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Atlanta GA. JULY 20 2008
Immediate Release

Chaplains On Call Added To Member Benefits

As the National Association Of Private Officers continues to mount an aggressive membership drive
during 2008, they know that they have to be different than other associations to attract new members.
We already offer the best entry level and advanced security training of any security organization or
security training school, Mike Matthews, Senior Vice President of NAPO said on Friday.

We go beyond the mandatory state requirements and we train private officers in many other areas of the
private security industry besides the standard observe and report scenarios. We want the private officer
to know what their authority is, how to respond to the many situations that they are going to encounter
on a daily basis and to what extent they should respond to those incidents.

Executive Director Rick McCann also noted that the changes and duties in the security industrial
continues to expand and grow but security companies are not staying abreast of those changes nor do
they adequately communicate those changes to their staff or provide the level of training and resources
necessary for the front line officer to properly do their job.

Guards are not guards anymore McCann said. Look around and you’ll see that their duties are vast and
varied and we have private officers conducting law enforcement type duties patrolling city blocks, issuing
parking tickets, standing watch at the most valuable resources in the nation, securing airports, nuclear
plants, providing mobile incident and alarm response and guarding industrial businesses just to name a
few. It’s not the same job as 20 years ago and that’s what we want employers and contract agencies,
law enforcement and the general public to realize. With these added responsibilities comes the need for
better training, equipment, pay, benefits and services McCann continued.
In addition to the training, we also offer the largest networking and information source as well as daily
news blasts and blogs about security incidents across the country so that the security officer can be
better informed of what is happening in this business.
We also have networked with insurance companies, security and police equipment suppliers and other
companies to bring our membership much needed services and benefits and now we have added another
great service Matthews said.

Starting Monday, July 21st we have contracted with Chaplains On Call, a Charlotte North Carolina
Chaplain Agency, (chaplainsoncall@ymail.com) to provide emergency chaplaincy services to our members.
This service will include counselors for stress, domestic violence, grief, incident situations or anything that
the member needs assistance with.
The chaplains will provide confidential services and be a great source of referral and resources for a wide
range of needs.
The initial service will be offered via telephone and internet contact but Chaplains On Call also have a
network in many parts of the U.S. and they will be able to refer individuals to area chaplains or other
resources on a case by case basis.

Having this service is extremely beneficial McCann noted because it gives the member someone to confide
in, counsel with or turn to in times of an emergency, crises or just when they have problems in their life.
Research has overwhelming showed that when an employee is faced with relationship, financial, grief, or
other problems in their life  that they are less productive because of being stressed, worried and
saddened about their situation. This service is free, it’s confidential and it will be a blessing and a service
to all of our members McCann added.

As we continue to grow our membership, we will add services and benefits that are not A typical
Matthews said. We want to cover all the basis and provide our members with not only the basic wall
certificate and membership card but with services, benefits and tangible things that are not offered by
any other association but that are greatly needed and beneficial to everyone overall Matthews continued.
McCann said that they are excited and are working hard to make this the primo private security
association hands down and little by little they are getting there.
We’re proud of our accomplishments but we have so much that we want to do and a lot of great stuff
that we want to offer our members and we will as we continue to build The National Association Of Private
Officers.

Currently membership benefits include:
BENEFITS

Certificate of Membership

Wallet ID Card
Free Access To Our Staff
Ask Questions, Get Advise
About A Particular Incident,
Situation Or Problem!

Free Access To Our Legal Staff

Auto Rental Company Discounts  

Equipment Discounts

Quarterly Security  Newsletters

Seminars / Conference Discounts

Website
Including Web Based Training

Security Radio Station WPSO

Discounted Private Officer
Merchandise

Insurance

Advance Certification Programs

Officer Award Program

Security Officer Banquets
much more to come!
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