International Foundation for Protection Officers

3 security industry leaders appointed to IFPO Board of Directors

  NAPLES, Fl. – The International Foundation for Protection Officers recently announced the appointment of three luminaries of the security industry to the IFPO Board of Directors: Kevin Palacios, MS.c, CPP, PSP, PCI, CPOI Kevin Palacios is passionate about security, safety and education. One of the very few Latin American ASIS triple-crowners, he as worked at [...]

By |2018-12-05T06:42:13-05:00December 5th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on 3 security industry leaders appointed to IFPO Board of Directors

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!

300+ loaded guns seized at airport security checkpoints by TSA in October

From PrivateOfficerBreakingNews: Washington DC November 13 2018 -- The Transportation Security Administration has said it confiscated more than 300 loaded guns at airport security checkpoints around the country in October. In a blog post on Friday, the TSA outlined its stats for the month: 358 firearms in carry-on bags were discovered at 105 airports around the [...]

By |2018-11-14T06:32:07-05:00November 14th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 300+ loaded guns seized at airport security checkpoints by TSA in October

Thanksgiving 2018 travel will be busiest ever, TSA says

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Travel experts are already predicting the busiest Thanksgiving season at the airport on record. This year’s holiday is also expected to last longer than normal, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported Tuesday. The lineups at LaGuardia Airport are still calm, but in just over a week it will be mobbed. LIKE the IFPO on [...]

By |2018-11-07T06:32:20-05:00November 7th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Thanksgiving 2018 travel will be busiest ever, TSA says

IFPO October Special: Buy a 1-year membership, get the second year FREE!

IFPO October Special: Purchase an IFPO Individual Membership for one year, get an additional year free! As a complimentary thank-you for being part of the IFPO, we are offering our October special. This is a limited-time offer for the month of October and is eligible until 10/31/2018. To take advantage of this offer, please add [...]

By |2018-10-03T06:09:49-04:00October 3rd, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO October Special: Buy a 1-year membership, get the second year FREE!

Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

  Here are the IFPO's latest security graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   David Gibson, CPO, Airdrie, AB, Canada Abdulaziz M. Almugrabi, CPOI, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Daniel King, CPOI, Basseterre, St. Kitts Yazeed Naif Al-Harbi, CPOI, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Penny Kennedy, CPO, St. John's, NL, Canada Corina Bartlett, CPO, St. John's, NL, Canada [...]

By |2018-09-29T18:07:53-04:00September 29th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

See what’s going on with the IFPO at #GSX18 in Las Vegas

Here are some photos from the International Foundation for Protection Officers' perspective at the security event of the year, #GSX18 in Las Vegas, Nevada -- featuring the latest in career development, networking and technology -- which ends Thursday. Clearly, IFPO's representatives were hard at work, yet also enjoying themselves as they spread the word about all [...]

By |2018-09-26T06:19:43-04:00September 26th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on See what’s going on with the IFPO at #GSX18 in Las Vegas

#GSX18 in Las Vegas is in full swing – here is your Tuesday update

The security event of the year, #GSX18, is in full swing in Las Vegas. Here is the Tuesday update from ASIS International:  GSX Exhibit Hall: An Interactive Learning Lab The modernized exhibit hall has been transformed into a learning lab environment featuring dozens of education sessions, product demonstrations, and career development opportunities. These features will allow [...]

By |2018-09-25T06:28:07-04:00September 25th, 2018|News|Comments Off on #GSX18 in Las Vegas is in full swing – here is your Tuesday update

First facial recognition kiosks in US to debut at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson

From privateofficerbreakingnews: Atlanta GA Sept 22 2018 -- Delta Air Lines plans to launch what it calls the nation’s first “biometric terminal” by deploying facial recognition at multiple points in the international terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson. At the Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal and Concourse F at the Atlanta airport, Delta plans to use facial recognition [...]

By |2018-09-24T06:09:13-04:00September 24th, 2018|News|Comments Off on First facial recognition kiosks in US to debut at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson

Missing boy’s remains found at suspected Islamic school-shooting training compound in NM

By Matt Espamer, Fox17News SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Forensic investigators said Thursday they identified the remains of a Georgia boy whose father is accused of abducting him and performing purification rituals on the child as he died at a remote New Mexico desert compound. The cause of the child’s death remained unknown. The body [...]

By |2018-08-17T09:46:24-04:00August 17th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Missing boy’s remains found at suspected Islamic school-shooting training compound in NM

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