International Foundation for Protection Officers

Congrats to Lovadis Dominquez, IFPO’s January scholarship winner!

The IFPO's January scholarship winner is Lovadis Domingiez of Clewiston, Florida. Lovadis has chosen to take the Certified in Security Supervision and Management (CSSM) course. Congratulations, Lovadis! To sign up for the Monthly Scholarship for a CPO Program or the CSSM Program, click here! The International Foundation for Protection Officers stands for professionalism and education. As [...]

By |2019-02-08T06:52:06-05:00February 8th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to Lovadis Dominquez, IFPO’s January scholarship winner!

13 security professionals now certified through IFPO

  Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Congrats and best of luck in your careers!   Patrick W. Bull, CSSM, Norcross, GA, USA Benjamin Maille, CPO, Val Rita, ON, Canada Douglas Alvarez, CPO, Denver, CO, USA Travon Anderson, CPO, Joilet, IL, USA Robert Pepin, CPO, Bal Harbour, MA, USA Joseph C. Nasiatka, CPO, Bal Harbour, [...]

By |2019-01-26T09:51:25-05:00January 26th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 13 security professionals now certified through IFPO

3 Michigan residents arrested by FBI for supporting ISIS

Muse Abdikadir Muse (left), Mohamed Salat Haji (center) and Mohamud Abdikadir Muse (Courtesy of the Kent County Jail) By: Cara Ball WASHINGTON (WXYZ) — Three Lansing residents have been arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham or ISIS. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the [...]

By |2019-01-25T08:22:00-05:00January 25th, 2019|News|Comments Off on 3 Michigan residents arrested by FBI for supporting ISIS

10 security professionals pass IFPO exams

Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Congrats and best of luck in your careers!   Dejan Nikolic, CPO, Tumba, Sweden David Spence Fischer, CSSM, Des Moines, IA, USA Sam Morrison, CPO, Vacaville, CA, USA Jackson Ragland, CPO, Reynoldsburg, OH, USA Chris King, CPO, Daper, UT, USA Abraham Daniels, CPO, Joliet, IL, USA Towfic Adem, CPO, [...]

By |2019-01-24T06:16:34-05:00January 24th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 10 security professionals pass IFPO exams

Airport security: TSA workers protest government shutdown

CHICAGO - MARCH 15: Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers staff a checkpoint at O'Hare International Airport on March 15, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. Today TSA personnel are scheduled to begin using the Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology full-body scanners at the airport. Twenty airports nationwide are now using full-body scanners. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:39:56-05:00January 11th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Airport security: TSA workers protest government shutdown

FBI piloting Amazon Rekognition facial matching software

First, there was the news that Amazon Rekognition had been pitched to ICE, which drew criticism from civil liberties groups. Now, we have news that the FBI is actually using it in a pilot program. While technology may be limiting in the realms of privacy, it can also be a benefit to security. It's a [...]

By |2019-01-05T09:31:04-05:00January 5th, 2019|News|Comments Off on FBI piloting Amazon Rekognition facial matching software

16 security professionals from North and Latin America pass IFPO exams

Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Congrats and best of luck in your careers!   Thomas Moskowitz, CPO, Smithville, OH, USA Aaron Boggs, CPO, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Ashley Maley, CPO, Urbandale, IA, USA Frederick Ozenna, CPO, Palmer, AK, USA Francisco Israel Riofrio Peñarreta, CPO, Ecuador Arialdi Arias Aybar, CPO, Dominican Republic Fernando Roger Canto Arias, [...]

By |2019-01-05T08:25:10-05:00January 5th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 16 security professionals from North and Latin America pass IFPO exams

15 security professionals pass IFPO exams to boost their careers

Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Johnny Jackson, CPO, Las Vegas, NV, USA James Michael Wilson, CPO, Oria, Almeria, Spain Jackelyn Baker, CPO, Manchester, NH, USA Daniel Doyle, CPO, Rocky Hill, CT, USA Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada David Haldane, CPO, Sarnia, ON, Canada Jackson Ragland, [...]

By |2018-12-24T06:07:39-05:00December 24th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 15 security professionals pass IFPO exams to boost their careers

8 security professionals are now IFPO Certified Protection Officers

Here's a recent email from Joop Verdonk, CPP, Managing Director of the European Security Academy: In the last two weeks three CPO exams have been organized. Ten candidates sat the exam and eight of them passed in a successful way the exam. The names are: Michal Drozd, CPO, Amazon Lukasz Patecki, CPO, Amazon Kevin Funk, CPO, Swift Sophie Damen, [...]

By |2018-12-20T06:30:17-05:00December 20th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 8 security professionals are now IFPO Certified Protection Officers

Christmas holiday fliers to hit record 46 million, TSA says

Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post, LMTonline.com If you are hankering to be one among millions this holiday, do not bother with the shopping malls, just head to the airport, where nearly 46 million people will mix travel anxiety with Christmas anxiety and a tad of family-get-together anxiety to create a merry little stew of [...]

By |2018-12-18T06:27:37-05:00December 18th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Christmas holiday fliers to hit record 46 million, TSA says

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