MINNEAPOLIS— Security companies say they have been busy since the UnitedHealthcare tragedy.
“Honestly, the phone has been ringing off the hook for the past day and a half,” said Glen Kucera, president of Allied Universal’s Enhanced Protection Services Division, where UnitedHealthcare is a customer.
“We were not operating to provide executive protective services to UnitedHealthcare at this time,” Kucera said. “We will consider going into the future – they have already contacted us, as many companies have done”.
Allied isn’t the only private security company to ‘fall off the charts’ since Wednesday’s shocking shooting.
“We’ve been very busy,” Michael Rozin, president of Rozin Security, told WCCO. “We’ve received a lot of calls over the last 24+ hours.”
From Target to Hormel and Sun Country to Ecolab, Minnesota is full of companies, and many Minnesotans work for one company.
“Healthcare workers and executives are about five times more likely to experience some form of targeted violence than in any other sector,” Rozin said. “That’s just a known statistical fact.”
And as a result of the UnitedHealthcare tragedy, Rozin suggests that companies are not responding emotionally.
“Don’t just look at the ‘boots on the ground’ aspect, but look at it more holistically,” Rozin added.
Frankie McLister
