https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t71afhfrTo&t=111s It's not very often that you see positive pieces -- whether they be in written or video form -- highlighting the profession of security personnel, but here one is, filmed and edited by YouTuber Dominique Cynthia. In the video, Cynthia interviews Pete, a 10-year security veteran at The Wharton School of the University [...]
Photo by Roman Koester @der_roman, from unsplash.com, a free photo website. 2019 was a good year for IFPO board member and former IFPO chair Tom Conley. In November, he received an award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security from Security Magazine and the same month, he and his company, The [...]
https://www.securitycameraking.com/securityinfo/outdoor-security-camera-systems-for-schools/ We see this scenario played out, time and time again -- an employer offers low wages, wanting to save money, but in turn, drives away the best and the brightest. It continues and at some point, the number of applicants begins to decrease. The end result may be that something terrible occurs [...]
Congratulations to all of the officers on their awards and to the IAHSS for recognizing them. There is no doubt that security officers are first-responders -- a title reserved for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel in the past -- and as such, they run toward danger when most run the other way. Their [...]
Keanon Lowe took a chance and in this case, he was right. He neutralized the threat by disarming a student, but instead of taking him down and possibly using strikes or a submission hold to make sure the student was under control, he hugged him. It's probably not a stretch to say Lowe is a [...]
BY IMANI HARRIS, Chalkbeat.org A revolving door of security guards was creating an unstable environment in Detroit schools, prompting the district to make a big change in how it hires those tasked with ensuring the safety of schools. The Detroit school board approved a plan to begin phasing out its previous contract with Securitas, a privately [...]
Introduction to Complex Adaptive Systems and Risk Analysis By Erik Daniel Erikson, CPO, CPOI, CSSM This article presents various concepts for security managers and directors to get a brief introduction to complexity theory and its relevance to risk analysis. The first part of this article is to introduce the concept of complexity in various environments, and [...]
Mugshot of Kristen Thompson, from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Orange County NC May 25 2019 -- A North Carolina teacher was charged Tuesday with threatening to “shoot up” an elementary school where she had worked, authorities said. Kristen Thompson abruptly resigned Friday from Pathways Elementary School in [...]
Livingstone security officers Nyshika Ledbetter, left, and Kia Allison, are credited with helping to save the life of three-month-old True Bostick on campus Monday, April 15, 2019. Photo: Livingstone College BY LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE NEWS SERVICE APRIL 20, 2019 SALISBURY – Livingstone College security officers are credited with helping to save the life of a [...]
What happened to Kaylee Sawyer was an absolute tragedy and it makes sense that family members, and also legislators, believe there is something that could have been done to prevent her death. There are efforts underway to improve training and screening for security professionals. Those efforts, if implemented correctly, will achieve concrete results. Edwin Lara, [...]
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