High risk, low pay: Dangers faced by Hawaii’s private security guards often underestimated, experts say

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu police launched an attempted murder investigation after a security guard was stabbed during a confrontation with a suspected shoplifter at a Makiki grocery store.

Sunday’s attack is the latest in a series of violent assaults against private security officers in Hawaii.

As more businesses hire private security to protect property and combat crime, a law enforcement expert we spoke with expressed a need for increased training and better safety equipment…

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