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FBI investigating 300 refugees for possible terrorism ties

  From the Thomson Reuters Foundation News: WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating 300 people who were admitted into the United States as refugees as part of 1,000 counterterrorism investigations involving Islamic State or individuals inspired by the militant group, congressional sources told Reuters on Monday, citing senior administration officials. Find out [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:34:16-05:00March 7th, 2017|News|Comments Off on FBI investigating 300 refugees for possible terrorism ties

Milo event at Univ. of Md. cancelled due to security fee hike

  By Tom Ciccotta, Breitbart.com: A scheduled event on MILO’s “Dangerous Faggot” tour at the University of Maryland was cancelled after university administrators hit students with a massive increase in security fees just days before the event.   After a bomb threat, which occurred during the tour’s stop at Florida Atlantic University, administrators at the [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:24:22-05:00October 25th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Milo event at Univ. of Md. cancelled due to security fee hike

Preview: Measuring and Evaluating CPTED

A preview of an upcoming article being posted to the IFPO Newsletter then the IFPO articles archive:  "Measuring and Evaluating CPTED"  by Lawrence J. Fennelly, CHS III, CPO, CSS and Marianna A. Perry, M.S., CPP Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is a multi-disciplinary approach to deterring criminal behavior through environmental design. CPTED strategies rely upon the ability [...]

By |2016-10-06T22:13:17-04:00October 6th, 2016|Articles and Reports|Comments Off on Preview: Measuring and Evaluating CPTED

We Need Your Help! Calling all CPOs, CSSMs, CPOIs and members!

Want to elevate your game as a security officer? Go to www.ifpo.org The IFPO wants to get the word out about how its certifications can help elevate one's career in the security industry to the next level. So, we'd like to hear from anyone who has earned a CPO, CSSM or CPOI certification [...]

By |2016-06-10T07:06:18-04:00June 10th, 2016|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on We Need Your Help! Calling all CPOs, CSSMs, CPOIs and members!

Trump in Cleveland: Will private security forces respond to riots?

With Donald Trump as the polarizing, presumptive Republican nominee in the upcoming Presidential election -- and given the protests and riots tat some of his other appearances have sparked -- officials in Cleveland, where the Republican National Convention will take place, are preparing for the worst.With an estimated 50,000 people set attend -- and it [...]

By |2020-11-29T23:40:16-05:00June 9th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Trump in Cleveland: Will private security forces respond to riots?

Louisiana enacts ‘Blue Lives Matter’ law to protect police, first responders

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times:Louisiana is the first state in the nation to enact a law making it a hate crime to target police, firefighters and emergency medical personnel — a move that critics say is an overreaction to tensions between communities and law enforcement. Read the rest of the story here.

By |2020-11-29T21:33:47-05:00May 30th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Louisiana enacts ‘Blue Lives Matter’ law to protect police, first responders

Transgender bathroom laws and the security officer

A recent North Carolina law that requires transgender people to use public bathrooms and schools that match the sex on their birth certificate rather than the gender with which they identify.Security officers are at the vanguard of this debate, as they are often employed at locations where public bathrooms are located. In Washington, D.C., a [...]

By |2020-11-29T23:33:59-05:00May 20th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Transgender bathroom laws and the security officer

Law enforcement may be able to access surveillance cameras

With the prevalence of security cameras and more recently, cellphone cameras, the issue to capturing every frame of human life on video has heightened.More police departments are at least exploring the concept of body cameras, but at the same time, the increase in viral cellphone videos and the criticism that goes with it, may have [...]

By |2020-11-29T23:34:54-05:00May 20th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Law enforcement may be able to access surveillance cameras

Model yells a security officers in Paris for baggage check

Model and actress Cara Delevinge was detained and fined in Paris recently after she swore at security staff before boarding a Eurostar train to London. Delevinge, 23, who bears a striking resemblance to Harry Potter character Hermione Granger, reportedly was angry when her luggage was pulled aside for a random check: One onlooker was quoted as saying: [...]

By |2020-11-29T21:22:27-05:00May 17th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Model yells a security officers in Paris for baggage check

Video: The price of security — Long TSA lines at Midway Airport

https://youtu.be/byUVR04CMBU Caution: Video contains foul language. The long-embattled Transportation Security Administration has made headlines again, as a man recently released a YouTube video, showing long lines at the security checkpoint at Chicago's Midway International Airport. ABC7 in Chicago posted the video on their website, saying: One passenger posted a Youtube video that showed the [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:21:16-05:00May 13th, 2016|News|Comments Off on Video: The price of security — Long TSA lines at Midway Airport

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