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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bangor Maine man assaults Property Manager with fire extinguisher

October 31, 2016 / by wpps-support / property manager, risk management, Uncategorized / 0 comments

AUGUSTA — A Bangor man is being held at the Kennebec County jail on charges of assaulting a woman and a property owner with a fire extinguisher and kicking an Augusta police officer in the chest during a fracas Monday morning. Terrence N. Townes, 48, had an initial hearing Wednesday at the Capital Judicial Center […]

St. Louis Property Manager Sexually Assaulted

April 22, 2016 / by wpps-support / crime free multihousing, property manager, risk management / 0 comments

ST. LOUIS (KPLR) – He was convicted of attempted rape and the prosecutor who helped deliver the verdict says the victim deserves a great deal of credit. The attack was a setup. Shawn Akery scheduled a phony appointment to view a downtown loft. When he met the person showing the unit, the 2014 meeting turned […]

RISK: Step by Step Breakdown of On-Site Safety Liability

September 23, 2015 / by wpps-support / apartment secuirty, crime free multihousing, Insurance, leasing agent, Legal, lone worker, Maintenance, multifamily safety, onsite safety, personal security, property manager, risk management, security, violence and evictions, violence at work / 0 comments

What do multifamily owners and the great Achilles of Phthia have in common? Both have a weak spot. Based on 3rd party legal feedback from multiple legal teams specializing multifamily litigation, Premise Liability, specifically as it relates to on-site employees, is the biggest risk currently facing owners around the country. Almost all owners are well […]

Crime Report: Another Property Manager Stabbed On-Site

September 16, 2015 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, lone worker, onsite safety, personal safety, property manager, risk management, violence at work / 2 comments

It what has become a common occurrence, a young female property manager in Eugene Oregon was attacked and stabbed multiple times in the head by a resident wielding shards of a hookah. Kirk James Withrow, resident of Stadium Park Apartments, was taken into custody by local authorities after the suspect was pinned down. The property […]

Crime Report: L.A. Manager Found Dead

August 20, 2015 / by wpps-support / apartment safety, lone worker, property manager, residents, violence at work / 0 comments

In what is being reported as a homicide investigation, Curtis Houston, the 55 year old property manager of the apartment community at the 10300 block of De Soto Avenue in Chatsworth was found dead, a victim of blunt force trauma to the head. No suspects have been apprehended at this point, but there is believe […]

8 Factors that Increase Risk On-Site

August 15, 2015 / by rantrim1832 / apartment safety, Insurance, leasing agent, Legal, lone worker, multifamily safety, onsite safety, property manager, risk management / 0 comments

When you think of workplace safety, the first thing most American’s think of is the OSHA poster pinned up in the breakroom. These rules are very important for all companies, not just management companies. With that said though, we want to look at a different segment of workplace safety – interactions with the public, specifically […]

Residential leasing has become a high-risk job

August 7, 2015 / by rantrim1832 / apartment safety, Insurance, leasing agent, lone worker, multifamily safety, onsite safety, personal safety, property manager, risk management / 0 comments

This article, authored by Dorothy Gourley, award winning national apartment consultant. This first appeared in IREM’s Journal of Property Management in 1995. Abstract: Residential leasing has become a high-risk job as a result of the public’s easy access to the leasing office. Statistics show that the number of leasing consultants assaulted or raped has increased […]

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