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Women’s History Month: Kate Warne, America’s first female detective

  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. The op-ed 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 [...]

By |2020-03-09T06:12:49-04:00March 9th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Women’s History Month: Kate Warne, America’s first female detective

Today in Security History: Detective Kate Warne

Here is a recent piece written by the IFPO's own Chris Hertig, about Kate Warne, the first female detective at the Pinkerton Detective Agency, published by ASIS' Security Management: In this new series from Security Management, we will examine historical events and people throughout the year that influenced the development of the security profession. On 22 August 1856, private [...]

By |2019-08-24T09:13:31-04:00August 24th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Today in Security History: Detective Kate Warne

Female frontier detectives – book review of Chris Enss’ The Pinks

Book review – The Pinks By Chris Enss; 169 pages Buy the book! Undiscovered history is that which exists but is not commonly known. The Security Industry has a rich and diverse amount of such history; much of it known to historians but not to practitioners or even academics. The Pinks is loaded with undiscovered [...]

By |2019-03-08T08:41:29-05:00March 8th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Female frontier detectives – book review of Chris Enss’ The Pinks

IFPO’s Chris Hertig writes about Kate Warne, America’s first female detective

  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 |2023-12-01T10:35:20-05:00March 27th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Chris Hertig writes about Kate Warne, America’s first female detective

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