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New Campus Gun Laws Have Colleges Shopping for Metal Detectors.
New Campus Gun Laws Have Colleges Shopping for Metal Detectors. For Big Schools, the Bills Are Eye-Popping. Plans call for ponying up $1 million — and that’s just for the football stadium. by Maura Ewing ·April 25, 2017 Sports stadiums and hospitals will be among the last remaining gun-free areas at public colleges and universities in Kansas and Arkansas when new laws governing firearms on campus go into effect in those states. But the sanctuaries are going to come with hefty price tags. The campus-carry laws in Kansas and Arkansas go further than those in other states by requiring schools that want to continue to prohibit firearms in certain facilities to install security measures, including metal detectors and barricades. Officials at three Kansas universities have estimated the cost of updating their primary athletic venues at more than $2 million. That estimate does not include the cost of staffing the new security checkpoints. Public colleges in Arkansas have yet to release cost projections for the security apparatuses they will be required to buy in order to keep their stadiums and arenas gun-free. But an independent security consultant contacted by The Trace put the price tag of outfitting the University of Arkansas’s Keep Reading
MLB reviewing stadium security
By The Associated Press This article was published May 4, 2017 BOSTON — Major League Baseball is reviewing its security protocols in all 30 stadiums after Orioles outfielder Adam Jones complained of fans shouting racial slurs in Boston this week and other black players reacted by saying it’s a common reality when playing in several cities. It’s not yet clear what changes might be made, but league officials are starting by figuring out how individual clubs handle fan issues and complaints. “We have reached out to all 30 clubs to assess what their in-ballpark announcement practices are regarding fan behavior,” MLB spokesman Pat Courtney said. “We are also reviewing text message and other fan security notification policies that are operating in the event there is an incident.” All MLB teams have a mechanism for fans to alert security to issues, but individualized ballparks mean different protocols and practices in each stadium. In Boston, Jones complained Monday night that he heard the N-word several times and that someone threw peanuts toward him in the dugout. Boston Red Sox officials apologized and said that only one of 34 fans kicked out of the game was ejected for using foul language toward a Keep Reading
Boston Red Sox permanently ban fan caught using racial slur at Fenway Park
Yahoo, May 4, 2017 Boston Red Sox permanently ban fan caught using racial slur at Fenway Park The Boston Red Sox have permanently banned from Fenway Park a man they said used a racial slur, a separate confrontation from the insults directed at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones a night earlier but one the team says it is taking just as seriously. “I’m here to send a message, loud and clear, that the behavior, the language, the treatment of others that you’ve heard about and read about is not acceptable,” Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said during an impromptu update for reporters in the back of the press box during Wednesday night’s game. We have to recognize that this exists in our culture. It’s not indicative of Boston. … It’s a handful of ignorant and intolerant people. Red Sox president Sam Kennedy One night after Jones spoke out about being called the N word by a fan in the Fenway stands, rekindling the debate about the city’s mixed history of racial tolerance, the ballpark was the site of another racist encounter. Calvin Hennick, a Boston resident bringing his son to his first Red Sox game as a present for his Keep Reading
Fans to have faces scanned by police at Cardiff Champions League final
Fans to have faces scanned by police at Cardiff Champions League final Posted by TheStadiumBusiness on 28th April 2017 Fans attending this season’s Uefa Champions League final will be scanned by face recognition cameras in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium as part of a police operation. Faces will be scanned at the arena – formerly the Millennium Stadium – and Cardiff’s central railway station. South Wales Police said the image can then be matched against hundreds of thousands of ‘custody images’ stored by regional forces. The stadium can hold around 74,500 spectators, while a further 100,000 fans are expected to travel to Cardiff for the June 3 game. The Champions League semi-finalists who could reach Cardiff are Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Monaco. The BBC news website said police intend to use the system to scan faces at various locations, but it will not be a condition of entry to the stadium. Police said the operation is an attempt to further test Automated Facial Recognition (AFR) technology. “The Uefa Champions League finals in Cardiff give us a unique opportunity to test and prove the concept of this technology in a live operational environment, which will hopefully prove the benefits and the Keep Reading
17 killed in stampede at Angolan football stadium
By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Feb. 10, 2017 5:36 PM EST JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A crowd stampeded at a football stadium in Angola on Friday, leaving at least 17 people dead and dozens injured. The accident happened in the northwestern town of Uige when hundreds of people rushed at one of the stadium gates, causing some to fall and be trampled underfoot, according to Angolan and Portuguese media. Some of the dead were children who suffocated in the stampede, the Portuguese news agency Lusa said. Lusa and Angop, Angola’s state-run news agency, reported a death toll of 17. Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos expressed condolences to the families of the victims, and instructed officials to assist the injured and open an investigation, Angop reported. Spectators had gone to the stadium to watch the inaugural game between home team Santa Rita de Cassia and Recreativo de Libolo in the national Girabola competition. http://bigstory.ap.org/fdb15e13dbdb46dabf51307599ced9b2
Egypt court confirms death sentences over football riot
