Six security officers murdered during 72 hour period
Charlotte NC May 23rd, 2023
Another year of violent attacks on security officers continues to take its toll on the lives of those who protect life and property. Unsung heroes who seldom are
recognized for putting their lives on the line.
The past seventy two hours again highlights these facts.
Six security officers have been murdered, nine have been shot.
42 security officers have died on duty so far this year.
Unfortunately these deaths are just a continuation of the violence that
has overwhelmed the private security profession for the past twenty years
and it’s not slowing down.
Of the six murdered security officers this week, four were known to be unarmed and a Dallas security officer who was murdered during a burglary of vehicles was first brutally assaulted and then shot to death.
We can continue to turn a blind eye, ignoring the facts, making believe that security officers just observe and report and seldom are in harm’s way, when what we should be doing is stepping up and acknowledging that as long as undertrained, unarmed security officers are put into dangerous environments, the death toll will continue to climb more rapidly than ever before.
