International Foundation for Protection Officers

IFPO’s Tom Conley: Security and COVID-19 — the good, the bad and the ugly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgS_G0d_9fQ Tom Conley, founder and CEO of Iowa-based The Conley Group, and also a past Chair of the International Foundation for Protection Officers Board of Directors and current board member, sat down to talk about the security industry and COVID-19 -- the good, the bad and the ugly. Although there have been many challenges for [...]

By |2020-12-12T07:49:20-05:00December 12th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Tom Conley: Security and COVID-19 — the good, the bad and the ugly

IFPO’s Tom Conley appointed to DHS Emergency Services Sector Coordinating Council

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 [...]

By |2020-11-15T09:38:26-05:00November 15th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Tom Conley appointed to DHS Emergency Services Sector Coordinating Council

4 IFPO officials to speak at inaugural virtual Global Security Conference in June

Several International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) directors are scheduled to speak at the first-ever virtual Global Security Conference, touted as the "Ultimate Security Event." The coronavirus pandemic has caused a global paradigm shift in the manner in which individuals, companies and organizations communicate and Cerberus Consulting is at the tip of the spear with [...]

By |2020-05-31T08:05:19-04:00May 27th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 4 IFPO officials to speak at inaugural virtual Global Security Conference in June

Workplace violence: IFPO’s Tom Conley’s webinar featured in Security Magazine

Photo by Roman Koester @der_roman, from unsplash.com, a free photo website. 2019 was a good year for IFPO board member and former IFPO chair Tom Conley. In November, he received an award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security from Security Magazine and the same month, he and his company, The [...]

By |2020-02-17T05:54:11-05:00February 17th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Workplace violence: IFPO’s Tom Conley’s webinar featured in Security Magazine

‘Best of the best’ IFPO announces Bill Zalud Memorial Award recipients

Naples, Florida – November 19th, 2019 – The International Foundation for Protection Officers and Security Magazine are very pleased to announce that Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, have been selected as the 2019 award recipient of the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. First Honorable Mention was awarded [...]

By |2019-11-29T08:07:47-05:00November 29th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on ‘Best of the best’ IFPO announces Bill Zalud Memorial Award recipients

IFPO’s Tom Conley receives award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security

Longtime IFPO board member and former IFPO chair Tom Conley was selected as one of Security's Magazine's Most Influential People in Security for 2019. The award was presented at the annual SECURITY 500 Conference on November 18th in Alexandria, VA. He also served on a panel at that conference that discussed communication interoperability between public [...]

By |2019-11-21T06:18:07-05:00November 21st, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Tom Conley receives award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security

Why the El Paso massacre was a security failure

By: IFPO's Tom Conley A memorial at the El Paso Walmart following the mass shooting that occurred there. Mario Tama/Getty Images IFPO Past Chairman Tom M. Conley, CPP, CPO, President & CEO of The Conley Group, Inc. has penned an excellent breakdown of why the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas was a security [...]

By |2019-09-05T07:37:36-04:00August 28th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Why the El Paso massacre was a security failure

Fatal bank shooting shows need for oversight of private security, says IFPO’s Conley

In this image from a Chase Bank surveillance video, security guard Charles Daehling draws a gun behind would-be robber Luis Marty Narvaez just before killing him with a single shot on March 1. Participants' faces have been obscured by police. The state declined to sanction Daehling and the company he worked for, Optimal Protection, [...]

By |2019-01-29T05:34:53-05:00January 29th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Fatal bank shooting shows need for oversight of private security, says IFPO’s Conley

IFPO announces support of the Thin Purple Line

PRESS RELEASE Naples, Florida 10/10/18 IFPO announces Support of the Thin Purple Line The IFPO Board of Directors made a resolution and approved to adapt the THIN PURPLE LINE as a symbol of the Private Security Officer’s dedication to the protection of people, places and assets. This designation will serve as the official color that [...]

By |2018-10-16T06:12:24-04:00October 16th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO announces support of the Thin Purple Line

Visit the Officer Down Memorial Page to pay respects, sign up for alerts

A security vehicle from The Conley Group, flanked by police cruisers in the funeral procession for Sgt. Tony Beminio. Security officers may not be considered traditional law enforcement by some, but under the larger pantheon of those who protect life and property, or sheepdogs protecting sheep, they are. In times of trouble, security officers are [...]

By |2018-09-11T06:29:00-04:00September 11th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Visit the Officer Down Memorial Page to pay respects, sign up for alerts

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