National Preparedness Month is a 30-day national initiative to increase awareness and education on preparing for disasters, whether they are natural -- like earthquakes, tornadoes, or hurricanes, or man-made -- active shooter, hostage situation or cyber attack. Being prepared starts with being aware and there's no better phrase that embodies that than "See Something, Say [...]
The International Foundation for Protection Officers is very pleased to congratulate longtime IFPO Board Member and past IFPO Chairman Tom Conley on his appointment to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Emergency Services Sector Coordinating Council. Conley was appointed to the ESSCC by the council’s chair and will serve as a subject matter expert. The [...]
On Saturday in Oakland, Calif., someone opened fire on two contract security officers for the Federal Protective Service division of the Department of Homeland Security outside the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building. One officer was killed and the other seriously wounded. DHS Acting Director Chad Wolf labeled the shooting an act of "domestic terrorism." Our [...]
A message from the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL: The CDP is a Department of Homeland Security / FEMA training center. If you are a state, local, or tribal government emergency responder, this training is completely funded by DHS at no cost to you or your jurisdiction. They fly responders into the [...]
Annie Sovcik, the Program Director for Busing on the Lookout (BOTL) Although the scourge of modern-day human trafficking has only gained media attention in the last decade or so, it has existed in the United States -- and around the world -- for much, much longer. What makes human trafficking so insidious is its subversive [...]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Jan. 4 National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin -- issued in the wake of the U.S. strike on Jan. 2 that killed Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iran's subsequent threats of retaliation -- warns citizens of possible terrorism threats in the United States. Three days after the bulletin was [...]
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 [...]
US troops position razor wire along the border with Mexico to deter the caravan of illegal immigrants headed for the United States. Photo by Todd Bensman. Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow, border and homeland security expert, writer, and speaker, penned this post on LinkedIn, as part of his series on his self-embedded coverage [...]
From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Washington DC November 13 2018 -- The Transportation Security Administration has said it confiscated more than 300 loaded guns at airport security checkpoints around the country in October. In a blog post on Friday, the TSA outlined its stats for the month: 358 firearms in carry-on bags were discovered at 105 airports around the [...]
From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: ICE agents made three more arrests of illegal immigrants working as security officers. Agents arrested two men working at a nightclub as bouncers in California and a construction site security officer in Houston, Texas. IFPO October Special: Buy a 1-year membership, get the second year FREE! This is not the first time this [...]
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