For Immediate Release Charlotte NC January 5th, 2021 Although 2020 was a difficult year for private security to navigate and there were many challenges to overcome with the pandemic and onslaught of assaults, many in the industry were shining stars and leaders in their profession. More than 1000 security officers, private police officers, and retail […]
Charlotte NC January 5 th, 2021 A nearly 300 % increase in security officer deaths compared to last year was seen in 2020, Private Officer International reported today. While the frontline protectors fell victim to the Coronavirus 252 times, another 76 security officers died at the workplace from illnesses, accidents and assaults including 43 on-duty homicides. […]
December 25 2020 Martin Rivera was a security officer in California in 2019 when he shot a man at an apartment complex after he said the man was threatening him with a wooden club. Police, brought no charges, saying that it was a case of self-defense. In November 2020, Rivera was charged with aggravated assault […]
Charlotte NC December 2 2020 A Lifetime Private Officer International member needs your help and we are asking for your prayers and any financial assistance that you can give him. In 2018 while working at the Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville Arkansas, Mark A Pennington developed a blister on his left foot which […]
CHARLOTTE NC Sept 30 2020 Chris Gomez, a private security officer employed with Valiant Private Security in San Jose California, is the recipient of the Private Officer International Security Officer Heroism Award. Earlier this year while on mobile patrol of a shopping center, Gomez spotted a vehicle with an adult male and a young girl parked […]
Charlotte NC September 3 2020 Some security departments have begun removing the word “security” and replacing it with the word “safety”. For years, some college security departments have been known by the title of “Campus Safety”. But now, with the increased rhetoric about defunding police and eliminating armed security and campus police officers from all […]
Charlotte NC Aug 27 2020 Private Officer International has been tracking the COVID-19 related illness and deaths of our first responders including private security officers since the pandemic began. A large number of those who have been sickened with the virus were not wearing and did not have access to Personal Protective Equipment. For months, […]
Charlotte NC August 16 2020 Violence during the past twenty-four hours have left three persons dead and two others shot by private security officers. Police in Salt Lake City Utah said that a man who allegedly opened fire in a crowded downtown Salt Lake City nightclub was shot killed by a security guard early Saturday […]
Charlotte NC August 12 2020 Many security officers are still losing their lives from the COVID-19 pandemic and others have died on duty from murder, auto accidents, storms, drowning and medical emergencies. As of August, 5 2020, we have identified 183 security officers who have died after being infected with the Coronavirus since February 2020. All […]
Charlotte NC August 3 2020 With the help of our staff, association members and cooperating state agencies, we now have a better picture as it concerns the Coronavirus and our private protectors have been working on the front lines. 183 security officers have died from the COVID-19 virus since February 2020. All of them had […]