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 [...]
It should come as no surprise that the security profession would be subject to incidents like this from time to time, as now more than ever, security professionals are performing tasks once done by law enforcement officers. Yet, at the same time, this incident stands as further proof for the need for intense and [...]
Adhan Rasheed Clark, 25, of Paramount, charged with homicide. From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews -- Inglewood CA April 26 2019 A man was arrested in the killing of a security guard at a marijuana dispensary in Inglewood, authorities said Wednesday. Detectives and a SWAT team took Adhan Rasheed Clark, 25, of Paramount, into custody Monday near [...]
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 [...]
The IFPO is modernizing with the industry. The IFPO recently unveiled a new logo to exemplify the organization's presence around the world and the global nature of modern security. The logo encompasses a globe to represent our members, students, graduates, and instructors in more than 50 countries and our diversified board of directors from Canada, the United States, [...]
Kenneth Missey is charged with first degree murder for the death of security guard Bill Williams. Security officers may still largely be The Forgotten Soldiers of the Invisible Empire, but more and more, we are reminded that they are in fact on the front lines of life-and-death situations and that sometimes, unfortunately, the [...]
From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews -- Leeds England April 10 2019 -- A violent thug bit a security guard and a police officer, attacked a Tesco store manager and threatened a woman with a spade during spree of drink and drug-fueled crime. David Yates also abused a member of staff at a betting shop before smashing a window [...]
By James A. DeMeo, M.S., adjunct instructor of event security at Tulane University and founder, president and CEO of USESC The tragedy coming out of the Las Vegas-Mandalay Bay mass shootings, a black swan event has event security leaders rethinking the playbook for properly safeguarding today’s confined spaces. The concept of an aerial assault prior to [...]
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