International Foundation for Protection Officers

Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

  -- Louis Monti, CSSM, Rye, NY, USA -- Janagan Thampirajah, CSSM, Millrise, Alberta, Canada -- Philip Tibbs, CSSM, Detroit, MI, USA   April Special: Professional Security Officer Program (PSOP) w/Individual Membership Package The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is dedicated to providing meaningful and cost effective security training for security guards and protection [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:49-05:00April 30th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

Security officer fired after allowing Ga Tech stripper party in Atlanta

  Corruption exists in all agencies and departments, and security officers are not immune to its constricting tentacles. Case in point -- a recent off-campus Georgia Tech party where a security officer at the  25th-floor clubhouse at Square on Fifth in Midtown Atlanta, also known as SQ5, allowed a party with strippers to continue for [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:44-05:00April 29th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer fired after allowing Ga Tech stripper party in Atlanta

Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

  -- Leonisa Purino, CPO, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Simon Hermiz, CPO, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Tony Thur, CPO, Naperville, IL, USA -- John Delaney, CPO, Reno, NV, USA -- Sanjaya Sharma, CSSM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Sherri Cunningham, CSSM, Silver Spring, MD, USA April Special: Professional Security Officer Program (PSOP) w/Individual Membership Package The [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:48-05:00April 23rd, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

Security officer honored for saving 2 people from burning vehicle in Va.

By Jean Jadhon and Joe Dashiell WDBJ.com | Posted: Wed 9:36 PM, Apr 19, 2017 ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) It was a fall day in Pulaski County last year when a pickup truck crashed into a tree and caught fire. At the same time, Frank Neice was on his way to work. He saw the smoke [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:47-05:00April 23rd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer honored for saving 2 people from burning vehicle in Va.

“Security”: What’s in a Word? by the IFPO’s Tom Conley

IFPO Past Chairman Tom M. Conley, CPP, CPO, President & CEO of The Conley Group, Inc. was asked several months ago to write an article for Security Magazine by Editor-in-Chief Diane Ritchey. "That article has now been published this month’s edition of that magazine. I wanted to focus sharply on the IFPO and how the IFPO’s certification programs [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:45-05:00April 15th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on “Security”: What’s in a Word? by the IFPO’s Tom Conley

The CANE response for active threats by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

Violence in our society is attracting an increasing amount of media attention. It also gets attention in the law offices, human resources departments, security departments and first responder agencies. Violence is here to stay, and while a decidedly unappealing topic of conversation, it’s a conversation we must have. Terrorism isn’t going away and neither are [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:46-05:00April 15th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on The CANE response for active threats by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

Security officer shot to death at Motel 6 in California

By Veronica Miracle FRESNO, California (KFSN) -- Security guard, retail store manager, and now murder victim. Carl Williams, 25-year-old, was identified by his coworkers as the man killed Thursday night. "I've really got to know Carl and he was a class act-- there was no other way to put it," said Robert Sanchez, coworker. Find out [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:43-05:00April 15th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer shot to death at Motel 6 in California

United Airlines changes its passenger policy in wake of Flight 3411

By RICHARD GONZALES of NPR.org United Airlines crew members will no longer be able to bump a passenger who is already seated in one of the airline's planes. The policy change was first reported by TMZ. A spokesperson for the airline confirms that United has updated its policy "to make sure crews traveling on our aircraft are [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:43-05:00April 15th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on United Airlines changes its passenger policy in wake of Flight 3411

Report: 800+ TSA workers failed drug or alcohol tests in recent years

CONOR SHINE ON APR 10, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY & SecurityInfoWatch.com A new report out this week revealed 858 Transportation Security Administration workers failed drug or alcohol tests since 2010, including 21 at DFW International Airport and eight at Love Field. But while the thought of impaired workers being responsible for airport security is alarming, the [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:36-05:00April 15th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Report: 800+ TSA workers failed drug or alcohol tests in recent years

Security officer stops Swedish terrorist truck attack

  by McKinley Corbley - Apr 11, 2017, GoodNewsNetwork.org This 27-year-old security guard is responsible for saving dozens of lives after a deranged driver started driving a truck towards Swedish parliament on Friday. Santiago Cueva was sitting idly in his van near Åhlens, a department store on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, when he saw a [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:41-05:00April 15th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer stops Swedish terrorist truck attack

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