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Illinois police officer buys bike for security officer who walks 6 hours to work

Fairview Heights IL police officer donates bike to security guard ...Belleville News Democrat. Nick Bonness, a local security guard, shakes hands with Fairview Heights Police Officer Clay Mason. BY KELSEY LANDIS, klandis@bnd.com, Belleville News Democrat Officer Clay Mason is a shy kind of guy who doesn’t enjoy a whole lot of attention, but his [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:41-05:00March 14th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Illinois police officer buys bike for security officer who walks 6 hours to work

Will long airport lines of 2016 return this year?

  Painfully long lines at major airports in the US made headlines last year, including Midway Airport in Chicago and the Windy City's other major airport, O'Hare. Criticism was heaped on the Transportation Security Administration, and although their methods appeared painstaking, they also were proven to be effective, as they seized 74 guns in one [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:36-05:00March 14th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Will long airport lines of 2016 return this year?

Police arrest man who smashed bottle on Met security officer’s head

Brandon Aebersold, 33,arrested recently for allegedly smashing a bottle on a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.   By Shaye Weaver | March 8, 2017 4:23pm, DNAInfo.com @shayeweaver UPPER EAST SIDE — An East Village man was arrested Wednesday for smashing a bottle on a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:34-05:00March 11th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Police arrest man who smashed bottle on Met security officer’s head

Florida police accuse man of impersonating security officer

ST. PETERSBURG (FOX 13) - St. Petersburg police arrested 28-year-old Hai "Harry" Hoang for impersonating a security guard after a two-month long investigation.   Officers arrested Hoang Tuesday and pulled bags of evidence out of his Pinellas County home including guns, badges, uniforms, handcuffs and Tasers. Police say Hoang does not have a license to [...]

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Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

Congratulations to the latest group of graduates: -- Ronald Carr, CPO, Germantown, Pa. -- Zachary Handy, CPO, Germantown, Pa. -- Eugene M. McGrath, CPO, Des Moines, Iowa -- Kevin Michels, CPO, Des Moines, Iowa   The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is dedicated to providing meaningful and cost effective security training for security guards [...]

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Ohio gun rights activists push for firearms in the workplace

LYNN HULSEY ON MAR 9, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch Ohio has joined the nation's stampede to loosen gun laws in recent years, approving laws allowing open- and concealed-carry, adopting a lethal self-defense "Castle Doctrine" measure, and now letting people bring guns onto company parking lots. What comes next is unclear, but some gun rights advocates [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:26-05:00March 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Ohio gun rights activists push for firearms in the workplace

NYPD hunting for man who smashed bottle on Met Museum security’s officer’s head

Either the alleged assailant was in possession of his mental faculties and was simply looking for an excuse or a pretense to attack the Met security officer, or he is so mentally unhinged he felt justified in smashing a bottle over the officer's head for a painting he believed was hanging crooked. Either way, the [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:20-05:00March 7th, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on NYPD hunting for man who smashed bottle on Met Museum security’s officer’s head

FBI investigating 300 refugees for possible terrorism ties

  From the Thomson Reuters Foundation News: WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating 300 people who were admitted into the United States as refugees as part of 1,000 counterterrorism investigations involving Islamic State or individuals inspired by the militant group, congressional sources told Reuters on Monday, citing senior administration officials. Find out [...]

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Oklahoma State University goes ‘old school,’ adds emergency phones around campus

    Oklahoma State University's "blue lights" may, at first glance, seem antiquated, but in reality, they still serve a purpose. Their mere presence is enough to help students feel at ease and possibly ward off n'er-do-wells. Not only that, but say a student who needs to make a call either loses their cell phone [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:13-05:00March 6th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Oklahoma State University goes ‘old school,’ adds emergency phones around campus

Security officers stabbed in New Jersey, Virginia, leaving one dead

Police are looking for Jamel Kingsbury, suspected of stabbing a security officer to death in Woodbridge, Va.   Two security officers were stabbed in separate incidents on the east coast over the weekend. In Atlantic City, NJ, a security officer was stabbed after he tried to break up at a casino bar Friday just [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:12-05:00March 5th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officers stabbed in New Jersey, Virginia, leaving one dead

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