Ted Czech, Author at International Foundation for Protection Officers

Teen armed with gun fires at police, kills himself at Indiana middle school

https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ By Katie Malafronte , CampusSafetyMagazine.com Richmond (Ind.) Community Schools received a tip Thursday morning saying an armed person was headed to the school with the intention of hurting someone. Police were immediately notified and able to stop the gunman, a 14-year-old boy, from harming anyone, reports CBS News. LIKE the IFPO on Facebook! Gunfire was exchanged [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-14T08:13:57-05:00December 14th, 2018|News|Comments Off

Fentanyl, more powerful than heroin, could be a WMD, experts say

Image from the Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com By Anna Edney, Bloombergquint.com It would take only 118 pounds of fentanyl to kill 25 million people. That’s how much of the powerful opioid painkiller Nebraska State Trooper Sam Mortensen found in April when he stopped a truck marked “U.S. Mail” swerving onto the shoulder along Interstate [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-13T06:25:55-05:00December 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off

Synagogue, church massacres inspired man and woman to plot similar bloodshed

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: TOLEDO, Ohio December 11 2018— The Tree of Life Congregation massacre in Pittsburgh inspired Damon Joseph to plot an attack against a Toledo-area synagogues, federal agents said. In a strange confluence for northwest Ohio, federal prosecutors on Monday announced the arrests of Elizabeth Lecron, 23, of Toledo, and Damon Joseph, 21, of Holland, [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-12T06:49:39-05:00December 12th, 2018|News|Comments Off

NYPD’s deployment of drones in New York City threatens privacy, critics say

BY JACK MORSE, Mashable.com The New York Civil Liberties Union, which in a Dec. 7 statement blasts the forthcoming NYPD deployment of the flying surveillance bots as "a serious threat to privacy." LIKE the IFPO on Facebook! IFPO December Special: CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings! Click here to read [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-12-02T06:23:47-05:00December 11th, 2018|News|Comments Off

Homicides by security officers are up, but so are assaults on security professionals

It's hard to think of a more chilling statistic to illustrate the need for comprehensive screening of security officer applicants. Equally alarming is the increase in assaults on security officers, which also must be addressed. -- IFPO. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Charlotte NC December 8 2018 -- More than 70 private security officers will face murder trials [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-09T07:41:01-05:00December 9th, 2018|News|Comments Off

14 security professional pass IFPO exams to further their careers

Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Best of luck in your careers! Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada Eldis J. Vazquez Flores, CPOI, Pearl Harbor, HI, USA Hector Cortes, CPO, Joliet, IL, USA M.K. Duvekot, CPO, Utrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Ronald Brayton, CPO, Las Vegas, NV, USA Sabrina Nelson, CPO, Palmer, AK, USA Benjamin [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-08T08:08:10-05:00December 8th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

Home defense: Woman fatally shoots escaped convict in head after break-in

Bruce McLaughlin Jr. From dailycaller.com: Escaped inmate Bruce McLaughlin got his ticket to the afterlife punched after breaking into the wrong house. Fox News reported the following Tuesday: Hours after he and another inmate escaped jail after beating up a security guard, a South Carolina inmate was fatally shot after he broke into a woman’s [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-06T06:01:14-05:00December 6th, 2018|News|Comments Off

3 security industry leaders appointed to IFPO Board of Directors

NAPLES, Fl. – The International Foundation for Protection Officers recently announced the appointment of three luminaries of the security industry to the IFPO Board of Directors: Kevin Palacios, MS.c, CPP, PSP, PCI, CPOI Kevin Palacios is passionate about security, safety and education. One of the very few Latin American ASIS triple-crowners, he as worked at [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-05T06:42:13-05:00December 5th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

Hockey pucks? University in Michigan arms students for active shooters

This is worse than the school district in Pennsylvania that handed out buckets of rocks for active shooter defense. From campussafetymagazine.com: One Detroit-area college is taking a unique approach toward helping students and faculty protect themselves against a potential active shooter: arming them with hockey pucks. Campus police and school officials at Oakland University in [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-04T06:42:27-05:00December 4th, 2018|News|Comments Off

IFPO December Special: CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings!

IFPO December Special: For a limited time, purchase the CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings! As a complimentary thank-you for being part of the IFPO, we are offering our December special. This is a limited time offer for the month of December and is available until 12/31/2018. To take advantage of this month's [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-12-03T06:11:04-05:00December 3rd, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

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