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

Killed In The Line Of Duty: Sheepdogs and Forgotten Soldiers by Chris Hertig

do not cross police barricade tape close-up photography by David von Diemar https://unsplash.com/ Chris Hertig, former college professor, member of the IFPO board of directors and author of the essay, The Forgotten Soldiers of the Invisible Empire, has penned another titled Killed In The Line Of Duty: Sheepdogs and Forgotten Soldiers. Security officers [...]

By |2020-01-15T11:27:48-05:00January 13th, 2020|About IFPO, Articles and Reports|Comments Off on Killed In The Line Of Duty: Sheepdogs and Forgotten Soldiers by Chris Hertig

Preview: Measuring and Evaluating CPTED

A preview of an upcoming article being posted to the IFPO Newsletter then the IFPO articles archive:  "Measuring and Evaluating CPTED"  by Lawrence J. Fennelly, CHS III, CPO, CSS and Marianna A. Perry, M.S., CPP Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design. CPTED strategies rely upon the ability [...]

By |2016-10-06T22:13:17-04:00October 6th, 2016|Articles and Reports|Comments Off on Preview: Measuring and Evaluating CPTED

Register for the ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits

ASIS International holds its annual seminar and exhibits in September in Orlando, Fla. https://ifpo.org/   The 62nd Annual ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits takes place Sept. 12-15 in Orlando, Fla. "This is a seminar that allows you to get out of the bubble you are used to and see how big the industry [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:21:16-05:00May 13th, 2016|Articles and Reports, News|Comments Off on Register for the ASIS International Seminar & Exhibits

Inventory Management Technology and Employee Theft

Inventory Management Technology and Employee Theft [two_three_first] The folks over at Shopinventory.com recently posted an article on the Effect of Inventory Management Technology on Employee Theft. “First, the most common scams would be impossible to catch consistently with other available monitoring methods. Second, software is not only more effective at identifying suspicious behavior, it is [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:21:12-05:00January 22nd, 2015|Articles and Reports, Retail Loss Prevention|Comments Off on Inventory Management Technology and Employee Theft

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