Private Officer International recently used twenty-four months of news reports and other statistical information from our in-house databases, national news reports, law enforcement data, and other sources to compile the seven types of businesses where private security officers use lethal force the most.

These incidents occurred between October 1, 2021, through October 1, 2023.

These six types of businesses were also the sites where most security officer workplace injuries and deaths occurred during the same period.

1. Nightclubs, including local bars, hookah lounges, gentlemen’s clubs, and restaurants.
2. Retail, including shopping centers and malls, big box, specialty, convenience stores, and gasoline stations with retail.
3. Residential, including apartments, condominiums, gated communities, long-term hotels, motels, and single-family homes located in a subdivision.
4. Armored Trucks including ATM repair technicians.
5. Casinos, electronic game rooms, poker, and other card rooms.
6. City, county, and state contracts patrolling public buildings, business/tourist areas, parking garages, parks, public lands, and assignments.
7. General patrols, foot, and mobile roving patrol services.

Of the use of force by security officers, 27% were deemed unjustified force, often leading to the arrest of the security officer.

183 security officers were murdered on duty.

Although we can not say definitively how many security officers were armed or unarmed at the time of their deaths, we can say that nationally, less than thirty percent of security officers work in armed positions.

Security officers are being targeted daily, and assaults and shooting of security have been on the rise for several years.

Original article posted by Private Officer International