It’s Tuesday, and you’re looking particularly foxy. Hey, no problem, you’re very welcome indeed.

When people look back on today in history, it will be remembered as the day the media talked about airport security because an element of nudity was involved. In that spirit, here is my blog post.

In slightly more clothed news today, the BIIAB has released details of some new qualifications available for security officers and public space CCTV operators. Educational.

And the excellently-named Lodewijk van Ommeren says there are many advantages to the latest generation of IP alarm systems. Lovely.

There’s more IP stuff today – IndigoVision’s Barry Keepence on storage; CCTV Center’s roadshows; TDSi on 21CN testing – it’s all there.

And don’t forget the Security Excellence Awards take place next Thursday. You’ll be able to get live updates by following my Twitter feed – and of course all the winners will be up on I4S before the end of the night. Fantastic. Fantastic indeed.

www.info4security.com, www.ifsec.co.uk

A big day of security news – so no time to waste. Let’s do this thing.

First up, the Security Industry Authority has been reported on. Find out what the reporters had to say about ‘em. Here is where the story is. Click it!

Then there’s the coming together of two big players in a technological marriage of CCTV proportions: Cisco and Pelco. Both of these firms have names which finish with the letter ‘o’.

Everybody likes some video analytics. Do security officers? Perhaps! Geoff Thiel tells us about this.

BT Redcare called off their big 21CN switchover recently. Now they’re talking to customers and other folks at a series of events. Details? Oh, certainly.

And fast-rising Chinese CCTV manufacturer Hikvision has released some new PSIA-compliant cameras. Good value? They certainly have standards.

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Karrox introduces it’s Certified Ethical Hacker Course to the world. This training program from Karrox is conducted in a highly interactive environment where students are shown how to scan, test, hack and secure their own systems.

Breaking news today: BSIA chief executive John Bates has stepped down from his position, less than a year into his role. We’d heard some murmurings of unrest, but it’s still a bit of a surprise. What do you think?

In other news, Arecont and Instek are claiming that their integrated offering is “the industry’s first full line of H.264 megapixel IP cameras“. Bold and confident!

Bosch has launched the new generation of its Access Easy Control System; unlicensed officers have cost security company leaders a cool £45,000; and British company IBP has won a major bank contract.

Don’t forget to get involved with Internal Security India 2009, running alongside IFSEC India this year. It’s genuinely interesting!

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There’s a swashbuckling feel to I4S today, as Alan Hyder brings us a story about an historic ship being defended by a Cannon – Cannon Security! Hahaha, it’s a good joke! The humour arises due to the expertly engineered confusion between the security company’s name, and that of a piece of military equipment which itself may have been deployed by navy ships in the olden days. See – hilarious!

Also today, SMT Online editor Brian Sims has been brandishing his opinion truncheon, savagely slapping down any dissenters in his SMT Online Editor’s View. Actually, he’s talking about ID cards, Critical National Infrastructure Security, police pay, and 7/7. Forthright!

Elsewhere there’s information on the BSIA’s new Close Protection section (which is very pleasing to say aloud); assignment instructions for security officers; and a networked CCTV custody solution for Kent police from Visimetrics.

In case you’ve never ever heard of it, there’s this CCTV End User Survey thing we’re running. It finishes up tomorrow, and you can win some vouchers, which is excellent news in the CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE. If you win it, you may choose to purchase up to £200 worth of underwear from Marks and Spencer. You don’t have to buy underwear, obviously, but the choice is available.

Another thing finishing tomorrow is the opportunity to enter the Security Excellence Awards 2009. Enter them!

Websites ahoy! www.info4security.com, www.ifsec.co.uk

Originally published at Oshare Curry. You can comment here or there.

