International Foundation for Protection Officers

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

Las Vegas has record for most registered drone users, study says

From SecurityMagazine.com: The 89117 zip code in Las Vegas  holds the most registered hobbyist drone users in the country. Researchers at the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College combed through a database by the Federal Aviation Administration of every drone registration up to Oct. 31 to determine the areas with the most [...]

By |2017-11-29T06:27:53-05:00November 29th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Las Vegas has record for most registered drone users, study says

Fighting the workplace violence pandemic in healthcare

Photo credit: (Photo courtesy bigstockphoto.com/sudok1)BY JOEL GRIFFIN ON JUL 20, 2017, SecurityInfoWatch Late last month, 45-year-old physician Henry Michael Bello walked into Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in New York where he used to work and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing a fellow doctor and wounding six other people. Following the shooting spree, police say Bello, who [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:29:13-05:00July 23rd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Fighting the workplace violence pandemic in healthcare

Columbia University cancels panel featuring conservative speakers amid ‘security concerns’

Not even the absence of conservative hero Milo Yiannopoulos could allay the fears of Columbia University when it was arranged that two of Yiannopoulos' former colleagues at Breitbart were going to speak at the university along with a representative of The Gateway Pundit. Yiannopoulos has tried to speak at several institutions across the country, including [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:09-05:00March 5th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Columbia University cancels panel featuring conservative speakers amid ‘security concerns’

Possible active terror cell in the NY/NJ area, police say

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 18: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) stand in front of a mangled dumpster while touring the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday night on September 18, 2016 in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. An explosion in [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:23:24-05:00September 19th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Possible active terror cell in the NY/NJ area, police say

New York DMV improves facial recognition to bust wanted criminals

NY DMV Facial Recognition Nabs Thousands of Unsuspected Wanted Criminals privateofficer.com   From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: New York Sept 2 2016 A man accused of filing for a driver’s license under a stolen identity, claiming to have never had a suspended or revoked license, turns out to have been arrested four times for alcohol-related offenses. [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:23:00-05:00September 2nd, 2016|News|Comments Off on New York DMV improves facial recognition to bust wanted criminals

Protecting the grid from active shooters

By Kevin Mikalsen, SecurityInfoWatch.com:There are people in America with the means and motivation to disrupt local, regional and even national power distribution. Security officers intercept trespassing couple at power plant Read the rest of the story here.

By |2020-11-29T23:45:41-05:00June 6th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Protecting the grid from active shooters

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