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U.S. Security Associates officers at Georgia-Pacific in Va. honored for saving 2-year-old boy’s life

U.S. Security Associates (USA) Security Officers Lieutenant Roderick (RJ) Nowlin and Captain Graham Humphreys performed nothing short of a miracle on July 14, 2017 when they successfully revived two-year-old Judah Anderton who had drowned in his family’s pool. Unable to get a cell phone signal to call for an ambulance, and with the closest medical [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:53-05:00July 28th, 2017|News|Comments Off on U.S. Security Associates officers at Georgia-Pacific in Va. honored for saving 2-year-old boy’s life

Visit the IFPO at Booth #4194 at ASIS 2017 in Dallas

VISIT US AT THE 63RD ASIS SEMINAR AND EXHiBIT IN DALLAS SEPTEMBER 25TH – 28TH, 2017 IFPO BOOTH IS # 4194 Please feel free to visit our IFPO website to learn more about our programs and services. Celebrating over 25 Years of Providing Top-notch Educational Programs to the Security Industry. The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) [...]

By |2017-07-28T11:54:11-04:00July 28th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Visit the IFPO at Booth #4194 at ASIS 2017 in Dallas

New TSA rules require separate screening for laptops, tablets and e-readers

Long security checkpoint lines at Chicago's Midway International Airport. Is TSA to blame? New U.S. airport screening procedures for carry-on bags to better focus on threats National Press Release Wednesday, July 26, 2017 WASHINGTON – To ensure the security of airline passengers and the nation’s airports, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is implementing [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:50-05:00July 28th, 2017|News|Comments Off on New TSA rules require separate screening for laptops, tablets and e-readers

Business Icon Mark Cuban Joins ASIS 2017 Keynote Lineup

*** 4-day event to draw 22,000 security pros to Dallas, TX. Advance registration savings end August 11 *** Alexandria, VA (July 25, 2017)—ASIS International today announced that entrepreneur, technology visionary, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will deliver the keynote address at the Monday, Sept. 25 luncheon at the organization's 63rd Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2017), taking place Sept. 25-28 at [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:47-05:00July 26th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Business Icon Mark Cuban Joins ASIS 2017 Keynote Lineup

Security officer shoots man during DC gun battle, police say

By Peter Hermann, The Washington Post A man with a gun opened fire on an armed security guard Monday afternoon outside a shopping center in Northeast Washington, and was wounded when the guard returned fire, according to D.C. police. Follow the IFPO on Twitter The guard was not injured, though an errant bullet shattered the rear [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:45-05:00July 25th, 2017|About IFPO|Comments Off on Security officer shoots man during DC gun battle, police say

IFPO forms strategic partnership with ACFCS

July 25, 2017 - MIAMI -- The Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS), a BARBRI Professional Association, has formed a strategic partnership with the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) to provide a comprehensive suite of financial crime prevention and cyber education training and resources to IFPO members.   August Special: Like us on [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:19-05:00July 25th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO forms strategic partnership with ACFCS

Federal court security officers honored 25 years after their deaths in courthouse shootout

Roy "Bill" Frakes, left and Harry Belluomini BY Jason Meisner Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune A quarter century after her husband was shot to death in a gun battle with a bank robbery defendant, Milly Belluomini walked into the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Thursday for perhaps the last time. It hasn't gotten any easier to come back, [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:18-05:00July 23rd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Federal court security officers honored 25 years after their deaths in courthouse shootout

Security officers respond to Texas mall riot

KXXV-TV News Channel 25 MATTHEW MARTINEZ ON JUL 17, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY July 17--New video has surfaced of a mall fight Saturday in Killeen that led to eight people facing riot charges, with one of those also facing a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. Membership has its privileges! JOIN the IFPO and [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:16-05:00July 23rd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officers respond to Texas mall riot

Fighting the workplace violence pandemic in healthcare

Photo credit: (Photo courtesy bigstockphoto.com/sudok1)BY JOEL GRIFFIN ON JUL 20, 2017, SecurityInfoWatch Late last month, 45-year-old physician Henry Michael Bello walked into Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York where he used to work and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing a fellow doctor and wounding six other people. Following the shooting spree, police say Bello, who [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:13-05:00July 23rd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Fighting the workplace violence pandemic in healthcare

Notre Dame security officer and cop mourned after legendary career

Paul Harvey, shown in this 2005 file photo, spent many years serving as security for Notre Dame coaches and has many remembrances of dignitaries that have passed through South Bend. Tribune File Photo/GREG SWIERCZSouth Bend Tribune By Bill Moor South Bend Tribune Paul Harvey, as tough as nails if he had to be, [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:11-05:00July 22nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Notre Dame security officer and cop mourned after legendary career

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