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Michael Jackson´s last visit to Japan in 2007

In Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya dis­trict, a woman makes a bee­line for the Michael Jack­son dis­play on the sec­ond floor of the HMV music store. Cry­ing under her green knit cap, she reaches for “Vision­ary,” a black box of video sin­gles from the King of Pop and a few of the Michael Jack­son boxed fig­urines on dis­play. Sho-ma — a dancer whose first expo­sure to Jack­son was the album “Off the Wall” when she was in the third grade — said she first heard the news of Michael Jackson’s death at 8 a.m. at her home in Tokyo. Another fan in the shop, 23-year-old Toshiki Naka­mura, pulls out his iPhone and scrolls through a long list of Jack­son albums. “I was so shocked when I heard,” he says.

As the news of Michael Jackson’s sud­den death dom­i­nated Fri­day morn­ing tele­vi­sion pro­grams in Japan, Tokyo music stores didn’t miss a beat. The singer’s death has already spurred album sales world­wide. The HMV dis­play was hastily set up in the Sum­mer Sale sec­tion with more than ten of Jack­son Five and Michael Jack­son solo albums. A sign read: “MICHAEL IS FOREVER. R.I.P. JACKO.”

Around the cor­ner Tower Records blasted music out­side from “Bad,” Jackson’s sev­enth album, and had also set up three dis­plays devoted to the his music inside. Fans started trick­ling in when Tower opened at 10 a.m.; a die-hard fan dressed like Jack­son in his “Bil­lie Jean” video even entered the store and flipped through the albums. Tower’s clerks said they had been field­ing calls all morn­ing ask­ing about Jackson’s albums in stock, and expected more as the news spread. Masayuki Ikeya, 30, says he first saw and heard Michael Jack­son when his par­ents showed him a video­tape of Moon­walker. “I was really young and when I saw him, I knew he wasn’t Japan­ese,” he says. “But by the way he danced, I didn’t think he was human — he was unbelievable.”

Fans are pushed back by secu­rity offi­cers as they try to snap some pho­tos of U.S. pop star Michael Jack­son upon his arrival at Narita inter­na­tional air­port near Tokyo, Sun­day, March. 4, 2007. Smil­ing and wav­ing to scream­ing fans, Michael Jack­son arrived in Japan on Sun­day for his sec­ond visit here in recent years to host an exclu­sive party where fans get to spend 30 sec­onds with the pop icon for US$3,500 (euro2,700) a pop

Jackson’s fan base in Japan started to grow after the Jack­son Five’s first tour here in 1973. Sales of “Off the Wall” (1979) reached 500,000, fol­lowed by 2.5 mil­lion copies sold of “Thriller”, which sold an esti­mated 105 mil­lion copies world­wide. The star did a scooter com­mer­cial for Suzuki Motors in 1982 — the year “Thriller” came out — in which he says “Love is my mes­sage” and winks.

And unlike some cor­ners of the globe, where tabloid infamy and legal trou­bles started to make inroads on his ticket sales, Japan proved to be a more for­giv­ing audi­ence for Jacko. In 1996, two years after he paid some $22 mil­lion to the fam­ily of a child he was accused of molest­ing, he per­formed eight sold out con­certs at Tokyo Dome. In 2007, Jack­son hosted about 300 of his loyal fans who each paid more than $3,500 for a buf­fet din­ner and con­cert by Japan­ese Jack­son imper­son­ators — with the main attrac­tion being a 30-second pri­vate meet­ing with Jack­son. Jack­son seemed to rec­i­p­ro­cate the love of his Japan­ese fans. Before that trip, he had said, “I love Japan…It is one of my favorite places in the entire world.” Footage taken dur­ing the visit shows Jack­son refer­ring to it as a “sec­ond home.”

(Video on www.cartoonleap.com from REUTERS)

On Fri­day, even Japan­ese gov­ern­ment offi­cials were sad­dened by the news of Jackson’s death. Inter­nal Affairs and Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Min­is­ter Tsu­tomu Sato told reporters, “I feel sad as I had watched him since he was a mem­ber of Jack­son Five.” And Defense Min­is­ter Yasukazu Hamada has cred­ited him with build­ing a gen­er­a­tion with his music. Back at HMV, using her scarf to dab her eyes now and again, Sho-ma says that she wasn’t com­pletely sad­dened when she heard the news. “I felt relieved for him,” she says. “I think he was kind of a true angel.”

