International Foundation for Protection Officers

Security officer vs security guard: The difference is an IFPO certification

By Dan Mendelson (edited by Ted Czech) What’s in a name? Everything, if your mission is to raise the branding profile of the security industry. Guards are called protection officers (or security officers) by the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO), and for good reason. The term guard does little to command respect or convey [...]

By |2020-01-21T21:46:55-05:00January 21st, 2020|About IFPO, Articles and Reports|Comments Off on Security officer vs security guard: The difference is an IFPO certification

FBI investigating 300 refugees for possible terrorism ties

  From the Thomson Reuters Foundation News: WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating 300 people who were admitted into the United States as refugees as part of 1,000 counterterrorism investigations involving Islamic State or individuals inspired by the militant group, congressional sources told Reuters on Monday, citing senior administration officials. Find out [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:16-05:00March 7th, 2017|News|Comments Off on FBI investigating 300 refugees for possible terrorism ties

Knife attack an early test for OSU safety chief

Police cover the body of a suspect along 19th Avenue outside Watts Hall on Ohio State's campus following a vehicular assault and stabbing on Nov. 28, 2016 in Columbus, Ohio.Photo credit: (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch/TNS) VANESSA MCCRAY, MCCLATCHY Dec. 10--Monica Moll had worked only a month as Ohio State University's public safety director when [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:25:53-05:00December 13th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Knife attack an early test for OSU safety chief

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