From Fox 5 Atlanta: FULTON COUNTY, Ga. - Gas station owners, worried that a mandate to hire around-the-clock security to tackle "slider" criminals would hurt their bottom line, met with local leaders to encourage them to repeal the mandate. Instead, they argue business owners should come up with their own ways to voluntarily [...]
MARTHA SHANAHAN ON JAN 23, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY Jan. 19--NEW LONDON -- A Connecticut College campus security officer may have saved a life Tuesday when he used an automatic external defibrillator device on a colleague who was having a heart attack. Eric Roode, who has worked for the college for almost 11 years, responded to [...]
Austin Anderson DANIEL SALAZAR ON JAN 27, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY Jan. 26--Kansas lawmakers got an earful Thursday from speakers who don't want to allow guns on college campuses starting this summer. Under current law, public colleges and universities must allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus after July 1. That would range [...]
By eHarmony Staff They are the men and women who ensure our safety at businesses, sporting events, and airports. Sometimes you notice them in clearly identifiable uniforms; sometimes they are nearly invisible. Security guards play an essential role in our society, maintaining order and preventing crime. Here’s something you may not have considered about these [...]
By Nicole Perez - Executive Producer KSAT ABC-12. SAN ANTONIO - It has been 23 years since burglars shot and killed James Fogle, an on-duty security guard at a South Side Walmart. The people responsible have never been caught. San Antonio police have reopened the case in hopes of finding Fogle's killer. Find out how [...]
Former TD Garden security officer Rene Norestant Jr., half Michael Hathaway’s age and 110 pounds heavier, allegedly shoved Hathaway from behind into the exit door, punched or shoved him, then grabbed his cane and struck his head. By Evan Allen, Nicole Dungca and Jan Ransom BOSTON GLOBE STAFF JANUARY 19, 2017 Michael Hathaway didn’t [...]
Matthew Hendrickson @ReportstheNews | email of the Chicago Sun-Times A person who attempted to rob a bank Friday in northern Illinois was shot and killed by a security officer. Just before 4 p.m., a male of unknown age tried to rob an Alpine Bank branch at 2218 N. Mulford Ave. in Rockford, according to the FBI. Membership [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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