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Selected com­ments from chinasmack.com :

流氓教女教主:

I saw the South Park episode about him. I do not think he molested boys, but rather wanted to be for­ever inno­cent… He hoped there could be a world where there were only chil­dren, only inno­cence… His child­hood affected him a lot.

Michael Jack­son isn’t dead, he’s just been forced into hid­ing by the evil kung-fu ninja killer cult of dia­bolic bad music (EKFNKCODBM). One day after ascend­ing the sev­enth level of the Elvis Lee arts he’ll come back to the mor­tal realm to heal the world and make it a bet­ter place.

鱼鱼喝奶:

My father was watch­ing the news this morn­ing. He is over 50-years old, and upon see­ing this news he yelled for us to wake up. I ran over aston­ished to see the report, sigh.
Heaven must be very bright now!!!

Michael Jack­son was killed by Iran­ian agents at the behest of Mah­moud Ahmadine­jad in order to divert atten­tion from his oppres­sion of the Iran­ian peo­ple. It worked. There is not a major news net­work in the coun­try that is talk­ing about Iran, they are spend­ing their time on Far­rah Faw­cett, Michael Jack­son, and com­par­isons to Elvis. Mean­while Ira­ni­ans die, and they get no TV specials.

箭头向上的糖果:

In uni­ver­sity there was a girl who was pas­sion­ately in love with Michael. When­ever she heard any­one say he was “abnormal/perverted/deviant” she would get angry and fight with them. It was from that girl that I slowly came to real­ize his charm! Now when I look at his stuff from 20 years ago I still get excited and thrilled! He is not just a king to me but also a a sym­bol of my youth!

想写小说:

MJ passed away~~ makes me feel very old. The super­star of a generation.

初冉:

Too too too too too sud­den…
I was just telling my hus­band that we must save money dur­ing our life­times to go see him in concert…

Colombia’s Farc rebels have said they are going to release six people being held as hostages in jungle camps in the next few days, local media say.

The two politicians and four security officers have been held by the leftist group for several years.

A Farc statement said the captives would be handed over to a left-wing Colombian senator, reported Reuters.

The Farc is still holding hundreds of hostages, either for ransom or to exchange for government-held rebels.

The statement gave no date for the release but said it would be “soon”, the Associated Press news agency reported.

The text said the release was a gesture aimed at initiating a prisoner exchange with the government.

Three police officers and a soldier would be freed first, followed by an ex-governor and a former congressman, the statement said.

Protests

In October, ex-Congressman Oscar Tulio Lizcano managed to escape after eight years in captivity.

And in July, 15 hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, were freed in a military operation.

Ten of thousands of Colombians have taken part in protests demanding the release of those still held by the Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia).

The group has fought to overthrow the Colombian government and install a Marxist government since the 1960s.

In the 1990s it turned to the drug trade to raise money for its struggle and has suffered a series of defeats in recent years, including a number of defections and the Betancourt rescue.

Nightclub shooting leaves 1 dead, 2 others shot www.privateofficer.com

Phoenix AZ Dec 18 2008 A deadly shooting in the Glendale’s Westgate shopping center from over the weekend may have been sparked by a fight about a woman.

Police said an argument started between two groups of men inside Bar Louie early Sunday morning.

The men went outside at about 1:30 a.m. when at least one person pulled out a gun and started firing.Three people were shot.

Police and security officers were in the area when they heard the shots, and thus arrived at the scene within moments, officials said.

Officers detained one suspect at the scene and chased two others through the parking lot. Police said they tried to escape in an SUV, but were stopped by officers.One person died, the other two are at a Valley hospital. One has life-threatening injuries.

“It is unnecessary, ” said Daniel Jacks, an employee of one of the bars overlooking the parking lot where the shooting happened.

“These young guys start talking and then one thinks they are bad ass and pulls out a gun. It doesn’t take a man to pull a trigger.”Jacks said he ran outside and tried to direct people out of harms way. He even tried to help the victim who eventually passed away.”He is a regular around here,” said Jacks. “He was usually pretty quiet.

