The IFPO's February scholarship winner is Priscilla Tucker, of Miami, Florida. Priscilla has chosen to take the Certified in Security Supervision and Management (CSSM) course. Congratulations, Priscilla! To sign up for the Monthly Scholarship for a CPO Program or the CSSM Program, click here! The International Foundation for Protection Officers stands for professionalism and education. As [...]
This might not be the smartest action to take. No one is going to respond quicker to incidents that occur on-campus than campus police officers. With the amount of students, faculty and visitors that travel through and congregate at large universities, the potential for a larger amount of severe crime is there. The time it [...]
Welcome to the second installment of the weekly IFPO security professional quiz. Here are the answers from last week's quiz #1: A D False B C How well did you do? And now, onto this week's questions: 1. In a contemporary asset protection scheme, patrols are not just concerned with observing criminal activity. Patrols are [...]
Further proof that great things happen when security professionals and law enforcement work together. -- IFPO. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Brooklyn NY March 2 2019 A security guard chased down a crook with an astounding 86 prior arrests after the thief ripped off a Brooklyn Gap, threatened the guard with a razor and then hid in [...]
Michael S. D'Angelo makes a great case for the importance of attaining certifications in the security industry. We here at the IFPO couldn't agree more. -- IFPO. BY Michael S. D'Angelo, CPP, CSC, CHPA I read a post today by a “security consultant” who proclaimed: “that you don’t need professional certifications to prove you are [...]
They say crime is about opportunity, and that appears to be the case recently in Oakland. Here we have TV reporters, just trying to do their jobs, but in the chaos and confusion of the Oakland teachers' strike, a couple of suspects saw an opportunity and even with the crew's security officer right there, pulled [...]
By John Patston | Feb 21, 2019, CalibrePress.com When Americans leave their homes for business or for leisure, there’s an expectation that they remain fairly safe while interacting with the rest of society. If not for the role of government, particularly as it relates to the function and availability of law enforcement, persons would be at [...]
Now more than ever, security professionals are putting themselves in harm's way. Damario Johnson took a bullet in the back while working security at a nightclub early Thanksgiving morning and since then, has been fighting to regain what he has lost. He has many challenges ahead of him, but Damario, the security community is with [...]
Presenting a new feature here at the IFPO: The weekly professional protection officer quiz. Each week, five questions, culled from IFPO material, will be posted. The next week, the answers will be posted, along with five more questions. So test your knowledge of professional protection theory and practice and feel free to share it to [...]
A heroic deed, for sure. And sharp uniforms too. As it says in our name, the International Foundation for Protection Officers, it is great to hear news like this from all corners of the globe. -- IFPO. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Ladysmith S Africa Feb 18 2019 -- National Security officers Albert Maphalala and Phumlani Memela made [...]
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