SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT

                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 16, 2002

                       INTERNATIONAL TOTAL SERVICES, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

    Ohio                          0-23073                    34-1264201
(State or Other           (Commission File Number)         (I.R.S. Employer
Jurisdiction of                                           Identification No.)
Incorporation)
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                                  Crown Centre
                         5005 Rockside Road, Suite 1200
                            Independence, Ohio 44131
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                                   (Zip Code)

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                                  216-642-4522
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)





Item 5.  Other Events

         As previously disclosed, on September 13, 2001 International Total
         Services, Inc. and six of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively,
         the "Company") filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under
         Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the United States
         Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of New York (the "Bankruptcy
         Court"). On December 16, 2002, the Company submitted to the Bankruptcy
         Court its Monthly Operating Report for the period October 1, 2002
         through October 31, 2002, a copy of which (other than exhibits thereto
         providing copies of individual bank account statements and
         reconciliations and listings of aged accounts payable and accounts
         receivable) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         Item 7(c).  Exhibits.

         99.1 Monthly Operating Report for the period September 1, 2002 through
         September 30, 2002 (other than exhibits thereto providing copies of
         individual bank account statements and reconciliations and listings of
         aged accounts payable and accounts receivable) as filed with the United
         States Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of New York.


                                   SIGNATURES

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

                                    INTERNATIONAL TOTAL SERVICES, INC.


Dated: December 17, 2002                By:  /s/ Ronald P. Koegler
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                                        Ronald P. Koegler
                                        Executive Vice President and Controller


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