AFPFeb 20, 2017, 9:57 AM Cairo (AFP) – A court Monday upheld death sentences against 10 people over rioting at a Port Said football stadium five years ago that killed 74 fans and sparked more violence in Egypt. The February 2012 riot, the country’s deadliest sports-related violence, broke out when fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo’s Al-Ahly clashed after a premier league match between the two clubs. Ultras — hardcore football supporters usually blamed by the authorities for violence — were at the forefront of the 2011 uprising that unseated longtime president Hosni Mubarak. The riot became one of the defining moments of the turbulence that followed Egypt’s uprising. It sparked violent protests in Cairo where 16 people were killed in clashes with security forces and dozens of deaths in Port Said itself. The Monday verdict of the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appeals court, is final. The date of the execution was not immediately announced. The verdict was welcomed with relief by a group of 20 relatives of those who died in the 2012 riots, with many ululating outside the court as they held portraits of their dead kin. “For five years my heart and my blood was Keep Reading
Security Breach at US Bank Stadium Blamed on ‘Design Flaw’
January 11, 2017 11:07 PM Protesters, who rappelled from the roof of U.S. Bank Stadium after smuggling 65 feet of rope and a large banner through security, did not breach stadium security policies but did expose a “design flaw” in the new billion dollar stadium, according to the head of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authorities (MSFA). Michele Kelm-Helgen testified before state lawmakers Wednesday about security issues related to the New Year’s Day incident in which protesters unveiled a large banner calling for U.S. Bank to divest from the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project. Kelm-Helgen said a group of five protesters did not technically breach gate security because the contraband used to rappel from the roof was not made of metal and therefore would not have set off the metal detectors. Instead, Kelm-Helgen blamed the breach on design issues with secured ladders. “There is actually a ladder to get up to the roof on the ridge truss,” Kelm-Helgen said, adding that preventative measures limiting access to the ladder were not sufficient. “(The protesters) were able to scale that and get up there so that is what is being addressed, is the design issue that allowed them to get (to the truss),” Keep Reading
Brawl at Arrowhead Stadium puts spotlight on fan safety at NFL venues
Glenn E. Rice On Dec 19, 2016 Source: McClatchy Dec. 17–The cellphone video of a brawl Dec. 8 at Arrowhead Stadium had everything: Chiefs fans and Raiders fans, swearing and shoving, punches flying and bodies cascading down several rows of seats. It all ended when several Kansas City police officers came into the frame. The video quickly went viral and became a hot topic on sports websites and radio talk shows. It also reignited ongoing concerns about fan safety at NFL stadiums. An analysis by the Washington Post in October showed a slight uptick in the number of arrests per-game from 2011 to 2015. Last year saw 6.34 arrests per-game league-wide, the Post reported. San Diego Chargers games led the league, averaging 24.6 arrests. The Seattle Seahawks were on the bottom with 0.8 of an arrest per game. The Chiefs came in at No. 18, in the middle of the league, with 1.8 arrests per game, according to the Post. The number of arrests don’t necessarily indicate a stadium is more or less violent or dangerous, the newspaper said. Its research found that some teams with the highest numbers have zero-tolerance policies. This season, Kansas City police say they have Keep Reading
3 slip rope, hooks past U.S. Bank Stadium
By Brian Murphy | brianmurphy@pioneerpress.com PUBLISHED: January 3, 2017 at 6:04 pm | UPDATED: January 4, 2017 at 11:41 pm Dakota Access Pipeline protesters used tickets to enter U.S. Bank Stadium for Sunday’s Vikings-Bears game and smuggled through security nylon rope, carabiners and the 40-foot vertical banner they unfurled after climbing a truss, according to stadium manager SMG. SMG released three surveillance photos Tuesday showing climbers Sen Holiday and Karl Zimmermann Mayo entering the mobile express lane at the Legacy Gate and later walking through the north main concourse about an hour before they scaled the third-level truss behind one of the end zones. U.S. Bank Stadium surveillance photos show Karl Zimmermann Mayo, right, and Sen Holiday next to him, in all black, bearing the anti-DAPL banner and climbing gear. (Courtesy of SMG) Karl ZimmermannZimmermann Mayo was shown wearing a black, waist-length winter coat inside the stadium while Holiday had removed her coat and was wearing a T-shirt in the concourse photos. “Our investigation shows these individuals properly entered the stadium as ticketed guests through our gates,” SMG marketing manager Lisa Niess said in a statement. “The individuals brought in nylon rope, a small number of carabiners and a lightweight Keep Reading
Fatal shooting after Meek Mill concert in Conn.
CBS/AP December 31, 2016, WALLINGFORD, Conn. – Two people are dead and two injured after a shooting outside a Connecticut theater late Friday night following a concert, police say. A Wallingford police spokeswoman tells the Record Journal that officers responded to reports of shots fired outside the Oakdale Theatre after rapper Meek Mill performed. Officers found two dead and say the other two with non-life-threatening injuries were taken to hospitals. Police haven’t released the names and ages of the four victims. The spokeswoman says no one is in custody. Authorities didn’t immediately release information on suspects or vehicles. The shooting took place not long after 11 p.m. as the concert was letting out, CBS Hartford affiliate WFSB reported. Police said gunfire rang out near the theater in a parking lot adjacent to the venue. The number of shooters remains unclear. Police believe that those involved attended the concert. Meek Mill was not injured and isn’t believed to be connected to those involved. Mill, whose real name is Robert Williams, was recently under house arrest after violating probation for the fourth time in eight years. © 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Keep Reading