Armed Security Guards Are Taking On More Responsibility. California Wants to Train Them Better - Publication Date |
- Jun 14, 2023
- Episode Duration |
- 00:23:02
The recent killing of Banko Brown by an armed Walgreens security guard has put a focus on the work of these employees. While they often take on similar roles to cops, armed security guards are not public employees but often low-paid civilians with few protections when they kill someone on the job, and they don’t get proper training on things like use of force or de-escalation either.
That’s all supposed to change after the 2019 killing of a man by a security officer in Sacramento, which led to a bill meant to increase the state training standards for security guards.
Episode transcript
Guest: Marisa Lagos, a politics correspondent for KQED and co-host of the political breakdown podcast.
Links:
‘A Tragedy of San Francisco’s Marking’: The Killing of Banko Brown
They Carry Weapons. So Why Don’t Security Guards Have to get Use-of-Force Training?
This episode was produced by Alexander Gonzales, Jehlen Herdman, Maria Esquinca, and Ericka Cruz Guevarra, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra