A message from the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL: The CDP is a Department of Homeland Security / FEMA training center. If you are a state, local, or tribal government emergency responder, this training is completely funded by DHS at no cost to you or your jurisdiction. They fly responders into the [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhQVuBzA6is Ted Czech, social media manager for the International Foundation for Protection Officers https://ifpo.org talks with Charles "Chuck" Andrews of Friends of Chuck about a new venture of his called SecurityTalkNow and an off-shoot called #JobTalk. They also discuss the benefits of obtaining an IFPO certification and the latest goings-on in the security industry in [...]
Pic from Branimir Balogović, available at unsplash.com, a free pic website. Around the world, security officers find themselves on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. In one way, this is no different -- security professionals are often first responders in emergency situations; however, because this is a global pandemic, [...]
As a sign of our dedication to the education of security professionals in these difficult times, the IFPO is offering a 20% discount on the Initial Security Officer Program (ISOP). The golden standard for those launching a career in security, the ISOP offers essential, practical information on such topics as the nature and role of [...]
Image from Kat Wilcox https://www.pexels.com/photo/crime-scene-do-not-cross-signage-923681/ Privateofficer.org and its blog, Privateofficerbreakingnews, provide great statistical information, including security officer deaths and security officer-involved shootings. Below you will find their latest post on shootings and/or deaths that involved security officers in 2020. The last line is worth repeating here: "However, of the shootings chronicled thus far [...]
From Parliament -- Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle praised the actions of the security professionals who saved a man from the icy waters of the Thames. The BBC published a great story recently about two UK security officers and a CCTV control room operator who, through their heroic efforts, rescued a man who nearly [...]
Davay Kinsey receives scholarship to the FSCJ fire academy. Pic by Brittney Donovan@brittneyANjax In October, we brought you the story of University of Florida Health Security Officer Davay Kinsey, whose actions undoubtedly saved the life of a firefighter stabbed by a patient he was transporting. "Once they got control of that patient, my [...]
The swift, decisive actions of a North Carolina Central University officer saved a woman whose car was stalled on a set of train tracks early Saturday morning in Durham. According to PrivateOfficerBreakingNews, "Officer (Stacey) DeSantis saw a car stopped on the train tracks and conducted a wellness check just before 3 a.m." When DeSantis found [...]
Justus Murphy, 21, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, pointing a deadly weapon, possession of marijuana and petty larceny. This account reads like it is right out of a movie script -- as they say, truth is stranger than fiction. Thanks to the daring, action-hero efforts of the security officer, a robbery [...]
Congratulations to all of the officers on their awards and to the IAHSS for recognizing them. There is no doubt that security officers are first-responders -- a title reserved for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical personnel in the past -- and as such, they run toward danger when most run the other way. Their [...]
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