I don't have any statistics readily at hand but I have reason to believe that it is more dangerous to be a guard than a police officer. Consider the Attica pri

I don't have any statistics readily at hand but I have reason to believe that it is more dangerous to be a guard than a police officer. Consider the Attica prison riot in which roughly 250 died. Guards generally do not carry firearms because they could be snatched by an inmate. They do carry Tazers these days but they have a very short range and are limited to two shots. If a bunch of inmates all gang up on a guard there's not a whole lot he can do to defend himself.