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Know an excellent security company or professional? Nominate them for the Bill Zalud Award!

Nominations are now being accepted for the 4th annual Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. 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 Protection Officers and Security Magazine. The award bears Bill's name [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-06-18T09:48:58-04:00June 18th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

Security Magazine: Suggestions for small business owners to combat looting during coronavirus

Pic available for free at unsplash.com from Macau Photo Agency. Dr. Steve Albrecht has penned a very practical, helpful article for Security Magazine titled, "Keeping Unoccupied Stores Safe from Burglaries or Looting in the Time of the Coronavirus." Albrecht's words address the reality of the herd mentality, which often gives rise to panic [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-04-03T11:51:35-04:00April 3rd, 2020|News|Comments Off

Workplace violence: IFPO’s Tom Conley’s webinar featured in Security Magazine

Photo by Roman Koester @der_roman, from unsplash.com, a free photo website. 2019 was a good year for IFPO board member and former IFPO chair Tom Conley. In November, he received an award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security from Security Magazine and the same month, he and his company, The [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-02-17T05:54:11-05:00February 17th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

The Internet is forever: Security professionals should watch what they post, expert says

Image from Camilo Jiminez, unsplash.com Security Magazine has a very informative and thought-provoking story this month by Security Management Resources Group CEO Jerry J Brennan titled "Guilt by Association – Public References and Their Impact on Your Security Career." There's a saying that nothing is ever truly deleted from the Internet. Try as [...]

By Ted Czech|2020-02-07T09:13:05-05:00February 7th, 2020|News|Comments Off

Security Magazine ponders in-house vs outsourced security forces

From about 1993-1996, I worked as a security officer at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, RI. I never actually worked for the hospital per se -- I was employed by whatever security company had the contract with the hospital during that time. I believe in those years, the contract switched hands probably three times. In [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-12-27T08:35:43-05:00December 27th, 2019|News|Comments Off

IFPO’s Tom Conley receives award as one of 2019’s Most Influential People in Security

Longtime IFPO board member and former IFPO chair Tom Conley was selected as one of Security's Magazine's Most Influential People in Security for 2019. The award was presented at the annual SECURITY 500 Conference on November 18th in Alexandria, VA. He also served on a panel at that conference that discussed communication interoperability between public [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-11-21T06:18:07-05:00November 21st, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group receive Bill Zalud Memorial Award

Naples, Florida – The International Foundation for Protection Officers and Security Magazine are very pleased to announce that Tom M. Conley and The Conley Group, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, have been selected as the 2019 recipients of the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. In 2017, the International Foundation for Protection Officers, in conjunction [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-11-05T06:42:17-05:00November 5th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

The importance of P3s – Public-Private Partnerships – Security Magazine

With the start of American football this fall, games will be held in stadiums from high school all the way to the NFL Security Magazine's recent story about security P3s - Public-Private Partnerships - addresses the importance of such an alliance at stadiums and other events. -- IFPO. Here is an excerpt from the story, [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-09-09T06:55:59-04:00September 9th, 2019|News|Comments Off

IFPO’s Tom M. Conley named one of Security Magazine’s Most Influential People in Security 2019

Congratulations go out to IFPO Board of Directors member Tom Conley for his recognition as one of Security Magazine's Most Influential People in Security 2019. This highly prestigious award began in 2005 and thus far, no one from a contract security company has ever been selected as a recipient. Conley will also be the first Iowan [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-09-05T05:44:17-04:00September 4th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

IFPO and Security Magazine announce winner and runner-up for Bill Zalud Award

Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence recipient and honorable mention recipient announced Naples, Florida – November 21st, 2018 – The International Foundation for Protection Officers and Security Magazine announce the 2018 award recipients of the Bill Zalud Memorial Award for Professional Excellence. In 2017, the International Foundation for Protection Officers, in conjunction with Security Magazine, announced [...]

By Ted Czech|2019-05-10T07:38:44-04:00November 30th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off

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