“Police were arrested Jamell Shadae Caradine, 22, of Peoria, Jawaun Leonard Sheppard, 31, of Peoria, and a Phoenix man who’s identity was not released.

Caradine was charged with 2nd-degree murder and aggravated assault.Sheppard was charged with being a prohibited possessor of a weapon.

The third, unidentified suspect was not booked but remains a person of interest.

The man killed is Antonio Munoz, 22, of Phoenix. Michael Lozano, 22, is in critical condition.

Juan Rodriguez, 24, is in stable condition.

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Once, I worked as a guard for a company that had a Government contract.  It was really easy, but the pay was lousy.   I made $6.00 per hour.  Every day, I’d get the paper when I got off and look for another job.  The guys I worked with thought I was crazy. 

             Late night, we’d stand around and talk.  They were basically happy making peasant wages.  Not me, every night, I’d tell them I was getting out of here the first chance I got. 

            Guys would ask me, “Where you going to go and make more money than this working security?” 

             I’d tell them I was worth more than six bucks; I was going to find a job for at least twice that.  They’d all laugh and say, “There are no $12.00 jobs in security,” and that I should stop dreaming and get back to work.

            Then one morning, just about the same time I got into bed after the night shift, the company I worked for called.  The personnel lady informed me that my security clearance papers hadn’t been filled out properly and they wanted me to come in right then and correct them so they could conduct the background check.

            Now, I’m not a fool; I knew that this clearance was going to cost them at least ten thousand dollars and they wanted to pay me six fucking dollars.  I told the lady that there wasn’t a whole lot I’d do for six dollars, and getting out of bed to drive thirty minutes to fill out a form was one of the things I would not do.  I hung up the phone.

            When I got back to work that night, the supervisor came to me and inquired about the forms.  I told him the same thing I’d told the lady on the phone.  Then the asshole asked me why I had to be so belligerent.  At that moment, I gave my two weeks’ notice. 

              Later, we were outside having our normal talk, and all the other officers again told me there were no twelve dollar jobs, and that the company we worked for was a good company, and that I should go fill out the form and stay. 

               I did my two weeks and told them all to take care; I was going to find me a good paying security job. 

              The next day, I landed a job for $13.00!  I worked for a couple of months and, one day, I was on my way home from work when I decided to stop in and check on my old friends.  I pulled up and they all came out and asked how things were going. 

               I explained how I had landed a new job and what it paid.  They all got excited and I told them that there were no more thirteen dollar jobs, I got the last one.  Before I left, I also informed them I was waiting on my weapons permit and that I was in line for another job that paid eighteen dollars an hour.  They almost went into shock.  I laughed all the way home.

               Several months later, after I had started working my new job, I dropped by to check on them again.  This time, I was driving a shiny new 300ZX.  I pulled up and they didn’t have a clue who the fuck I was.  They all stood there looking to see who was in the car.

           I got out and they almost fainted.  I told them about my latest job and its eighteen dollar pay, and they almost shit.  They wanted to know how they could get a position at the new place. “Sorry,” I told them, “they have no more eighteen dollar positions.  I got the last one.” 

            But, before I left, I couldn’t help but explain to them about the new position I had accepted.  I’d taken a position overseas that paid a whopping seventy thousand dollars!  They couldn’t believe it. 

            The moral to this story is, if you feel like six bucks is all you’re worth, then six dollars is all you’ll ever get.

SEIU planning strong push for Boston security officers www.privateofficer.com

Boston MA.Aug 27 2008
After a two-year campaign, a major union has succeeded in recruiting hundreds of security guards working in downtown Boston towers and Cambridge office buildings.
Now the Service Employees International Union is preparing for a fall push to get its new members a contract to boost wages and improve working conditions.
Even as they hold down key posts in a post-9/11 society, downtown security guards typically take home less pay than the janitors who clean the same buildings, union officials contend.
Still, some fear the union’s drive will cast a cloud over a downtown tower market that is already facing challenges from a slowing economy.

