UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-KCURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934Date of Report – ~~December~~January 1512, ~~2011~~2012(Date of earliest event reported)MACE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

0-22810

03-0311630

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification

Number)

240 Gibraltar Road, Suite 220, Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone No., including area code: (267) 317-4009
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; ~~Appointments~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain ~~Office~~Officers.

(bd) ~~The~~ Election ~~independent directors have been conducting a search through a professional search firm for a Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). During the pendency~~ of ~~the search, Mr. Smith, one of the Company’s directors, has been serving as the Company's interim CEO. The Board of Directors on December 15, 2011 held~~ a ~~special meeting and~~Director ratified the search conducted by the independent directors. In connection with the search's conclusion on December 15, 2011, Mr. Smith advised the Company that he will resign as a director of the Company and as the Company's interim CEO effective January 2, 2012. Mr. Smith does not serve on any committees of the Board of Directors. Mr. Smith and the Company were not parties to a written employment agreement. The Company has appointed Mr. Smith as a consultant for six months at a monthly compensation of $7,500 plus reimbursement for certain benefit and business travel costs, effective January 3, 2012. Under the terms of the consulting arrangement, Mr. Smith will be working for the Company approximately 50 to 100 hours per month.

(~~c) (~~1) Mr. ~~John~~Daniel JV. Perella ~~McCann~~ has been appointed as a director of the Company to fill a board ~~Company’s~~vacancy. ~~Chief~~The ~~Executive~~appointment ~~Officer~~was ~~and~~made asby athe ~~director~~unanimous vote of the Company~~, to~~'s beBoard ~~effective~~of onDirectors ~~his~~and ~~reporting~~was ~~for~~effective ~~work~~on ~~between~~ January 312, 2012. ~~and~~With the ~~January~~appointment 10of Mr. Perella, ~~2012~~the Company has five (5) directors. Mr. Perella ~~The~~has ~~appointment~~consented ~~was~~to ~~made~~be byappointed to the Board of Directors at. Mr. aPerella ~~Special~~is ~~Meeting~~42 years of ~~the~~age. The Board of Directors ~~held~~has ondetermined ~~December~~that Mr. 15Perella qualifies as an “independent” director under the criteria of the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. From June 2002 to the present, ~~2011~~Mr. Perella has been the Chief Operating Officer of IdeaStream Consumer Products, LLC., a privately owned company that develops and markets consumer products such as home and office organizational filing products and protective storage cases for such items as files, CDs, laptops and other personal items. From May 1992 to May 2002, Mr. Perella was Executive Vice President of Sales of Manco, Inc. (now known as Shurtech and Henkel Consumer Adhesives).

(2) ~~Mr.~~ There ~~McCann~~ is 48no ~~years~~arrangement ofor ~~age.~~understanding ~~From~~between ~~2009 to the present,~~ Mr. ~~McCann has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fitness~~ ~~Quest,~~Perella ~~Inc. a privately owned company that distributes~~ and ~~markets~~any ~~home exercise~~other ~~and~~party ~~fitness~~in ~~products. From~~connection ~~2002~~with ~~to 2009,~~ Mr. ~~McCann~~Perella's ~~was~~appointment ~~President~~as ~~and Chief Executive Officer of Saeco USA, Inc.,~~ a ~~privately owned company that distributes and markets coffee brewing appliances~~director. ~~From 1999 to 2002, Mr. McCann was the Executive Vice~~ ~~President of Sales for Delonghi America, Inc, a distributor and marketer of small consumer appliances.~~

(3) It ~~The~~has ~~Company~~not ~~and~~yet ~~Mr.~~been ~~McCann~~determined ~~are currently negotiating and preparing an Employment Agreement based~~ on ~~the~~which ~~terms~~committees of ~~an offer letter (~~the ~~"Offer Letter") sent to Mr. McCann by the~~ Company ~~and accepted by Mr. McCann. Under the terms of the Offer Letter, Mr. McCann will: (a) receive an annual salary of $300,000, payable in accordance with the Company~~’s ~~normal~~Board ~~payroll schedule; (b) receive an option to purchase 1,000,000 shares~~ of ~~common~~Directors stock at a date to be agreed upon, and vesting at a rate of 20,000 shares per month; (c) a bonus for performance in 2012 paid in options to purchase up to 500,000 shares of common stock, based on whether certain stated goals are achieved; (d) a grant of options to purchase common stock equal in number to the common stock purchased by Mr. ~~McCann~~Perella inwill ~~the open market during 2012, with a maximum limit of 500,000 shares; (e) a severance payment equal to one year's annual salary if Mr~~serve. ~~McCann is terminated~~ ~~without cause; and (f) four weeks of vacation and participation in the employee benefit plans offered to executive officers~~

~~Item~~ (4) Neither 8Mr.~~01.~~ ~~Other~~Perella ~~Events~~nor any member of his immediate family has a direct or indirect material interest in any current or proposed transaction in which the Company was or is to be a participant, for which disclosure is required pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A (5) There ~~copy~~exists ofno aplan, ~~press~~contract ~~release~~or ~~issued~~arrangement byto which Mr. Perella and the Company is ~~attached~~a party or which has been triggered by Mr. Perella’s appointment as ~~Exhibit~~a director. Mr. Perella will receive the 99same compensation as currently paid to other outside directors for serving on the Company's Board of Directors. The compensation includes $1,000 per month for each month of service, $1,000 for each Board of Directors meeting attended in person, and is$500 ~~incorporated~~for ~~herein~~each byBoard ~~reference~~of Directors Meeting in ~~its~~excess ~~entirety~~of 30 minutes attended by telephone. In the future, Mr. Perella is expected to be granted options to purchase common stock of the Company on the same basis as those granted to the other independent directors.

Item 98.01. ~~Financial~~Other ~~Statements and Exhibits~~Events

~~99.1 Press~~A ~~Release~~copy of a press release issued by ~~Mace~~the ~~Security~~Company ~~International~~on January 18, ~~Inc.~~2012 onis ~~December~~attached ~~19,~~as ~~2011~~Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

~~SIGNATURES~~ Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

~~Pursuant~~99.1 Press toRelease ~~the~~issued ~~requirements~~by ofMace ~~the~~Security ~~Securities and Exchange Act of 1934~~International, ~~the~~ ~~registrant~~Inc. ~~has duly caused this report to be signed~~ on ~~its behalf by~~ ~~the~~January ~~undersigned~~18, ~~hereunto duly authorized~~2012.

Date:	December 19, 2011	Mace Security International, Inc.
		(Registrant)
		By:	/s/ Gregory M. Krzemien
			Gregory M. Krzemien
			Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated:	January 18, 2012	Mace Security International, Inc.
		(Registrant)


		By:	/s/ Gregory M. Krzemien
			Gregory M. Krzemien
			Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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