https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIHtvhqlS0&t=65s Ted Czech, social media manager for the International Foundation for Protection Officers, was a guest recently on Security Guy TV, a podcast hosted by Chuck Harold. Czech and Harold covered some of the professional certifications the IFPO offers, how it is critical as a security professional to constantly update your skill set with continuing [...]
Earning a security certification from the International Foundation for Protection Officers immediately sets an individual apart from those who have not achieved such a distinction. Having those letters after your name -- whether it be CPO, CPOI or SSMP -- means you care about the security industry and how you fit into it. Furthermore, it [...]
Great work by the Broadway at the Beach Security officers. These security professionals -- call them boots-on-the-ground, first responders or law enforcement's eyes and ears -- detected the crime, neutralized it and notified authorities who could affect an arrest. This is exactly how security should work. Police cannot be everywhere, all the time and so [...]
Photo of the Morton J. Holbrook Jr. Judicial Center from the Owensboro Times. https://www.owensborotimes.com/news/2019/07/officials-claim-security-parking-issues-show-need-for-new-judicial-center/ Things appear to be moving in the right direction at the Morton J. Holbrook Jr. Judicial Center in Kentucky as significant raises for security officers there were announced recently. Historically, security professionals have been notoriously underpaid, so it is [...]
Sierra Hunter, her deceased cousin Michael Pope and the materials for the quilt Sierra made in his honor. Photos by Dan Copp, Houma Today. By Dan Copp / Staff Writer, HoumaToday Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana -- When her cousin died unexpectedly in September, Sierra Hunter wanted to make something his family could remember [...]
Naples, Florida – November 19th, 2019 – The International Foundation for Protection Officers and Security Magazine are very pleased to announce that Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, have been selected as the 2019 award recipient of the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. First Honorable Mention was awarded [...]
Last month, the IFPO posted a story on the new Clint Eastwood movie, Richard Jewell, about the Atlanta security officer who went from hero to suspect in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing investigation. Now we have news that the movie is garnering some Oscar buzz ahead of its US release date of Dec. 13. Hopefully, [...]
Theo Breedt with Jenilee Mosdell, from the Pretoria Moot Rekord. Security professionals don't help others to be thanked. They do it because they feel a calling and know they are good at it. That said, it is always heartwarming when someone who has been helped reaches out and thanks the person who helped [...]
tCzech Image from WFTV ABC 9 https://www.wftv.com/news/local/man-shot-at-wawa-after-attacking-security-guard-police-say/1009521380 In this case, we have an interesting, and reassuring twist -- someone coming to the aid of a security officer. One of the primary roles of security professionals is to assist others, either in small ways, like giving directions, or in very severe cases, by preventing harm [...]
Image from Shutterstock.com The power of communication is nothing new to law enforcement and emergency response. It's often said in law enforcement that the fastest fleeing felon is no match for a police radio. In many cases, solid communications can mean life or death. Consider the most extreme example of the past several [...]
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