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

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

Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group receive Bill Zalud Memorial Award

Naples, Florida – 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 recipients of the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. In 2017, the International Foundation for Protection Officers, in conjunction [...]

By |2019-11-05T06:42:17-05:00November 5th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group receive Bill Zalud Memorial Award

Investigation exposes security company’s unethical and dangerous hiring practices

Image from bitcoin https://news.bitcoin.com/security-giant-g4s-offers-protected-offline-cryptocurrency-storage/ There is no doubt that the security industry is at a cross-roads. With security professionals performing the role of first responders to a higher degree each day -- as the number of security officers increase and conversely, the number of police officers decrease -- there is a greater need [...]

By |2019-11-01T09:17:40-04:00November 1st, 2019|News|Comments Off on Investigation exposes security company’s unethical and dangerous hiring practices

Couple attacked in Des Moines: IFPO’s Tom Conley says skywalk crime on the rise

Image of Des Moines' skywalks International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) Director Tom Conley, CPP, CPO, President & CEO of The Conley Group, Inc., was quoted in this story, which carried the headline, "Arm private officers in Des Moines' skywalks? Debate follows violent assault and detention of 2 teenagers." Apparently, there does not seem [...]

By |2019-10-30T06:09:15-04:00October 30th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Couple attacked in Des Moines: IFPO’s Tom Conley says skywalk crime on the rise

IFPO’s Tom M. Conley named one of Security Magazine’s Most Influential People in Security 2019

Congratulations go out to IFPO Board of Directors member Tom Conley for his recognition as one of Security Magazine's Most Influential People in Security 2019. This highly prestigious award began in 2005 and thus far, no one from a contract security company has ever been selected as a recipient. Conley will also be the first Iowan [...]

By |2019-09-05T05:44:17-04:00September 4th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Tom M. Conley named one of Security Magazine’s Most Influential People in Security 2019

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

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