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Off-duty security officer saves child from burning building in Arizona

Congrats to Phillips Blanks for his heroic actions in the face of extreme danger. Blanks definitely has the pedigree -- star football player, U.S. Marine and now security officer. Here's to a long and successful career in the industry.  -- IFPO.   From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Phoenix AZ July 11 2020 -- As a teenager a decade [...]

By |2020-12-12T07:11:53-05:00July 11th, 2020|News|Comments Off on Off-duty security officer saves child from burning building in Arizona

3 college security officers honored for saving lives

Board of Trustees Chair John Hanson, President Donald Borden, Officer Kimberly Snyder, Executive Director of Public Safety Orlando Cuevas, Associate Director for Public Safety John Schuck.Credits: Camden County College One positive out of the opioid epidemic that is gripping the nation is that the anti-overdose drug Naloxone, also known as Narcan, has been [...]

By |2019-02-13T06:39:13-05:00February 13th, 2019|News|Comments Off on 3 college security officers honored for saving lives

Female security officer hailed as a hero for stopping nightclub massacre

The security officer in this story is a true hero, running toward danger, protecting others, and then attempting to help the injured shooter once the threat was neutralized. -- IFPO. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Huntsville Alabama January 1 2019 -- A female security officer in Alabama is being called a hero today and law enforcement is speaking about [...]

By |2019-01-01T11:42:11-05:00January 1st, 2019|News|Comments Off on Female security officer hailed as a hero for stopping nightclub massacre

Homeless baby boy revived by Oakland police officer

Oakland Police Chief Anne E. Kirkpatrick and Officer Gregory Palomo. (Courtesy Oakland Police Department) By HARRY HARRIS | hharris@bayareanewsgroup.com and GEORGE KELLY | gkelly@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group OAKLAND — An Oakland police officer is being credited with saving the life of a baby boy, who he found not breathing after being prematurely born to his homeless mother Tuesday afternoon [...]

By |2018-11-16T06:27:35-05:00November 16th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Homeless baby boy revived by Oakland police officer

Security officer-coach dies a hero, protecting students during Florida massacre

By Dylan Gwinn, Breitbart.com Reports of a true hero have emerged from the tragic shooting that took place in Florida on Wednesday. Reports which say that a high school security guard and football coach, used his body to shield students from gunfire. UPDATE: According to the Sun-Sentinel, Douglas High School’s hero football coach Aaron Feis [...]

By |2018-02-16T07:09:39-05:00February 16th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security officer-coach dies a hero, protecting students during Florida massacre

Unarmed Mandalay Bay security officer confronted Las Vegas shooter

  By JUSTIN GLAWE of the DailyBeast LAS VEGAS—Jesus Campos had no firearm when he found Stephen Paddock and approached his room on the 32rd floor of Mandalay Bay on Sunday night. Paddock, who had rigged cameras in the hallway and on the peephole of the door, saw Campos coming and fired through the door, hitting him in the [...]

By |2017-10-06T12:04:49-04:00October 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Unarmed Mandalay Bay security officer confronted Las Vegas shooter

Masked church shooter confronted by Tennessee gun owner

Sudan-native Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, arrested in connection with the shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tenn., about 12 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. We've talked about church security here before and the need for improvements. Recently, a quick-thinking church member -- after having already been pistol-whipped -- had [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:30:39-05:00September 24th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Masked church shooter confronted by Tennessee gun owner

Saudi security officer hailed as hero for rescuing 17 doctors from fire

Ahmed Awad Anzi, told Al Arabiya the details of what happened and how he rescued the female doctors and children. (Al Arabiya) Staff writer, Al Arabiya A Saudi hospital security officer has spoken of the moment he saved 17 doctors and children when a fire ripped through King Khaled Hospital in Al-Kharj in [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:25:23-05:00November 15th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Saudi security officer hailed as hero for rescuing 17 doctors from fire

Security officer kills driver who tried to ram crowd in Alabama

  Sunday, September 18, 2016Security Officer Shoots-Kills Driver Tried to Ram Crowd privateofficer.com From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: BIRMINGHAM AL Sept 18 2016 –Police said a security officer shot and killed a driver who hit two people and tried to hit a crowd of others standing outside a Birmingham nightclub. The incident occurred at 2:30 a.m. [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:23:22-05:00September 19th, 2016|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Security officer kills driver who tried to ram crowd in Alabama

German security guard turns ISIS bomber away at music festival

Photo of Pascal Bohm, from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ From The Daily Mail: A German security guard who turned an ISIS suicide bomber away from a music festival just minutes before he blew himself up said the jihadi ‘he kept staring at me nervously’. Pascal Bohm, 25, saved scores of lives when he denied Syrian Mohammad [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:21:42-05:00July 27th, 2016|News|Comments Off on German security guard turns ISIS bomber away at music festival

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