Danger in casinos/elevators

I've read on here and other forums that the danger of homeless or other unfortunates has really escalated and people are feeling uncomfortable, especially downtown. Wondering your thoughts. 

I haven't witnessed it. But when it comes to homeless in casino elevators, uncomfortable - yes, repulsive - sometimes yes, danger - not so much.

1. Almost all elevators in casinos have live security cameras.

2. It's pretty hard to leave an elevator quickly.

3. It's impossible to tell who is in an elevator until its doors open.

4. In a casino, if you leave or enter an elevator, you are in the view of additional security cameras.

5. An elevator in a casino is usually not very close to the building's exits.

So only the most obtuse, clueless, moronic, deranged, or retarded criminal would plan to commit an act of malfeasance inside an elevator. I would feel safer there than almost anywhere else in a casino.

Now, as far as whether I will encounter anyone I don't like the looks of--well, that's a different question. But if I wanted to avoid that, what in the world would I be doing in a casino?

By the way, the homeless are not inherently dangerous.

I usually trust my Spidey Sense.  If I get on an elevator and someone who makes me feel uncomfortable enters behind me, I pretend I forgot something (slap my head or mutter "Oh, shit" under my breath) and get the hell out. 

If it gets to be a serious issue the casinos will put a security guard at the lobby elevator  to make sure anyone who gets on has a room key.   El Cortez was doing that for awhile.     

Pretty common, actually. Boulder Station and South Point are two places that, I recall, have a security guard at a podium by the entrance to the elevator area.

But as I said earlier, there's pretty much zero danger from ne'er-do-wells and malefactors in a casino elevator. Limited access and exit, multiple security cameras, armed security guards nearby...pretty much the last place a criminal would want to operate.