California Security News

Security Patches Photo Album

Our blog now has a photo album containing security patches from different California companies.  If you have a patch that we can add, please email Ryan.

Here is the link: Security Patches Photo Album

Oakland Security Officer Shot in Foot, Still Makes Arrest

From the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif.—A security guard was shot in the foot after police say he grabbed a robber and the cash he was carrying during a robbery of an Oakland market.

Police say the guard grabbed one of three suspects who had just robbed the Koreana Plaza Market on Telegraph Ave. around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

One of the other robbers turned and shot the guard, who was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Despite being shot, the guard and other store employees managed to hold on to the suspect.

Police have not released the name of security guard or the suspect.

Cop Tazers Himself

Cop Tasers Himself - Watch more Free Videos

7 foot 5 mall security officer attracts film agents

From the Sacramento Bee

Arden Fair security guard Richmond Edwards could become a big star. In more ways than one.

The 7-foot-5 mall employee has been contacted by several movie agents seeking to represent him. One company flew him to New York last weekend to read scripts and talk about possible film projects.

He hasn't yet signed a contract but may do so soon.

"They say they want to make me a household name," says the Alabama native and former Sac State basketball player, who returned here with his family after a short overseas pro career.

Edwards knows that movie agents are prone to hyberbole. "They can promise you the world," he says, "but I plan to pursue it."

He dabbled in high school theatre. He's minoring in theater arts at Sac State where he's finishing up criminal justice studies, while working fulltime at Arden Fair.

Edwards is also appearing Nov. 17 in a Discovery Channel documentary, "Extreme Bodies," about those who tower above the rest of us.

Given all that, we think his prospects for an acting career are no tall order.

California Election Results

Well you can go a lot of places for election results, but I figured I would be doing you a service by putting the California issues here in one place.

Prop 1A: SAFE, RELIABLE HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER TRAIN BOND ACT.
Provides for a bond issue of $9.95 billion to establish high-speed train service linking Southern California counties, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley, and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Passed 52.2% Yes votes and 47.8% No votes

Prop 2: STANDARDS FOR CONFINING FARM ANIMALS.
Requires that calves raised for veal, egg-laying hens and pregnant pigs be confined only in ways that allow these animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn around freely.
Passed 63.2% Yes votes and 36.8% No votes

Prop 3: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOND ACT.
Authorizes $980,000,000 in bonds, to be repaid from state’s General Fund, to fund the construction, expansion, remodeling, renovation, furnishing and equipping of children’s hospitals.
Passed 54.9% Yes votes and 45.1% No votes

Prop 4: WAITING PERIOD AND PARENTAL NOTIFICATION BEFORE TERMINATION OF MINOR’S PREGNANCY.
Changes California Constitution to prohibit abortion for unemancipated minor until 48 hours after physician notifies minor’s parent or legal guardian.
Failed 48.0% Yes votes and 52.0% No votes

Prop 5: NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES. SENTENCING, PAROLE AND REHABILITATION.
Allocates $460,000,000 annually to improve and expand treatment programs for persons convicted of drug and other offenses. Limits court authority to incarcerate offenders who commit certain drug crimes, break drug treatment rules or violate parole. Substantially shortens parole for certain drug offenses; increases parole for serious and violent felonies.
Failed 40.0% Yes votes and 60.0% No votes

Prop 6: POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND LAWS.
Requires minimum of $965,000,000 each year to be allocated from state General Fund for police, sheriffs, district attorneys, adult probation, jails and juvenile probation facilities. Some of this funding will increase in following years according to California Consumer Price Index. Makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law, many of which cover gang-related offenses. Revisions create multiple new crimes and additional penalties, some with the potential for new life sentences. Increases penalties for violating a gang-related injunction and for felons carrying guns under certain conditions.
Failed 30.7% Yes votes and 69.3% No votes

Prop 7: RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION.
Requires utilities, including government-owned utilities, to generate 20% of their power from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable only to private electrical corporations. Raises requirement for utilities to 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025. Imposes penalties, subject to waiver, for noncompliance. Transfers some jurisdiction of regulatory matters from Public Utilities Commission to Energy Commission.
Failed 35.1% Yes votes and 64.9% No votes

Prop 8: ELIMINATES RIGHT OF SAME–SEX COUPLES TO MARRY.
Changes the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California.
Passed 52.5% Yes votes and 47.5% No votes

Prop 9: CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. VICTIMS’ RIGHTS. PAROLE.
Requires notification to victim and opportunity for input during phases of criminal justice process, including bail, pleas, sentencing and parole. Establishes victim safety as consideration in determining bail or release on parole. Increases the number of people permitted to attend and testify on behalf of victims at parole hearings. Reduces the number of parole hearings to which prisoners are entitled. Requires that victims receive written notification of their constitutional rights.
Passed 53.5% Yes votes and 46.5% No votes

Prop 10: ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY.
Provides $3.425 billion to help consumers and others purchase certain high fuel economy or alternative fuel vehicles, including natural gas vehicles, and to fund research into alternative fuel technology. Provides $1.25 billion for research, development and production of renewable energy technology, primarily solar energy with additional funding for other forms of renewable energy; incentives for purchasing solar and renewable energy technology.
Failed 40.2% Yes votes and 59.8% No votes

Prop 11: REDISTRICTING.
Changes authority for establishing Assembly, Senate, and Board of Equalization district boundaries from elected representatives to 14 member commission.
Passed 50.6% Yes votes and 49.4% No votes

Prop 12: VETERANS’ BOND ACT OF 2008
This act provides for a bond issue of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) to provide loans to California veterans to purchase farms and homes.
Passed 63.5% Yes votes and 36.5% No votes

Get out and Vote!

If you're a registered voter in the United States today, California Security News wants you to get to your local polling place and vote!