The hospital’s security cameras captured the suspect stabbing both victims until bystanders restrained her.
Robin Hattersley
Robin has been covering the security and campus law enforcement industries since 1998 and is a specialist in school, university and hospital security, public safety and emergency management, as well as emerging technologies and systems integration. She joined CS in 2005 and has authored award-winning editorial on campus law enforcement and security funding, officer recruitment and retention, access control, IP video, network integration, event management, crime trends, the Clery Act, Title IX compliance, sexual assault, dating abuse, emergency communications, incident management software and more. Robin has been featured on national and local media outlets and was formerly associate editor for the trade publication Security Sales & Integration. She obtained her undergraduate degree in history from California State University, Long Beach.
Robin Hattersley's Latest Posts
Arkansas Considers Adopting Unified Law Enforcement Response to School Shootings
Unified response would hopefully reduce confusion among officers and agencies responding to school shootings.
Hospital Workplace Violence Up More Than 14% in New Jersey
The rate of physical attacks on New Jersey healthcare workers increased 11% over the past three years, while verbal abuse rose by 25%.
Schools Had Most Shootings in 2 Decades, According to New Federal Report
Despite the rise in shootings, nonfatal criminal victimizations dropped from 51 to 11 per 1,000 students, ages 12-18 over the past ten years.
Pilot Program Finds Removing Police from Some 911 Calls Reduced Crime
Denver’s Support Team Assistance Response (STAR) program prevented almost 1,400 crimes in six months in the city.
2 Nurses, Doctor Stabbed Inside Los Angeles Hospital
Three Encino Hospital Medical Center clinicians were stabbed by a patient asking for medical treatment for anxiety.
Berkeley Police Arrest Teen for Recruiting Others to Participate in School Shooting, Bombing
Police found at the teen’s home parts to explosives and assault rifles, knives, and electronic items that could be used in a school shooting or bombing.
5 Fatally Shot at 2 Hospitals in 1 Day
The fatal hospital shootings happened at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
Opinion: U.S. Politicians Must Get a Backbone, Pass Gun Laws to Prevent School Shootings
Campus hardening measures can only go so far in preventing school shootings. We need stronger gun laws to truly make our campuses safer.
2 Former Bowling Green State Students Receive Mixed Verdict in Fraternity Hazing Death
In total, eight former fraternity members were indicted in the hazing death of BGSU fraternity pledge Stone Foltz.
FBI: Active Shooter Incidents Doubled From 2018 to 2021
The number of victims either killed or wounded last year in active shooter attacks increased by more than 48% compared to 2020.
UCLA to Pay $700M to Settle Former Gynecologist Sexual Abuse Case
This settlement is in addition to millions more previously paid by UCLA to settle claims of sexual abuse by James Heaps.