International Foundation for Protection Officers

ISA to hold dignitary & executive protection specialist course

Dignitary & Executive Protection Specialist April 17 - April 23 This course is restricted to law enforcement only.  Registration must be made by April 10th 2018. Special tuition programs are available, please visit tuition plans for more information. This course covers (7 Days) (80 hrs.) of classroom instruction, and includes seven days of on-line pre-attendance training. 39 [...]

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Manager, security officer shot to death at Texas strip club

ALEDO TX March 10 2018, from PrivateOfficerBreakingNews Police were called to a report of shots fired at a gentlemen’s club late Thursday night and found that two people had been shot to death. Sheriff deputies immediately found that the shooting at the Temptations Cabaret, located in the 12200 block of Camp Bowie Boulevard was a [...]

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Pennsylvania school district puts armed security officers in elementary schools

March 07, 2018  Amy Rock , CampusSafetyMagazine.com A Pennsylvania school district has decided to put armed security officers in each of its seven elementary schools following the Parkland high school shooting. The Easton Area School District previously had armed security guards at each of its elementary schools until they were laid off during the 2012-2013 school year [...]

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Webinar: The 5 Ws of Identity Management

From Security Magazine and QuantumSecure: Who, What, Where, When & Why – Simplify Identity Management by Answering the 5 Ws Start Date:3/14/2018 START TIME:2:00 PM EDT DURATION:60 MINUTES ABSTRACT: For security professionals, managing the different identities that access their facilities in an effective and efficient manner is crucial to protecting their organization’s people, assets and [...]

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Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

Here are the IFPO's latest graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Patrick Taylor, CSSM, Calgary, AB, Canada Steven Taylor, CSSM, Calgary, AB, Canada Paul Jomm, CSSM, St. Catharines, ON, Canada Alissia Patty, CPO, Shawnee, KS, USA Will Summers, CPO, Des Moines, IA, USA Anil Kayastha, CPOI, Doha, Qatar Conner Schoenrock, CPO, Urbandale, IA, [...]

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Accused peeping tom charged with putting spy-cam in women’s bathroom

NORMAN MILLER ON MAR 7, 2018, SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch.com March 07--FRAMINGHAM -- A former Framingham supermarket employee installed a spy camera in an employee ladies room last year, recording unsuspecting co-workers as they used the toilet, authorities said. John E. Lola Jr., 47, of Holliston, pleaded not guilty to the charges at his Framingham District Court [...]

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OP-ED: Time for a new look at response to violence

  By Chris Hertig, IFPO Director and retired York College of Pennsylvania professor Violence in our society is getting increasing media attention. It also gets attention in the law offices, HR departments, security departments and police/fire/EMS agencies. Violence is here to stay, and while a decidedly unappealing topic of conversation, it’s a conversation we must have. Terrorism [...]

By |2018-03-08T06:26:54-05:00March 6th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on OP-ED: Time for a new look at response to violence

Congrats to David Rothberg, IFPO’s February Scholarship Award recipient!

Our February Scholarship Winner is: David Rothberg of Maryland Heights, MO, who has elected to take the Certified in Security Supervision and Management (CSSM)! Congratulations, David! 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 part of that commitment [...]

By |2018-03-06T17:45:48-05:00March 6th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to David Rothberg, IFPO’s February Scholarship Award recipient!

The dos and don’ts of a successful incident response program

BY CLYDE HEWITT, CISSP, CHS ON MAR 5, 2018, SecurityInfoWatch.com Many organizations have adopted a herd mentality by assigning the security incident responsibility to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or senior security official (CISO). Unfortunately, this myopic approach is a prescription for the organization to make serious errors and delay responding based on two key observations. March [...]

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Want to take your security career to the next level? These individuals did!

Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates! Here are the IFPO's latest graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   George Bayas Lapidario, CPOI, Doha, Qatar Franklin Hill, CPO, Fraserville, ON, Canada Andrew Oden, CPO, Bentonville, AR, USA Mike Mattina, CPO, Lebanon, OH, USA Muhammad Tahir Nadeem, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada John Figura, CPO, Urbandale, IA, [...]

By |2018-03-05T19:11:09-05:00March 5th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Want to take your security career to the next level? These individuals did!

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