In 2002, the SEIU staged a headline-grabbing strike in a successful bid to win a new contract for the thousands of janitors who clean offices in downtown towers. The weeks-long campaign featured daily rallies and demonstrations outside various downtown towers.
“The timing of it is unfortunate right now,” said David Begelfer, head of the local chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. “This is not a time when businesses are feeling very confident.”
But the SEIU contends it can’t afford the luxury of waiting for better times, with its members struggling – and failing – to make ends meet on $11 an hour. Company health insurance is often too expensive to buy, and many downtown guards don’t even get paid sick days or vacation time.
The union has signed up 1,200 guards working for three security contractors protecting Boston and Cambridge high-rises.
Union negotiators have already begun hammering out the outlines of a contract, focusing initially on non-economic issues like work rules. The SEIU is now preparing to issue its wage demands, said Lauren Jacobs, organizing director of Boston-based SEIU Local 615.
Jacobs declined to name a number. But the union is making pains to point out that SEIU-represented janitors who clean downtown buildings make more, starting at $13.25 an hour.
Tomekka Thompson, a new union member from Dorchester and a mother of a 6-year-old, said the $10.25 an hour she makes working as a guard at a downtown tower doesn’t stretch far.
“I have a very hard time trying to pay rent, pay groceries and pay bills on the wages we receive,” Thompson said.

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MOAB, Utah Aug 23 2008 - A twin-engine plane crashed near an airport not far from Arches National Park in southeastern Utah, killing all 10 people on board, an official said Saturday.

The plane was fully engulfed in flames when emergency responders arrived late Friday at the site about two miles from the Canyonlands Field airport, and there were no survivors, Grand County Sheriff James Nyland said.

Nyland said the plane had taken off from the airport, about 18 miles northwest of Moab.

“It skidded along the desert out there,” he said.

Representatives of the National Transportation Safety Board were expected at the scene Saturday, officials said.

Nyland said the victims were the founder of a dermatology clinic, members of his staff and the pilot, all from Cedar City in southwestern Utah.

He identified them as pilot David White; Lansing Ellsworth; David Goddard; Mandy Johnson; Marcie Tillery, 29; Valerie Imlay, 52; Keith Shumway, 29; Dallon Ellsworth, 24; Camie Vigil, 25; and Cecilee Goddard, 25.

Lansing Ellsworth had recently started a monthly skin clinic in Moab, Nyland said. Red Canyon Aesthetics has seven clinics in Utah, two in Nevada and one in Page, Arizona, according to the company’s Web site.

The airplane was owned by Leavitt Group Wings, part of the Cedar City-based Leavitt Group, an insurance brokerage. The dermatology group had a time-share agreement with Leavitt Group for use of the plane, said chief executive officer Dane Leavitt.

The group’s clinics focused on preventing and treating skin cancer in smaller communities that might otherwise go without care, Leavitt said. “I’m sure the tragedy of this circumstance will hit all of those communities,” he said.

He said they left Cedar City on Friday morning to spend the day at their clinic in Moab, and were likely starting their return flight when the plane crashed.

The pilot was an employee of Leavitt Group Wings, Leavitt said.

Moab is about 245 miles southeast of Salt Lake City.

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Security officers robbed while working at school www.privateofficer.com

Rankin County MS. Aug 14 2008
Rankin County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a man who raided the Piney Woods School guard station Tuesday night and stole money from two security guards.

Sheriff Ronnie Pennington said the armed robbery happened about 9 p.m.

He said the robber slammed one of the female officers’ head into a window but she wasn’t seriously injured.

Although the guards did not see a car pull up, Pennington said detectives think the man parked near U.S. 49 and walked toward the gate under the cover of darkness.

The gate is about 50 yards off of the highway.Pennington described the man as standing about 6 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing 250 to 280 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department at (601) 825-1480.

