CHARLOTTE NC SEPTEMBER 7 2018 About every two years, Private Officer International researches our archives of news stories and researches multiple on-line local and federal data bases, public records, law enforcement data, news headlines and other resources to compile an accurate look at the present and real dangers to private security front-line officers. During the past ninety […]
Atlanta GA Sept 7 2018 Tens of thousands of employees at more than 18,000 U.S. hotels will soon carry panic buttons to help protect them from harassment and assault in an era of heightened awareness around the #MeToo movement. More than a dozen big hotel chains — including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG and Wyndham […]
Washington DC Aug 27 2018 The US Department of Homeland Security’s “ICE” unit has been conducting raids and “I-9” audits nationwide for months and have made more than 1000 arrests of illegal/undocumented immigrants working at U S jobsites. During those operations, ICE agents say that they found nineteen undocumented persons working in jobs as security […]
Charlotte NC Aug 23 2018 Each year, about 400 persons employed in the private security industry are arrested for criminal impersonation of a law enforcement officer. That number in 2017 and 2018 has risen by more than 31% with arrests so far, this year reaching 317 known arrests as of Tuesday August 21st. While most […]
EXCLUSIVE August 19 2018 Charlotte NC Most employees of a business, come to work, punch in, do their job and punch out and go about their business without fear of anyone following, stalking, threatening or harming them. But there are a group of workers employed as contractors and employees who protect assets, employees and visitors […]
Charlotte NC August 12 2018 Fourteen known attacks that were planned against schools across the country have been thwarted by police in the first fourteen days of school. This is an astounding number of threats when you consider that there are still a large number of schools that have yet to open and the number […]
Charlotte NC July 30 2018 During the month of July, 14 security officers have been charged with murder and twenty people were fatally shot during an array of disturbances, confrontations, assaults and interactions with private security. And these numbers are just the ones that our news desk was able to confirm. Other similar incidents […]
Charlotte NC July 10 2018 The past eight days has been extremely violent for those working in the private security field. The week left three security officers dead, 2 others shot, two more stabbed and at least three fatal shootings by security officers who were defending themselves. There were also two armored car robberies, nineteen security […]
Looming in the darkness of every small town and big city is the hate and ideologies that drives a person or group to commit some of the most heinous and violent killings that this world has ever seen. With every Active Shooter incident, we see that the targets are not A-Typical, and we understand that […]
SEP 21, 2017 AT 4:42 PM Jacob Smith • intern@lebanondemocrat.com Mt. Juliet police played host to the Private Officer Memorial Service on Wednesday night. Private Officer International Nashville Chapter 301 held the service as a way to honor fallen private police and security officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. “In the […]