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Debate over guns at hospitals and college campuses in Kansas rages on

JONATHAN SHORMAN ON MAY 17, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch May 16--TOPEKA -- Kansas will soon allow guns in public hospitals, in state-run psychiatric hospitals and on public college campuses unless the Legislature changes the law -- an outcome that is far from certain. A Senate debate over a bill that would have put some restrictions [...]

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English coffee shop hires security officers as Spice zombies overwhelm city

Spice zombie https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3440450/spice-zombie-drug-reclassified-class-a-substance/ By Carl Stroud, TheSunUK A MANCHESTER coffee shop has been forced to hire security guards to combat the hordes of Spice ‘zombies’ overwhelming the city centre. Caffè Nero on the busy shopping thoroughfare of Market Street took the drastic measure after its staff and customers were subjected to physical and [...]

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Planet Hollywood security officer tackled Times Square driver

Richard Rojas, Police arrest 26-year-old Richard Rojas, who has a criminal history of impaired driving, at the scene of the crash. (BACKGRID) By: JENNIFER LAHMERS, Fox5NY.com NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) - Ken Bradix runs security at Planet Hollywood, less than a block away from where Richard Rojas bailed out of his crashed [...]

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Security officer guilty to masturbating before San Diego Chargers game

BY BRETT BODNER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Thursday, May 18, 2017, 1:11 PM After a shocking video captured a security guard at the Chargers-Raiders appearing to masturbate in December, the man has finally pled guilty to a lewd act in public, ABC 10 News reports. The man, whose name has not been released, was sentenced to [...]

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Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

  Bryan Barker, CPO, Little Rock, AR, USA Pedro Delgado, CPO, Little Rock, AR, USA Justin Tyler Adams, CPOI, San Jose, CA, USA Ronald G. Hobb, CPOI, Toronto, ON, Canada Ebraheem M. Al Montshri, CPOI, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Ali M. Al-Hasosah, CPOI, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia   May Special: 15% Discount on Certified Protection Officer (CPO) [...]

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Chicago security officer tries to help man, gets punched

By Jessica D'Onofrio and Michelle Gallardo, ABC7Chicago CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 23-year-old man was charged late Tuesday night in a brutal attack on a security guard in Chicago's River North neighborhood. Matthew De Leon, who is from the city's Portage Park neighborhood, is a U.S. Army serviceman who was visiting his family in Chicago before [...]

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Congrats to Kraig Maestas, IFPO’s April scholarship winner!

Our April Scholarship Winner is:   Kraig Maestas Albuquerque, NM   Congratulations, Kraig!   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 part of that commitment the IFPO is now offering scholarships! To [...]

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President George W. Bush to kick-off ASIS 2017 keynote lineup

President George W. Bush. Photo by Eric Draper, White House. Top security event to showcase global thought-leaders and technology visionaries Alexandria, VA (May 9, 2017)—ASIS International, the world's leading association for security management professionals, today announced that U.S. President George W. Bush will address attendees at the opening of the ASIS International 63rd [...]

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Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

By Jennifer Leggio for Zero Day | May 8, 2017 -- 12:30 GMT (05:30 PDT) | Topic: Security CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, today released its Security Culture Report 2017, which studied more than 10,000 employees across five verticals in two countries within the Nordics to determine how risk and security is understood [...]

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