From Parliament -- Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle praised the actions of the security professionals who saved a man from the icy waters of the Thames. The BBC published a great story recently about two UK security officers and a CCTV control room operator who, through their heroic efforts, rescued a man who nearly [...]
Allied Universal -- which boasts the largest security force in North America -- issued a news release recently following the Department of Homeland Security's Jan. 4 National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin, stating that all of its security professionals had been informed of the bulletin and were now on heightened alert. Here is the text of [...]
The International Foundation for Protection Officers today announced that Larry Fennelly, CPOI, CSSM, has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He replaces Dennis Shepp, MBA, CPP, CFE, PCI, CPOI. Fennelly, who hails from South Yarmouth, Mass., is owner and operator of Litigation Consultants, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in threat assessment, risk [...]
U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Jan. 4 National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin -- issued in the wake of the U.S. strike on Jan. 2 that killed Iranian IRGC-Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Iran's subsequent threats of retaliation -- warns citizens of possible terrorism threats in the United States. Three days after the bulletin was [...]
Now more than ever, security is an important component of our daily lives, and that definitely includes the workplace. If you are en employer with a need for a professional security force, you want that force to be as prepared as possible for the unexpected, and it starts with education. Whether you have an [...]
Davay Kinsey receives scholarship to the FSCJ fire academy. Pic by Brittney Donovan@brittneyANjax In October, we brought you the story of University of Florida Health Security Officer Davay Kinsey, whose actions undoubtedly saved the life of a firefighter stabbed by a patient he was transporting. "Once they got control of that patient, my [...]
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 -- [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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