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Security officers nab school burglars after alarm trips www.privateofficer.com

Tacoma WA. Aug 12 2008

By: Rick McCann

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Three early morning intruders at a Washington middle school were taken into custody after the school’s Sonitrol Pacific intrusion detection system alerted an expert operator to their activity August 9 according to a recent press release.
Just after midnight, the operator received an impact audio activation from the school. An expert sound analyst, the operator reviewed the audio and heard movement. She immediately dispatched the school district’s security service.
Security officers quickly arrived and checked the building and found an entry point where someone had gone in.
Within minutes the operator heard yelling indicating the security patrol officers had located the individuals inside the school.
The security officers were able to apprehend and detained the suspects who were later taken into custody by Tacoma police and charged with breaking and entering.

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“When asked how did I created such an interesting book about Security, I simply tell people… I took the approach of creating a car wreck. Everyone looks as they pass by (rubbernecking), to recreate this effect for Security I removed the mundane from the job and let the officers tell about the exciting and interesting events of their profession. Events that contain humor, drama, excitement, horror and humility. The readers of my book love this, short to the point stories that keep you entertained. Most readers say that once they pick this book up they simply cannot put it down.” M. Oden

Today we bring you a veritable bounty of BSIA stories, leading with the announcement of the organisation’s new chief executive, John Bates. This news came direct to I4S from Brian Sims, who was at the BSIA’s annual luncheon where the announcement was made.

He also reports on honours for both cash in transit couriers and security officers at the very same event.

And there’s huge anticipation, as the shortlisted finalists in the 2008 Security Excellence Awards will be announced next week. Keep visiting www.info4security.com, because we’ll have the details for you as soon as they are made public.

Remember that tomorrow is your last chance to watch some dogs racing for your betting pleasure in our dog racing competition. Get your entries in for a night of old-fashioned frivolity.

So for today I think I’ll give you the story of a former co-worker and
his ridiculous thought process and you determine which way you feel
about his asinine action.

I was working as a Security Police Officer on a USAF installation, and
although we were civilians and at the time not considered Sworn
Officers (that would come later with a switch to DOD) we were given a
whole lot of leeway by the local Police Departments. Hell, we wore
uniforms that pretty much mirrored every other PD in the city and with
the exception of the Base shoulder patch it was really hard to tell
the difference. Even our badges were the same as our local
counterparts. Looking back on it I think they gave us the latitude
because of our affiliation with the Government, and Uncle Sam carries
a big stick! Oh, the pay was pretty much on the same level with every
other PD in the area, which didn’t hurt.

As for the job, it was a cake walk. Hell, conducting a traffic stop on
a military base can be dangerous but not nearly as bad as what the
local Pd’s dealt with. Yeah we had domestics and drunken drivers and
such, but all in all it was a great place to work.

Getting back to the story line here, I was walking down the hallway
past the admin offices on my way back to my patrol car and I overheard
the the Chief on his phone and he wasn’t happy. The part I caught was,
“Hell no, we’re not conducting a sting operation in that area or any
area for that matter.” He then ended the conversation with, “Arrest
his ass, and confiscate his badge!”

I hurried out the door and jumped into my patrol car because when he
finished that call I didn’t want to be anywhere in the vicinity.
Someone had really screwed up this time and the last thing I wanted
was to get chewed out for someone elses stupidity.

I didn’t think much more about it and the next day when I returned to
work for briefing you probably could guess what the topic was? That’s
right, and the message was loud and clear. It is no longer permissible
to carry your badge off duty!

Well this just sucked, that badge had gotten many of us into night
clubs, strip joints and other places without having to pay a cover as
well as gotten me for one out of at least two speeding tickets over
the years. We had never really thought anything wrong with it. The key
was to show it but do it with subtlety. You carry a badge holder that
was also a wallet and therefore whenever you had to show ID, you
removed the wallet and at the first sight of the badge it was, “Oh,
don’t worry about paying, come on in.” Thank you very much!

After briefing I went up to one of the supervisors and inquired as to
what exactly had led to this change in policy.

After laughing for a long while, and I mean a long while this is what
he explained to me. One of the officers on his day off had taken his
wife to the hair dresser. Knowing that she would be there for several
hours he decided to drive around looking for something to occupy his
time.

Now most of us in the department probably would have found the closest
firing range and went in and sent a few down range (we all had
concealed permits and most of us carried all the time).

