International Foundation for Protection Officers

IFPO Members — save when you register for GSX 2022!

Are you an IFPO member and considering attending GSX 2022, the security event of the year? Well, this news just might make that decision a bit easier -- as an IFPO member, you can take advantage of discounts offered by ASIS! Here is what you need to know -- Promo code for VIP discount to [...]

By |2022-08-14T10:40:58-04:00August 14th, 2022|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO Members — save when you register for GSX 2022!

G4S to hire 15,000+ employees in U.S. in the next two months in response to COVID-19

In the midst of all the hardship and trauma in dealing with the coronavirus, the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is pleased to hear that major security industry leader G4S is hiring thousands. Here is a news release from the company on the great news: G4S, the leading global, integrated security company, today announces [...]

By |2020-05-19T06:48:40-04:00May 19th, 2020|News|Comments Off on G4S to hire 15,000+ employees in U.S. in the next two months in response to COVID-19

Super Bowl ramps up massive security presence

This from Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk: From the moment we arrived in Atlanta on Sunday, something was different. The lobby at the Marriott Marquis had more police officers than patrons, milling about and sending a clear message to anyone considering any type of chicanery: Don’t try it here. For 10 prior Super Bowl weeks my family [...]

By |2019-02-03T07:23:42-05:00February 3rd, 2019|News|Comments Off on Super Bowl ramps up massive security presence

Attack at Grady Hospital in Atlanta allegedly planned by NM terror suspects

By Ray Sanchez, CNN.com A handwritten document titled "Phases of a Terrorist Attack." Talk of confronting and attacking "corrupt" institutions, including Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital. Jokes about dying in jihad. An underground stash of weapons and ammunition. New court documents revealed these and other details in the case against five adults who lived in squalor [...]

By |2018-08-28T00:10:29-04:00August 28th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Attack at Grady Hospital in Atlanta allegedly planned by NM terror suspects

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has homeless epidemic

KELLY YAMANOUCHI ON FEB 5, 2018 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch.com Feb. 02--Atlanta airport officials like to boast that Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest and most efficient airport, with a terminal that always looks "opening day fresh." But over the past few months, the airport's domestic terminal has become more known for being filled with homeless people [...]

By |2018-02-05T20:11:10-05:00February 5th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has homeless epidemic

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

Security officer takes in homeless father and son in Georgia

A security officer in Clayton County, Ga., recently took in a homeless father and son. For more, go to http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/237484311-story By: Aungelique Proctor, FOX5 Atlanta CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. - A security guard opened up his heart and home to a homeless father and son, who were total strangers. LaMont Hammond and his 8-year-old [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:33:59-05:00February 24th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer takes in homeless father and son in Georgia

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