FORT MILL, S.C. May 30 2020— Authorities are investigating after a security officer was killed at the Stanley Black and Decker distribution center in Fort Mill Thursday night. Officials are calling the death a tragic workplace accident. The York County coroner has said that 69-year-old Patricia Taylor was killed at the plant on Pleasant Road. […]
Charlotte NC May 29 2020Our office has identified six more active duty security officers who have died frombeing infected with the COVID-19. Abraham Emanuel Brown, 85 Philadelphia PA May 3 2020 Died of Coronavirus Anthony Watts 57 Philadelphia Pa April 2020 Died from Coronavirus Darrell Jones 39 Washington DC April 30 2020 Died from COVID-19 Jeremy […]
Charlotte NC May 17 2020 Private Officer International continues to work diligently and methodically as we collect information on the passing of private security officers. Today, we sadly report three more who have passed from the COVID-19 virus. Unidentified Security Officer Phoenix AZ May 16 2020 Died from COVID-19 Alex Gomez 68 Pasadena CA May […]
Washington DC May 13 2020 At least five contract security officers have tested positive for the coronavirus at the New York Avenue homeless shelter in Northeast Washington, D.C. One of those officers has died, while another described “severe” symptoms before recovering. The illnesses of contract and government employees of D.C. homeless shelters are not publicly […]
BOYNTON BEACH FL May 11 2020 — A man is charged with fatally shooting a female security officer at the gatehouse of a neighborhood west of Boynton Beach, authorities said. Jones Phillipe, 21, of Greenacres, was booked Saturday morning at the Palm Beach County Jail. He was expected to appear for a bond hearing on Sunday. […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. May 11 2020 An autopsy has revealed that a missing 81-year-old man’s drowning death was accidental. Curtis Harris was reported missing in December of last year. His wife, Adorthy Harris, said she spoke with her husband around 7 p.m. the night he disappeared. She said he was going to get dinner but never returned […]
Charlotte NC May 10 2020 This year so far, we have seen a decline of private security officer deaths from violent attacks, vehicle accidents, homicides and sudden medical emergency deaths. This is largely in part of the closure of thousands of businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stay at home orders. But even with […]
Hoover AL May 9 2020 A well known Alabama security company owner has died from the COVID-19 virus. Daniel “Danny” Stevens Boyd, 62, of Hoover, died on Thursday, April 23, according to an online obituary from Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham. He was the owner of Southeast Alarm, Inc., which provided security services, electronic […]
Boston MA May 9 2020 Our office has identified another security officer who passed away this week from COVID-19 A 77-year-old security officer has died from complications of the COVID-19 virus. The man had been working at a grocery store for at least a month and on Sunday he was rushed to a hospital unable […]
CHICAGO IL May 9 2020 — A TSA officer at O’Hare Airport has died from COVID-19. The TSA said Andrew Meany died earlier this week after contracting the virus in April. Meany worked at O’Hare for 18 years and was one of the original officers to join the TSA after 9/11. TSA released the following statement […]