WORKPLACE VIOLENCE NEWS 2014 Security Officer Death Report


The following information was compiled the staff of Private Officer International using news media, official press releases, law enforcement media releases, governmental data and first hand reporting.


Confirmed deaths reported were 75 although the actual deaths and injuries are between 10-15 % more than being reported. The reason for this difference is inaccurate reporting by state agencies that collect the data, incomplete or no media report covering deaths of security personnel and classification errors that misrepresent the job title of the person killed when official reports are filed.


The data, collected by our full time news and research staff has shown a substantial decrease in security officer deaths during the past three years while injuries, workplace violence and armed assaults have increased by approximately 30%.


The five areas where most injuries, armed confrontations and deaths of security personnel occur has shifted slightly during the past five years and currently include:


Nightclubs: bars, adult entertainment and restaurants that serve alcohol


Loss Prevention-Retail Security including shopping malls and centers, big box and specialty retailers and pharmacies


Residential including apartments, condominiums, long term hotels, Homeowner Associations (HOA's)


General Security Assignments including office and mixed use complexes, special events and patrol assignments


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SCHOOL VIOLENCE


Principal: Let Students Hurl Canned Food at Intruders


A middle school principal in Alabama wants to stockpile cans of food in classrooms so that students could hurl them as weapons in a last-resort confrontation with a school intruder. In a letter, Principal Priscella Holley asked parents to have each student bring an 8-ounce canned item. "We realize at first this may seem odd; however, it is a practice that would catch an intruder off guard," said Holley. "If the cans are not needed for security, they will be donated to a local food pantry at


the end of the year.‖ The has generated much discussion in the community, but there have been few complaints.


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Campus Safety‟s Guns on Campus Survey Results Most campus protection professionals do not look favorably on students or school or university administrators, teachers or staff carrying concealed weapons. Nearly three in four police and security stakeholders at institutions of higher education are opposed to students having firearms. Not surprisingly then, only 1% of K-12 respondents say their districts/campuses have authorized their employees to carry concealed guns. These were just a few of the findings from Campus Safety magazine‘s exclusive research. In the survey, 637 college and K-12 campus protection professionals also provided Campus Safety with valuable data on departmental and equipment changes implemented in the two years after Sandy Hook.


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16 Steps to Better School Front Entrance Security If anything good can come from Sandy Hook, it‘s the knowledge that the security upgrades implemented at the school shortly before the attack, as well as the heroic actions of teachers and staff that day, probably slowed down the gunman and prevented an even greater loss of life. Although no program can be 100% effective, there are some best practices that will help you secure your K-5 school entrances. The object of these strategies is to delay entry of an assailant long enough for police to respond and for school administrators to communicate with teachers so they can lockdown their classrooms or evacuate, depending on the situation.


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Guns on Campus Bill Clears First Hurdle in Florida In the wake of a shooting on the Florida State University campus just a few miles away and after an hour of sometimes-emotional debate, a House panel Tuesday approved a bill that would allow concealed weapons to be carried at colleges and universities.Rep. Greg Steube, the Sarasota Republican sponsoring the bill, said the new measure would empower the likely small number of college students who have concealed-


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