International Foundation for Protection Officers

“The Violence Problem” by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

The IFPO's Chris Hertig sits on the Editorial Advisory Board for The York Dispatch. Here is something he recently wrote titled "The Violence Problem." At presentations before the International Law Enforcement Educators & Trainers Association and the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators I unveiled the “CANE” acronym for dealing with active threats. In the [...]

By |2017-01-20T09:30:42-05:00January 18th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on “The Violence Problem” by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

There’s much to consider about getting a concealed carry permit

Image from guns.com From the IFPO's Chris Hertig, here is a recent facebook post he penned: Concealed Carry? Lots of folks getting concealed carry permits. Might be a good thing as “an armed society is a polite society." Membership has its privileges! JOIN the IFPO and see the benefits! There are also lots [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:32:46-05:00January 18th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on There’s much to consider about getting a concealed carry permit

Should more campus security officers be using tablets?

  By Zach Winn · January 12, 2017 Campus Safety Magazine: People working in a variety of occupations have started using tablets to help them do their jobs, including some city police officers, doctors and teachers.   Tablets can streamline processes, improve communication and give people immediate access to troves of information. Membership has its [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:32:44-05:00January 14th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Should more campus security officers be using tablets?

Media tip leads to arrest of man wanted in security officer shooting

From the Gwinnett Daily Post: A tip from a reporter led to the arrest of a man suspected of shooting a Norcross security guard in November. Mario Guevara with Mundo Hispanico called the Gwinnett County Police Department Monday at about 1:30 p.m. to say he’d received information that Enrique Carrera, was at a home on [...]

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Unarmed security officer pepper sprayed during Ohio bank robbery

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: EUCLID, Ohio Jan 14 2017 -- Two suspects burst into an Ohio bank on Thursday attacking the unarmed security officer and disabling him with pepper spray while a third person acted the lookout.   The bank robbery at the Citizens Bank on Lakeshore Blvd in Euclid happened at around 10:15 a.m. while customers [...]

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Resume fraud prevalent in UK security applicants

Telford, England Jan 13 2017 The head of an exam board is warning that undetected qualifications fraud in the security industry is becoming a "risk to public safety."   Raymond Clarke, chief executive of Industry Qualifications, is calling for tougher scrutiny to prevent fraud in workplace qualifications. Find out how YOU can become a Certified [...]

By |2017-01-13T23:05:26-05:00January 13th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Resume fraud prevalent in UK security applicants

Security on alert at Washington hospitals after woman tries to reach babies

STACIA GLENN ON JAN 11, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY Security has been heightened at several Pierce County hospitals after a woman repeatedly tried to reach infants in birth centers. Police have been notified about the problem, but no one has been arrested. Membership has its privileges! JOIN the IFPO and see the benefits! The unidentified woman, [...]

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No quick fix to airport security

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 |2017-01-13T22:16:59-05:00January 13th, 2017|News|Comments Off on No quick fix to airport security

Deplorable working conditions for security officers on George Washington Bridge in NYC

  George Washington Bridge at night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI-jj_dVQME NorthJersey Published 4:17 p.m. ET Jan. 9, 2017 | Updated 13 hours ago EDITORIAL: No one should go to work fearing for their safety or having no access to a restroom. Such conditions would be problematic in any situation, but they’re particularly deplorable when they’re related to [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:32:37-05:00January 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Deplorable working conditions for security officers on George Washington Bridge in NYC

Steelers’ Joey Porter on leave after alleged assault of security officer and doorman

By Des Bieler and Cindy Boren January 9 at 4:28 PM of The Washington Post: The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Monday that they have placed assistant coach Joey Porter “on leave” after Sunday night’s arrest. Porter, a former player for the Steelers, was arrested Sunday night at a bar on the city’s South Side, just hours [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:27:07-05:00January 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Steelers’ Joey Porter on leave after alleged assault of security officer and doorman

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