Survey: Nonsworn Hospital Security Officer Pay on the Upswing
Although staffing levels are still the top concern of respondents, the percentage of respondents who listed staffing as one of their top five concerns dropped dramatically, from 54% in 2011 to 37% today. That said, concerns about officer pay have gone up seven percentage points, as have concerns about less-lethal weapons. Concerns about having enough video surveillance equipment or the equipment being obsolete increased six percentage points from 18% in 2011 to 24% this year.
On the bright side, concerns about Joint Commission compliance have gone down six points to 14%; emergency preparedness by six points to 28%; officer safety by six points to 17%; slow decision making by six points to 12% and infant abduction prevention by ten points to 9%.
