International Foundation for Protection Officers

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

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

Closer ties: Private security and public safety need interoperable communications

IFPO's Tom Conley and Bill McCarthy. By Adam Stone, SecurityMagazine.com On October 1, 2017 a lone gunman fired down from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, killings dozens of people attending a country music festival. The first responder on the scene was a private security guard called to respond [...]

By |2019-07-19T11:38:41-04:00July 19th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Closer ties: Private security and public safety need interoperable communications

IFPO’s Tom Conley proposes the thin purple line for security professionals

The thin purple line, proposed for security officers. Police have the thin blue line, now placed as a stripe in the American flag. Firefighters/emergency services have the red line. But what about security officers? A thin purple line is the proposed color, according to a story in Security Magazine: But how is the [...]

By |2018-10-13T12:05:03-04:00October 12th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO’s Tom Conley proposes the thin purple line for security professionals

Security Webinar: Active Shooter Mitigation and Response – Lessons Learned

Active Shooter Mitigation and Response – Lessons Learned, led by the IFPO's Tom Conley Date: August 28, 2018 Time: 2:00pm EST Register here. This is not another ordinary active shooter webcast that reiterates the common talking points about material that is already available. Rather, this webcast will contain rich and exclusive content that has been [...]

By |2018-08-08T21:06:38-04:00August 8th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security Webinar: Active Shooter Mitigation and Response – Lessons Learned

Tom M. Conley’s post on the Las Vegas Massacre is Security Magazine editor’s top story of 2017

Congrats to IFPO Past Chairman Tom M. Conley, M.A., CPP, CPOI, CPO of The Conley Group, Inc. in Des Moines, IA, for his blog post, The Las Vegas Massacre: The Anatomy of a Catastrophic Security Failure listed as the number-one story by Security Magazine Editor-in-Chief Diane Ritchey. Ritchey wrote, "While the investigation into the shooting continues, Tom Conley highlighted [...]

By |2017-12-30T17:54:24-05:00December 30th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Tom M. Conley’s post on the Las Vegas Massacre is Security Magazine editor’s top story of 2017

IFPO and Purdue University Global partner to expand access to higher education for security officers

Securitymagazine.com recently published a piece on the IFPO and Purdue University Global's educational alliance: Purdue University Global and the International Foundation of Protection Officers (IFPO) announced a partnership to expand access to professional training and higher education for professional private security officers. “While there are more than 2.2 million people employed in the security field, [...]

By |2018-04-26T08:38:32-04:00October 2nd, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO and Purdue University Global partner to expand access to higher education for security officers

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