June 2, 2016 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, checking ID, lone worker / 22 comments
Below is an article written by NAA in response to the horrible rape of a female leasing agent in Humble, Texas. After the attack, a discussion took place on LinkedIn, with hundreds of multifamily professionals weighing in about how they approach safety at the workplace, especially as it relates to showing apartments. There is a […]
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Apartment security guard convicted of sexual assault of resident
May 8, 2017 / by wpps-support / apartment safety / 0 comments
PHOENIX – A man hired to protect residents is accused of sexually assaulting one. Phoenix police report that on February 21 a woman in her mid-twenties was sleeping in her apartment near Central Avenue and Camelback Road. She was awoken at about 1 a.m. by a man standing over her. She tried to escape but […]
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San Antonio Police Successfully Resolve Dangerous Resident Standoff
April 24, 2017 / by wpps-support / apartment safety / 0 comments
SAN ANTONIO — A standoff between a barricaded man in the midst of a mental crisis and SWAT officers downtown ended peacefully Thursday afternoon after about seven hours of negotiations. The man who barricaded himself, described as a Hispanic man in his 50s, currently does not face any charges in relation to the standoff, though […]
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Man Assaults Maintenance Worker in NJ
April 13, 2017 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, multifamily security, onsite safety, personal security / 0 comments
MEDFORD, NJ. (CBS) — Police are searching for a man who was seen on video assaulting a maintenance worker at an apartment complex in Gloucester County, New Jersey. It happened just before 9 a.m. Friday at the Westwood Court Apartments on Tatum Street in West Deptford. Police say a maintenance supervisor spotted a man throwing […]
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Apartment manager seeks justice after aggravated assault and kidnapping
March 21, 2017 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, property manager / 0 comments
A Biloxi man is set for trial Monday in the kidnapping, rape and beating of a woman while she was working at an Ocean Springs apartment complex. Cameron Dwayne May, 26, was originally charged with aggravated assault in the Sept. 10, 2015, attack. He now faces charges of kidnapping and sexual battery and two counts […]
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Resident threatens homicide in leasing office
February 10, 2017 / by Careers / apartment safety, apartment secuirty, apartment security, crime free multihousing, leasing agent, Legal, lone worker, multifamily safety, multifamily security, onsite safety, personal safety, personal security, property manager, risk management, violence at work / 0 comments
SOUTH DAYTONA, Fla. – A man attacked two leasing office agents, used his apartment key to try to stab one of them in the neck and then destroyed the front office, the South Daytona Police Department said. Terrence Dixon, 22, walked into the leasing office at Marcel Gardens Apartments shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday, sat […]
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Two apartment managers shot evicting a resident
December 26, 2016 / by Careers / apartment safety, apartment security, checking ID, crime free multihousing, leasing agent, Legal, lone worker, multifamily safety, multifamily security, onsite safety, personal safety, personal security, property manager, risk management, violence and evictions, violence at work / 0 comments
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – Watch Video A man evicted from his north Portland apartment complex shot two property management workers, according to police. Officers responded to Cascadian Terrace Apartments on the 5700 block of North Kerby Avenue at 12:36 p.m. Monday. They arrived to find two people suffering from gunshot wounds. The 45-year-old man and […]
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Leasing Safety – The Ultimate Guide
June 2, 2016 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, checking ID, lone worker / 22 comments
Below is an article written by NAA in response to the horrible rape of a female leasing agent in Humble, Texas. After the attack, a discussion took place on LinkedIn, with hundreds of multifamily professionals weighing in about how they approach safety at the workplace, especially as it relates to showing apartments. There is a […]
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Man facing life for raping woman who came to inspect his house
April 25, 2016 / by wpps-support / apartment safety / 0 comments
A career criminal who raped and assaulted a stranger in his home is facing a life sentence. Keith Stevenson, 39, attacked a property manager who came to inspect his house in Gorebridge, in March 2015. The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Stevenson attacked the woman as she was going to leave. The 51-year-old woman […]
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Police Seek Help to ID North Austin Sex Assault Suspect
April 20, 2016 / by wpps-support / apartment safety / 0 comments
AUSTIN, Texas — Authorities say they need your help to identify a sexual assault suspect wanted in eight attacks in the North Austin area. The latest attack occurred Sunday afternoon. The Austin Police Department says a woman was walking around her apartment complex on Jollyville Road near Balcones Woods when she was grabbed from behind. […]
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Realtors face new threat – The Angry GOOSE
March 9, 2016 / by wpps-support / apartment safety / 0 comments
LOS ANGELES, March 3 (UPI) — A Los Angeles real estate agent filming in a beachside neighborhood for her website captured an unexpected attack by a territorial goose on video. Realtor Roma Barba said she was “out door knocking” while looking for prospects in the Playa del Rey/Del Rey Lagoon area in mid-February when she […]
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