From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. April 6 2017 - It’s a battle between security officers and sheriff’s deputies at an extended stay motel on Orange Blossom Trail in Florida. Thirteen security officers are now facing criminal charges of trespassing and armed trespassing after a late-night sweep at the Great Value Suites. They could face more [...]
There may be an anti-law-enforcement sentiment in the United States, but clearly, that mentality is not held by everyone as several civilians rushed to the defense of a security officer who was under attack recently in Missouri. Kudos to the Good Samaritans out there who helped the security officer. -- IFPO. From staff [...]
Guns in the Workplace – US Employers Caught in the Crossfire ...Willis Towers Watson Wire645 × 400Search by imagegun in workplace HUNTER WOODALL ON MAR 27, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch March 23--Officials with the University of Kansas Health System made another effort Thursday to keep guns out of its buildings before a state [...]
"We are the next best thing to having the police," is Freeman Security's tagline. The controversy in which the company now find itself embroiled brings into sharp relief the fact that as traditional law enforcement agencies find it more and more difficult to find recruits, likewise, security companies are taking on those law enforcement [...]
By Mona Kazour (Patch Staff) - Patch.com, California, Palm Desert March 28, 2017 3:00 pm ET From the College of the Desert: College of the Desert’s (COD) Partnership and Community Education (PaCE) is offering fee-based, not for credit, Professional Security Officer Training. Find out how YOU can become a Certified Protection Officer with the IFPO! PaCE [...]
Congratulations to the latest group of graduates: -- Debbie Rankin, CPO, Sarnia, ON, Canada -- Ivana Kaiserova, CPO, Dobroviz, Czech Republic -- Robert Cihar, CPO, Dobroviz, Czech Republic -- Marie Charlotte Beal, CPO, Saran, France -- Frank Marschall, CPO, Kobern-Gondorf, Germany -- Ajanpreet Singh Batth, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada -- Evan Cole Fogle, CPO Valparaiso, IN, [...]
Kudos to the security officer in this video for keeping his cool where others might have become enraged with someone throwing punches at them. Instead, he continued to give her directions to stop resisting and even warned her that he was going to take her down if she kept resisting. The security officer was able [...]
Following the recent shooting of a family dog at the Honolulu Airport by a security officer, TV station KHON2 delved into the training for security officers and found there is not only initial training and psychological testing by state law, but continuing education. Unfortunately, mistakes (if it was one -- the incident remains under investigation) [...]
IFPO Director and retired York College of Pennsylvania professor Chris Hertig recently penned this op-ed for The York Dispatch, where he sits on the editorial advisory board. It marries Chris' passions for investigative history and the security industry, along with the timeliness of March being Women's History Month. Chris is also a contributor to Women in [...]
By JOAN LOWY, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The world’s largest manufacturer of civilian drones is proposing that the craft continually transmit identification information to help government security agencies and law enforcement figure out which might belong to rogue operators. Find out how YOU can become a Certified Protection Officer with the IFPO! DJI, a Chinese [...]
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