigating the case as a murder, according to BSO. Around 2 a.m. on April 5, BSO deputies responded to a report of an injured male lying in the roadway in the 1600 block of North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach. Deputies found an adult...

Residents near Gano Court and Janell Drive in Orange Park woke up to a heavy law enforcement presence Sunday as Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputies converged on the neighborhood in response to a police-activity alert. Deputies secured the area, directed drivers away from the scene, and urged people to steer clear while investigators worked to sort out what was happening. Officials have not yet released additional details. SaferWatch Alert Warns Drivers to Expect Delays...

Executive protection can cost thousands of dollars a day, experts say Many high-profile individuals will use a security detail to some degree when they are in public spaces. Maintaining that level of protection, however, can be a significant investment, often reaching into the tens of thousands of dollars. The heightened attention regarding private security details comes after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk during an event at a Utah college on Wednesday. ...

When evaluating how secure a location is, experts generally talk about “soft” targets like schools or “hard” targets like police stations. The deadly shooting in Minneapolis – at a combined church and school – was at the extreme end of that spectrum. “Certainly houses of worship and schools are the softest of soft targets, and (the shooter) knew that clearly,” said Donell Harvin, former DC Chief of Homeland Security and Intelligence. The attack at Annunciation Catholic...

SaferWatch says more resources need to be spent on PREVENTION through tip reporting systems, tracking early warning signs and conducting behavioral threat assessments.

https://vimeo.com/1113760413?share=copy#t=0 SEATTLE — Seattle Public Schools students and staff will soon be able to report school threats quickly through a new program funded by a federal grant. Starting this fall, SPS will begin to implement the SaferWatch app and computer program. The goal is for students and staff to report any threats before they escalate by flagging suspicious activity through the app, a text, or online. In the wake of a deadly private school shooting in...

Workplace safety concerns have made panic rooms in office buildings less of a luxury and more of a strategic necessity, according to Geno Roefaro, CEO of Saferwatch. SaferWatch is a safety and emergency alert platform that enables real-time communication, tip reporting and panic alerting to help individuals and corporations. Roefaro said the company is already consulting on the build-out of these rooms for a dozen companies, many of which have reached out less than a...