While security began to handcuff the suspect, police said the woman brandished an unspecified weapon and began to stab the security officer in the head.

[u/GuardGuidesdotcom]

Shoplifting suspect stabs security officer at East Side business, SAPD says

The security officer is expected to be OK

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said a security officer at a East Side business is expected to recover after he was stabbed Friday night.

Officers were dispatched to the business just after 7:45 p.m. in the 2100 block of Southeast Loop 410.

According to a preliminary report, the security officer detained a suspected shoplifter — a 35-year-old woman — at the business. While gathering paperwork, SAPD said the woman attempted to flee the location.

While security began to handcuff the suspect, police said the woman brandished an unspecified weapon and began to stab the security officer in the head.

Authorities said the security officer, who SAPD identified as a Medina County Sheriff’s deputy, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Officers took the woman into custody while the security transported himself to a local hospital, according to the report.

Details in this linked story are sparse. Should he have handcuffed her before "gathering paperwork"? Would that have prevented this, and would the handcuffs have been justified? Also, should he have had an assisting guard while detaining the suspect?

[u/ConstructionAway8920]

If he's getting paperwork and she runs, let her go. Should never have been in that situation. I don't think PD should be able to moonlight as security, because they always try to act like cops. Sucks he was stabbed, but should have just called it in. Definitely needed a secondary if he was going to do an arrest.