Are you just getting into the security industry? If you are, you want to launch your career in the right way, with the proper knowledge and skills to build a foundation upon which more advanced training can be based. That is precisely why the the International Foundation for Protection Officers designed the Initial Security Officer [...]
As first responders, security officers need to stay up-to-date on emergency situations that have the potential to affect the nation as a whole. Case in point: the Coronavirus. Here is what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have to say about the virus: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the U.S. Updated January 27, [...]
The International Foundation for Protection Officers recently conducted this short interview with Evan Gillespie, CPO, SSMP, where, in his own words, he discusses the benefits of an IFPO certification: -- When did you start your career in security and what motivated you to do so? I started my security career in 2009 during my freshman [...]
King's Church International@kingschurchinternational Every day, all across the globe, security officers are first on the scene -- providing protection, deterring and preventing crime and responding to emergency situations. Powering their actions are a desire to help others, but also a myriad of skills at their disposal. Many of those skills are of the [...]
DHS.gov Blue Campaign to end human trafficking. Earlier this week, the IFPO disseminated a post about Busing On The Lookout, a national program from Truckers Against Trafficking, designed to educate bus drivers on the horrors of human trafficking and calling them to be vigilant for the signs of the heinous crime. On Thursday, [...]
By Dan Mendelson (edited by Ted Czech) What’s in a name? Everything, if your mission is to raise the branding profile of the security industry. Guards are called protection officers (or security officers) by the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO), and for good reason. The term guard does little to command respect or convey [...]
Image from Kat Wilcox https://www.pexels.com/photo/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681/ The night the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Tennessee Titans to become AFC champions and earn a berth in Super Bowl LIV is forever marred by the senseless tragedy of a shooting that occurred outside a Kansas City, Missouri nightclub. However, similar to a scenario at a Texas [...]
Annie Sovcik, the Program Director for Busing on the Lookout (BOTL) Although the scourge of modern-day human trafficking has only gained media attention in the last decade or so, it has existed in the United States -- and around the world -- for much, much longer. What makes human trafficking so insidious is its subversive [...]
Michael Allen CPP, CFE, has penned a very informative and inspirational piece for The Professional Security Officer (TPSO) magazine. Launched about a year ago in the UK, the magazine's most recent edition is titled CPD (Continuing Professional Development) and Career Development. Allen's essay, Lifelong Learning, The Key to the Success of Every Security Professional, delves [...]
Valiant Private Security Officer Christopher Gomez. Image from http://privateofficerbreakingnews.blogspot.com/ With decisive actions and a compassionate heart, Valiant Private Security Officer Christopher Gomez was able to thwart a sexual assault and take a predator off the street in San Jose, Calif. According to a report by Jesse Gary of KTVU, Gomez said he was [...]
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