Safety and security roundup: August 24, 2011

Hit-and-run: Val Patel, GM of the Metro Inn hotel in Jackson, Miss., turned over film of a hit-and-run outside the hotel to the FBI, according to Reuters. The video has been screen on the national news and caused an outcry against the two men who can be seen perpetrating the crime.

Sofitel investigation: The New York Times has a provocative rundown of the realities behind gathering forensic evidence from Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Sofitel hotel room. In short, even pristine hotel rooms can contain grime and stains from previous guests.

Hotel assualt: A security guard working at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta claims WWE wrestler Heath Slater choked her in an attempt to take her up to his room, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The case is still open as investigators examine the evidence.