title: An open and shut case for arming hospital security officers.
abstract: This blunt article stresses the need to arm healthcare security officers, according to the author, a law enforcement officer and educator. He reviews the major reasons administrators give for not arming their officers and explains why, given the realities of the world we live in, he believes their reasoning is flawed. The article originally appeared in the online publication, Officer.com, under the title "Unarmed Security: Either arm us all or take the gun from the village idiot." Reprinted with permission of the publisher, Cygnus Media Group.
authors.affiliation: Polaris Career Center, Middleburg Heights, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Keith R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Lavery
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control; D005389:Firearms; D006739:Hospital Administration; D035846:Law Enforcement; D017751:Safety Management; D012637:Security Measures; D014481:United States