You wouldn't really need to worry so much about officers dying
Tenure wasn't just about officers dying, it was about an overall lack of officers. Sometimes there just weren't enough officers for whatever reason. PK death is just one of those reasons. Another was people losing their officers for things like rule infractions, which at the end of the day just harmed the server overall in my opinion.
If ever I thought there was a shortage and wanted to help, I'd be given an officer rank, but if you still find yourself being the only officer at times then you might wish some others were given their ranks back too.