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Hockey pucks? University in Michigan arms students for active shooters

This is worse than the school district in Pennsylvania that handed out buckets of rocks for active shooter defense. From campussafetymagazine.com: One Detroit-area college is taking a unique approach toward helping students and faculty protect themselves against a potential active shooter: arming them with hockey pucks. Campus police and school officials at Oakland University in [...]

By |2018-12-04T06:42:27-05:00December 4th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Hockey pucks? University in Michigan arms students for active shooters

IFPO December Special: CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings!

IFPO December Special: For a limited time, purchase the CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings! As a complimentary thank-you for being part of the IFPO, we are offering our December special. This is a limited time offer for the month of December and is available until 12/31/2018.   To take advantage of this month's [...]

By |2018-12-03T06:11:04-05:00December 3rd, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO December Special: CPO Traditional Package with over $60 in Savings!

Congrats! 6 protection officers pass IFPO exams

Here are the latest IFPO graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Jaspreet Singh Dhaliwal, CPO, Calgary, AB Canada Eldis J. Vazquez Flores, CPOI, Pearl Harbor, HI, USA Hector Cortes, CPO, Joliet, IL, USA M.K. Duvekot, CPO, Utrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Ronald Brayton, CPO, Las Vegas, NV, USA Sabrina Nelson, CPO, Palmer, AK, USA The [...]

By |2018-12-01T07:50:42-05:00December 1st, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats! 6 protection officers pass IFPO exams

4 pass the IFPO’s Certified Protection Officer exam in Europe

Here's a recent email from Joop Verdonk, CPP, Managing Director of the European Security Academy: The CPO Fellowship in Europe continues to grow. This morning four candidates sat the exam at LOI Academy in Leiderdorp. They all passed in a really splendid way. The names are: Mart Apon, CPO Kees van den Berg, CPO Kees-Jan van Hartingsveldt, CPO Carlo [...]

By |2018-11-29T06:21:26-05:00November 29th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 4 pass the IFPO’s Certified Protection Officer exam in Europe

1,000+ attend funeral for Vietnam vet with no known family

By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News A Vietnam War veteran who passed away last week with no known living relatives was laid to rest Tuesday at a Nebraska cemetery -- with as many as 2,000 supporters attending -- after his funeral notice went viral. Stanley Stoltz, of Bennington, Neb., died Nov. 18 at the age of 73. [...]

By |2018-11-28T06:08:32-05:00November 28th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 1,000+ attend funeral for Vietnam vet with no known family

Medical marijuana dispensary shootout in Detroit injures one security officer

There's an argument out there that legalizing marijuana would somehow decrease crime related to the drug. But there are several factors those individuals fail to realize or are purposely omitting. First, there will always be someone filled with an entrepreneurial spirit who thinks they can offer a better deal than the legal structure. Second, in [...]

By |2018-11-26T06:35:44-05:00November 26th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Medical marijuana dispensary shootout in Detroit injures one security officer

Black Friday shooting: Gunman injures 2 at Alabama mall, then killed by police

Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk, AJC.com HOOVER, ALA. — A shooting at an Alabama mall Thursday night left at two people injured and the one person dead, according to multiple news outlets. >> Read more trending news The incident took place at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover as shoppers began looking for Black Friday [...]

By |2018-11-23T09:15:47-05:00November 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Black Friday shooting: Gunman injures 2 at Alabama mall, then killed by police

Florida police bust theft ring after escorting Santa and Mrs. Claus to tree lighting

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. November 20 2018 - Two Daytona Beach police officers escorting Mr. and Mrs. Claus to a tree lighting ceremony broke up a major theft ring in the parking lot Saturday night, the Police Department said. Officers Joe Evans and Courtney Wooleyhan were returning to duty, after escorting Santa and Mrs. [...]

By |2018-11-21T06:37:56-05:00November 21st, 2018|News|Comments Off on Florida police bust theft ring after escorting Santa and Mrs. Claus to tree lighting

US Army troops prepare for migrant caravans along Texas-Mexico border

US troops position razor wire along the border with Mexico to deter the caravan of illegal immigrants headed for the United States. Photo by Todd Bensman. Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow, border and homeland security expert, writer, and speaker, penned this post on LinkedIn, as part of his series on his self-embedded coverage [...]

By |2018-11-20T06:39:39-05:00November 20th, 2018|News|Comments Off on US Army troops prepare for migrant caravans along Texas-Mexico border

Hate crime on the rise in the U.S., FBI says

by Katie Malafronte, CampusSafetyMagazine.com The FBI released a report on Tuesday that showed hate crime in the U.S. rose about 17 percent in 2017 when compared to 2016. There were 7,175 hate crimes in 2017 compared to the 6,121 incidents the previous year. The FBI pointed out that the number of law enforcement agencies reporting the [...]

By |2018-11-17T09:43:19-05:00November 17th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Hate crime on the rise in the U.S., FBI says

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