The IFPO and Matthew Parker's Independent Security Advisors enjoy a mutually beneficial business relationship that, when one thinks about it, makes perfect sense. A security officer with an IFPO certification is a respected and sought-after commodity. Add to that individual's skill-set a certification in executive and dignitary protection, and you've got a very specialized operator.

Parker recently commissioned the redesign of ISA's website and in so doing, recognized the IFPO as a viable partner to the ISA. Here is some of what the site has to say:

 

"When the Independent Security Advisors training program had just received its first accreditation for law enforcement we asked what could we do for private security officers interested in moving up into the executive protection field. There was already a trend for “premium” security guards in slacks and a jacket to be used instead of a fully trained EP agent at large scale events. But there was a gap in the training of the officers and a “communication problem” with EP agents. One that put the client at risk and left the security officers in a position where they couldn’t operate efficiently."

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"So we reached out to the IFPO and asked how we could help better prepare those officers who could find themselves working alongside an EP agent from the private sector or law enforcement, and the answer was open seats up to IFPO members interested in that level of training. But first, the IFPO vetted our curriculum and looked to see if the material complimented that in the Antiterrorism and VIP Protection section of the Certified Protection Officer (CPO) program."

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"It did, and the IFPO after months of discussions endorsed our dignitary and executive protection training course. Now to help security officers, many making minimum wages and without any financial support from their employers, we reduced tuition to the lowest amount possible, started a group rate program of buy three get a fourth seat free and ISA alumni who owned their own security company offered a scholarship to a private security officer."