Well not this guy, he wanted to send a few down range but not at the
local range. He drives around and sees this woman standing on the
corner and like an idiot he pulls over and she walks up to the car.
She asks if he’d like a date and he agrees and she gets in the car.
She points him to a alley where they can have some privacy and he does
just that. However, as soon as he parks the car she reaches for what
he thinks is condoms and instead she pulls out a badge! Now the car is
surrounded by several other cops and she says, “Your under arrest for
soliciting prostitution,” without thinking (here I’m giving him the
benefit of the doubt, because up until this time he really hasn’t been
thinking at all) he says to her, “No you’re under arrest we’re running
a sting in this area to stop prostitution”, and he pulls out his badge
to prove it.

This was all about the time I was heading to my patrol car and the
Chief was on the phone, because of course the PD had to check it all
out to see if they could cut the guy some slack as well as show some
professional courtesy. Unfortunately for the officer, or former
officer the Chief wasn’t trying to hear it.

Every time I think about this story I think to myself, “How in the
hell do you get fired on your day off?”

Security is among fundamental requirements for every human being. Personal, financial and assets security is always among first priority of everyone in society. There are Government Security Agencies in place to ensure all types of security to the society. However, along with increased population ratio between “number of employees in police services and other secondary government security services” and common public has decreased. Now, the police alone are not enough to provide round the clock security to society and their belongings. It is one of the major problem concerns for people.

To solve the problem of security, Private Security Agencies came into existence. They are recruiting people from society to serve the security needs of individual, organization of society. The basic criteria for selection of candidates as security personnel are Physical Fitness, Prompt Mind, and ability to take quick actions in diverse conditions.

However, these basic selection criteria are not enough for new recruits. They need proper security training just like the training of Police or Army involving all arms and ammunition training, IQ test, and Physical ability test. This is very important in order to ensure their usability for expected services by them. All security services provider agencies try to provide best training facilities to their security guards and security officers in order to make them capable of dealing any kind of adverse situation.

These days, security agencies prefer recruiting retired army personnel as security guards, and veteran Army officers as their commanding officers. It is cost effective as well as more productive, at the same time its mutual benefit for Army veterans as well as security agencies. Army veterans get a chance of earning again with pride by this new phenomenon of employment, whereas security companies get resources exactly perfect for their kind of job. Security agencies do not have to arrange any training sessions for retired army personnel. Because they are already trained to deal with all kinds of security threats both internal and external.

The training for security personnel is mandatory because, no one knows what kind of threat they have to face while on duty. It may be a normal case of theft, or may be big robbery or criminal attacks. In case of celebrity security, security agencies have to employ specially trained rough and tough commandos capable of dealing high priority threats.

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Privateofficer.com & Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers expands into Canada www.privateofficer.com

Atlanta Ga. June 10 2008

BY: Bryan Hill

Ntl. Assoc. Private Officers

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The National Association of Private Officers and PrivateOfficer.com announced today that starting September 1 2008 the association has expanded into Canada and N.A.P.O. will be offering training and membership to the association to all Canadian security officers.

In addition, privateofficer.com will carry daily news about the security officers in Canada and open a network of communication and information between Canadian and American private security officers.

Mike Matthews, Senior Vice President of Operations said that his office is currently working to bring certified Canadian security training instructors on board and that this will open a whole new world of services, training, information and overall beneficial working relationships between the two countries.

Rick McCann, Executive Director of The National Association of Private Officers said that he is very excited about all of the possibilities that the joint relationship is going to open up.
McCann also said that this will help in the unified training efforts between security organizations and companies in both the U.S. and Canada and help to uniformly train officers.

Brandon McCory, a security officer in Toronto who has been an honorary member of N.A.P.O. since 2006 said that he is excited and is already spreading the news among his co-workers.

We will be scheduling regional seminars and have already begun work on several training manuals and books for the Canadian security market Matthews said.

If you are a Canadian security officer, security business or a director of an in-house security staff and would like more information please email Mike Matthews at mmatthews@privateofficer.com

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