International Foundation for Protection Officers

Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

  -- Leonisa Purino, CPO, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Simon Hermiz, CPO, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Tony Thur, CPO, Naperville, IL, USA -- John Delaney, CPO, Reno, NV, USA -- Sanjaya Sharma, CSSM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Sherri Cunningham, CSSM, Silver Spring, MD, USA April Special: Professional Security Officer Program (PSOP) w/Individual Membership Package The [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:48-05:00April 23rd, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

“Security”: What’s in a Word? by the IFPO’s Tom Conley

IFPO Past Chairman Tom M. Conley, CPP, CPO, President & CEO of The Conley Group, Inc. was asked several months ago to write an article for Security Magazine by Editor-in-Chief Diane Ritchey. "That article has now been published this month’s edition of that magazine. I wanted to focus sharply on the IFPO and how the IFPO’s certification programs [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:45-05:00April 15th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on “Security”: What’s in a Word? by the IFPO’s Tom Conley

The CANE response for active threats by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

Violence in our society is attracting an increasing amount of media attention. It also gets attention in the law offices, human resources departments, security departments and first responder agencies. Violence is here to stay, and while a decidedly unappealing topic of conversation, it’s a conversation we must have. Terrorism isn’t going away and neither are [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:46-05:00April 15th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on The CANE response for active threats by the IFPO’s Chris Hertig

Security officer stops Swedish terrorist truck attack

  by McKinley Corbley - Apr 11, 2017, GoodNewsNetwork.org This 27-year-old security guard is responsible for saving dozens of lives after a deranged driver started driving a truck towards Swedish parliament on Friday. Santiago Cueva was sitting idly in his van near Åhlens, a department store on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, when he saw a [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:41-05:00April 15th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security officer stops Swedish terrorist truck attack

5 signs your first responder spouse has PTSD

Most of the public associates the phrase "first responder" with police, firefighters and EMTs/paramedics -- and well they should -- but increasingly, security officers can be included in that group. Because they are embedded at institutions like hospitals, malls, or schools, security officers are often the first to respond to a traumatic situation, and that [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:36:39-05:00April 12th, 2017|News|Comments Off on 5 signs your first responder spouse has PTSD

IFPO adds Dennis Shepp to its board of distinguished directors

A message from IFPO Executive Director Sandi Davies: On behalf of the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) Board of Directors it gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of an outstanding security professional to our esteemed Board of Directors. Please welcome: Dennis Shepp, MBA, CPP, CFE, PCI, CPOI Kelowna, BC CANADA   IFPO adds [...]

By |2017-04-10T05:54:18-04:00April 10th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO adds Dennis Shepp to its board of distinguished directors

Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

Congratulations to the latest group of graduates: -- Anthony P. Gentilcore, CPO, Silver Springs, Md., USA. -- Jirina Buresova, CPO, Dobroviz, Czech Republic. -- Dominik Vanicek, CPO, Leipzig, Germany. April Special: Professional Security Officer Program (PSOP) w/Individual Membership Package The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is dedicated to providing meaningful and cost effective security [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:35-05:00April 8th, 2017|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to IFPO’s latest graduates!

Good Samaritans rescue Metro security officer in Missouri

  There may be an anti-law-enforcement sentiment in the United States, but clearly, that mentality is not held by everyone as several civilians rushed to the defense of a security officer who was under attack recently in Missouri. Kudos to the Good Samaritans out there who helped the security officer. -- IFPO.   From staff [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:28-05:00April 7th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Good Samaritans rescue Metro security officer in Missouri

Kansas hospital moves to ban guns before concealed carry law takes effect

Guns in the Workplace – US Employers Caught in the Crossfire ...Willis Towers Watson Wire645 × 400Search by imagegun in workplace HUNTER WOODALL ON MAR 27, 2017 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch March 23--Officials with the University of Kansas Health System made another effort Thursday to keep guns out of its buildings before a state [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:35:26-05:00April 2nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Kansas hospital moves to ban guns before concealed carry law takes effect

Security team that raided Orange County motel now under investigation

    "We are the next best thing to having the police," is Freeman Security's tagline. The controversy in which the company now find itself embroiled brings into sharp relief the fact that as traditional law enforcement agencies find it more and more difficult to find recruits, likewise, security companies are taking on those law enforcement [...]

By |2017-04-02T21:23:19-04:00April 2nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Security team that raided Orange County motel now under investigation

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