IFPO Board Member Kevin Palacios with IFPO Executive Director Sandi Davies. Here is a message from IFPO Board Member Kevin Palacios, MSc., CPP, PSP, PCI, Director of the IFPO's operations in Latin America: The IFPO congratulates its recent Certified Protection Officers from Latin America. The foundation's standardized testing and security certifications (available in Spanish) are gaining importance [...]
By Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle A man was hospitalized Wednesday morning with a gunshot wound to the chest after a security guard found him lying on the side of the road in northwest Houston, according to Metro Video. The man's current condition is unclear. The security guard found him on her way to work around 2:40 [...]
Nominations for the 3rd annual Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence will be accepted beginning June 1st, 2019 until October 31, 2019. The award, which recognizes one security professional or an organization for professional excellence or outstanding service in the security profession and one runner-up, is a joint project between the International Foundation for [...]
Receiving the IFPO's quarterly newsletter, IFPO Insights, is just one of the many benefits of becoming a member with the foundation. The newsletter brings you not only the latest updates on the IFPO, a leader in security industry education and training, but useful, thought-provoking articles from some of the security industry's most influential and experienced [...]
From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: VALPARAISO IN May 2 2019— As a Chicago man was wrestling with a security officer on the floor of a local courtroom Monday, his infant son was tossed out of his carrier in the audience and wound up on the floor, police said. When 23-year-old Christopher Jackson was sentenced to three years behind [...]
IFPO May Special: For a limited time, get one CSSM Program and one year of IFPO Membership for $280! As a complimentary thank you for being part of the IFPO, we are offering our May special! Unique and flexible, the Certified in Security Supervision and Management (CSSM) Program distance learning course is designed to meet [...]
The IFPO's January scholarship winner is Michelle Rivera of Memphis, Tennessee. Michelle has chosen to take the Certified Protection Officer (CPO) course. Congratulations, Michelle! 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 the [...]
Great news from Ron Martin, CPP, IFPO Board of Directors member, Infragard North Louisiana Vice President, Commercial Facilities Sector Chief: This year, three individual IOBSE scholarship recipients have been awarded the IFPO Initial Security Officer Program Course. This course provides online training to help improve the knowledge and performance of private security officers part of an [...]
By Mark Folmer, CPP; Brad Gordon; and Eddie Sorrels, CPP, PSP, PCI As reported by Grand View Research, the value of the physical security market globally is estimated to top $290 billion by 2025. Those “zeroes” alone give security professionals good reason to pay attention to this ever-increasing sector. By most estimates, security guard services make up [...]
Here's a recent email from Joop Verdonk, CPP, Managing Director of the European Security Academy: Dear CPO fellows, On April 18, fifteen candidates sat the CPO exam at the Priory of Corsendonk. Twelve of these candidates passed the exam in a very successful way. Their names are: Erik Borgers, CPO Michael van Emde Boas, CPO Willem [...]
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