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Can you help? Woman wanted for impersonating security officer in Okla.

Oklahoma City Police are looking for this woman, who they say impersonated a security officer to steal from another person. In early November, a man and a woman were arrested for allegedly impersonating security officers at an apartment complex in Memphis, Tennessee, and then committing serious crimes -- including robbery and kidnapping -- [...]

By |2020-01-02T05:48:08-05:00January 2nd, 2020|News|Comments Off on Can you help? Woman wanted for impersonating security officer in Okla.

University officer pulls woman from tracks as train approaches in Durham, NC

The swift, decisive actions of a North Carolina Central University officer saved a woman whose car was stalled on a set of train tracks early Saturday morning in Durham. According to PrivateOfficerBreakingNews, "Officer (Stacey) DeSantis saw a car stopped on the train tracks and conducted a wellness check just before 3 a.m." When DeSantis found [...]

By |2019-12-31T06:27:56-05:00December 31st, 2019|News|Comments Off on University officer pulls woman from tracks as train approaches in Durham, NC

Church security officer kills gunman in Texas; second security officer mourned

A frame from a live stream during a church shooting in Texas on 12/29/2019. Over the past few years, the International Foundation for Protection Officers has published several posts about security at places of worship. Once thought to be no-go zones for violence, there appears, at least anecdotally, to be an increase in [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:30:40-05:00December 30th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Church security officer kills gunman in Texas; second security officer mourned

Security Magazine ponders in-house vs outsourced security forces

From about 1993-1996, I worked as a security officer at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. I never actually worked for the hospital per se -- I was employed by whatever security company had the contract with the hospital during that time. I believe in those years, the contract switched hands probably three times. In [...]

By |2019-12-27T08:35:43-05:00December 27th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Security Magazine ponders in-house vs outsourced security forces

Will robots replace security officers in the future?

Robot employee kicks away a human worker from doing his computer job at office. leremy / iStock / Getty Images Plus / Getty Images As we enter a new year and a new decade, one can't help but ponder the future. What lies out there in the beyond? How much will things change [...]

By |2019-12-26T08:22:05-05:00December 26th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Will robots replace security officers in the future?

‘Blood trail’ Security officer wounds hookah lounge murder suspect

Retta's Lounge logo from https://www.facebook.com/Rettaslounge/   The career of a security officer is often punctuated with quick, decisive thinking and courage in the face of danger. Just two days ago, on Dec. 22, Lance Bowman, 33, got in an argument with the owner of Retta's, a Louisville, Kentucky, hookah lounge and shot and [...]

By |2019-12-24T06:01:50-05:00December 24th, 2019|News|Comments Off on ‘Blood trail’ Security officer wounds hookah lounge murder suspect

Search continues for missing Memphis security officer

Curtis Harris, 81, missing security officer from the Memphis, Tenn. area. By Janice Broach | December 20, 2019 at 9:27 PM CST - Updated December 20 at 10:38 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Mid-South family is desperate for answers after a security guard vanished just two days into his new job. “it’s [...]

By |2019-12-21T09:46:59-05:00December 21st, 2019|News|Comments Off on Search continues for missing Memphis security officer

Security officer shoots suspected bank robber in New Jersey

The belief that all crime increases during the holidays is a myth; however, according to Dr. Janet Lauritsen, there are two crimes that spike in December: "What I see is a December increase in only two types of crime, where the rate's a little bit higher than the average monthly rate, and that's for robbery [...]

By |2019-12-20T08:13:25-05:00December 20th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Security officer shoots suspected bank robber in New Jersey

Hotel security officer helps break open fraud operation in Tulsa, Okla.

Image of fraud paraphernalia from https://www.cuinsight.com/check-fraud-and-impostors.html Nice work by the unnamed security officer at the Oyo Hotel near Skelly and Yale in Tulsa, Okla. It was probably a fairly routine procedure of the officer -- pay a visit to a renter's room because they had not made payment. But that routine procedure turned [...]

By |2019-12-19T06:17:13-05:00December 19th, 2019|News|Comments Off on Hotel security officer helps break open fraud operation in Tulsa, Okla.

IFPO certifications – stepping stones to your security career

We believe that education is an essential part of professional development for those charged with protecting others. The Foundation serves individuals, security service firms, and organizations that have their own security staff. Career-oriented officers as well as individuals benefit from the recognition and professional standing that the foundation certification conveys. IFPO membership is available for [...]

By |2019-12-18T06:25:23-05:00December 18th, 2019|About IFPO|Comments Off on IFPO certifications – stepping stones to your security career

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