Charlotte NC June 19 2021 The violence across America is having a toll on both law enforcement and private security and costing many officers their lives. As of today, 151 police officer deaths have been reported by the Officer Down Memorial Page. Of those deaths, 26 have been killed by gunfire and 72 others lost […]
Falls Church VA June 8 2021 Established in 2009, Armour College Inc. is a nationwide provider of technical and career education training for students seeking careers in the legal, medical, public safety, private security and business fields. Through their campus-based and Internet school system, Armour Schools offer specialized technical education programs to students that will […]
Mobile AL June 7 2021 A string of arsons at Walmart stores in at least four states now have the FBI leading the investigations. According to FBI Mobile, they are offering a $2500 reward each for information leading to the to the location and identity of the people involved in the Walmart fires on Beltline […]
Charlotte NC May 8th 2021 This week, Armour College took home several awards from two different organizations! The award for Richmond’s Best Technical and Vocational School was presented to Armour College and its founder, Rick McCann. The award recognized the school for its twelve years of providing vocational, technical, and public safety training students across […]
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Charlotte NC March 29 2021 Three months into 2021, and the private security profession has been struggling with having their employees murdered and critically injured. This year has now seen 26 officers murdered on duty. All but three, have been killed by gunfire. There have been more than three hundred incidents involving firearms and private […]
Charlotte NC March 12th 2021 Police say that young teens have plotted to commit large scale retail thefts, robberies, and in some cases teens created chaos for their own enjoyment at businesses in at least nine different cities since the beginning of the year. All of the incidents seem to be unrelated yet, in each […]
Charlotte NC March 3, 2021 Sixty days into the year and sixty-seven security officers have died on duty. And there has been an unusually high number of lethal force usage by security officers during the same period. During the months of January and February, Seventeen Security Officers Were Murdered while on duty. All but two […]
Charlotte NC January 26th, 2021 A new and exciting addition to the Private Officer International organization was announced Tuesday, by the Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rick McCann. The National Public Safety and Security Institute, a non-profit Think Tank has been launched to create policies, training guidelines and best practices, work with regulatory agencies to […]
Charlotte NC January 13, 2021 We know that gun violence in the U.S. is on the rise. Violence against our law enforcement officers, also, on the rise. The murder rate in many states was unprecedented and uncontrollable in 2020, and so far, 2021 doesn’t look any different. The cities that saw the most homicides were: […]