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Speakers wanted: SIA and ASIS to develop webinar series on security response to coronavirus

The Security Industry Association (SIA) and ASIS International are co-developing a webinar series to provide essential training and informational content on COVID-19 responses for security practitioners, systems integrators and employees of companies providing solutions and services within the security industry. Webinar program content will be delivered in the very near future and will be freely available to SIA and [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-04-06T06:39:05-04:00April 6th, 2020|News|Comments Off

Not employees but family: How to get the most out of your security officers

By Evan Hackel, SecurityMagazine.com How would you feel if a thief rang your doorbell at home and said, “I want you to help me burglarize your home?” How would feel if a crook knocked on your door and said, “Will you look the other way while I steal your car and your kids’ bikes and rip [...]

By Ted Czech|2018-03-31T11:24:48-04:00March 31st, 2018|News|Comments Off

Need a background check? IFPO Members get a discount through Association Backgroundchecks

IFPO Members-Only Discounted Rate by Association Backgroundchecks About Association Backgroundchecks: They have been in business for 20 years and have performed millions of criminal searches for their clients. Their parent company, Datasource, is a wholesaler of criminal information and it is a network of researchers that perform county level searches at each of the 3400+ [...]

By Ted Czech|2023-12-01T10:18:52-05:00November 3rd, 2017|About IFPO, Member|Comments Off

Are you a young security professional? Apply for $30,000 in scholarships from RISE

The Security Industry Association (SIA) created this new RISE scholarship to support the professional development goalsof young security professionals just like you. The RISE scholarship program is open to employees of SIA member companies who want to expand their professional knowledge in the areas of human resources, information technology, marketing/sales, project management, security engineering, and [...]

By Ted Czech|2017-11-03T11:26:32-04:00November 3rd, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

How to attract and retain good security guards

The security industry has a well-known reputation for high employee turnover. The reason? Low wages, long working hours and operators poaching guards from one another can result in good guards leaving your company from time to time. If you’ve seen some of your best-performing employees leave your company for another, you may be left wondering [...]

By Ted Czech|2016-09-13T21:13:42-04:00September 13th, 2016|News|Comments Off

Preventing and Mitigating Violence – Part 1 (Random Thoughts From The Last 35+Years)

Chris Hertig, former professor and IFPO board member. Preventing and Mitigating Violence – Part 1 (Random Thoughts From The Last 35+Years) by Chris Hertig Violence takes many forms in accordance with the present environment. Unfortunately, we tend to think of specific types of violence and ignore the others. We don’t “see the whole [...]

By Ted Czech|2016-06-24T23:47:20-04:00June 24th, 2016|News|Comments Off

Omar Mateen not investigated because he was a Muslim?

The issue of proper prospective employee screening -- and the periodic and incident-specific updates once they are hired -- is at the forefront of the Orlando nightclub shooting.Complaints that shooter Omar Mateen -- who worked for G4S -- made homophobic and racial comments were ignored because Mateen is a Muslim, according to FloridaToday.com. Before the [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-11-29T23:37:04-05:00June 13th, 2016|News|Comments Off

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