Security Training
Asset protection: The field of asset protection/security is vast and complex, and it is continually changing. This course helps security professionals develop and maintain an understanding of this evolving industry by discussing basic security terms, basic security functions, business organization principles, history and traditions of security, types of security operations, and professionalism.
Civil Law: Civil law predates criminal law and is a much larger body of law. It has been developed to handle differences between people such as torts, negligence, or breach of contract. This course explains the difference between criminal and civil law and discusses such important issues as negligence, vicarious liability, and intention torts; prevention and avoiding civil liability; deputization, detention, and merchants' privilege; juvenile detention; and use of force.
Communication: Communication is essential to security operations. Communication must be accurate, precise, and dependable for any protection mission to succeed. Therefore, security professionals must understand the process of communication, communication and courtesy, interpersonal communication, how to overcome the barriers to communication, written communication, emergency communication, and communications equipment.
Criminal Law: The legal concerns security professionals face is both varied and complex. Because security professionals can become entangled in criminal liability, they should learn all they possibly can about the elements of a crime, burden of proof and criminal liability, crimes faced by security practitioners, the concept of legal authority, protection of property, and use of force.
Emergency situations: There are numerous types of emergency situations that security professionals may be faced with, and each facility will have its own unique emergencies. To better handle these situations, security professionals need to understand traffic control and traffic accidents, incident scene protection, crowd management, bomb threat response, medical emergencies, natural disasters, and workplace violence.
Ethics: This course discusses the morals, values, and conduct within the security profession, the importance of how security professionals carry themselves, and basic standards for professional conduct by security officers. Topics covered include what it means to be professional, certification programs, security officer discretion, codes of ethics, recognizing an ethical problem, and standards of security officer conduct.
Fire Protection: Fire is a serious threat. The destructive capabilities of fire are enormous, making it a significant concern for security professionals. To help ensure safety, security officers must understand the basic classifications of fire, fire hazards on patrol, detection systems and use of fire, extinguishers, fire prevention, safety investigation, and HazMat.
Human Relations: As they are often ambassadors for their organization, security professionals must be adept at human relations and understand the various publics that the organization serves. To that end, this course covers the topics of client-centered security, attitude, the public security professionals serves, tactics to build client-oriented security, dealing with angry people, and improving relationships with law enforcement.
Investigations: Investigation is getting the facts about something and documenting those facts in a usable format. This is generally accomplished by interviewing people and writing reports, skills that are indispensable to the security professional. This course discusses practices for investigations, preliminary and follow-up investigations, interviewing skills, preservation of evidence, chain of custody, and testifying in court.
Patrol: Patrols are really the catalysts of the physical security system, and fixed guard posts are present at virtually every facility. This course discusses the purposes and techniques of patrol, use of senses, rules of observation and perception, patrolling in darkness, fixed post duty, and practical tactics.
Physical Security: Physical security is the heart of security and crime prevention. It is the essence of what the security profession is about and is a technical, detailed, and ever-changing field. Security personnel must have a keen understanding of physical security, including the basic components of security; threat assessment; the military model; barriers, lighting, and locks; fencing, gates, and alarms; and aggressive protection.
Report: Report writing is the culmination of an investigation. It is the written record of the work that was done. Because reports represent their work, security professionals need to have a firm understanding of management's use of reports, the five Cs of report writing, taking proper field notes, writing descriptions, interrogatories, and common problems with report writing.
Law Enforcement Training
Arrest Control: Gaining control of a threatening subject is a lifesaving skill for law enforcement officers. Arrests and subject confrontations can be dangerous, even fatal in some cases. This course reviews basic subject arrest and control techniques that are designed to keep law enforcement officers safe while effectively gaining control of the subject.
DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this course is not intended to be used in lieu of professional legal advice. It should not be used to solve a legal problem. Always consult a qualified attorney or trained law enforcement professional for answers to specific questions. Additionally, laws and policies may vary in different jurisdictions and users are instructed to comply fully with all federal, state, and local laws and policies, even if they may differ from the information presented in this course.
Civil Rights: This course includes an overview and history of civil rights, human rights vs. civil rights, notable civil rights cases, common civil rights violations, and many historic precedents and court cases.
Allegations of excessive force can have a significant impact on the personal life and professional career of a law enforcement officer. They can also contribute to distrust between the law enforcement agency and the community it serves.
Computer Security: Due to the rapid growth of computer technology and the increase in potential online threats, computer security must be understood by every user. Failure to fully comprehend these issues can lead to loss of data and theft of personal and financial information. The increasing importance of computer technology and the information contained and transmitted by computers used both at work and at home make it essential for every computer user to learn about computer security, the problems computer usage can present, and the actions that can prevent breaches in computer security.
Constitutional Law: This course will review the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights as it relates to the field of law enforcement. Emphasis will be given to amendments of the constitution that specifically target the way law enforcement carries out their job duties, including the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth.
This course will concentrate on the amendment that most defines our profession: the fourth amendment. Special consideration and emphasis will be on relevant court cases and case law that has defined and shaped the profession, both traditionally and in modern society.
Crime Scene: Effective, thorough crime scene investigation (or CSI) can produce valuable evidence and information to resolve a crime. The investigator should have a clear understanding and thorough knowledge of their tasks, various types of CSI equipment, scene safety procedures, and scene assessment procedures. Ineffective or inadequate investigation, however, can hinder a case and prevent just conviction or sentencing. The goal of crime scene investigation training should be to eliminate human error. Unfortunately, the potential for human error can be significant. A recent federal government study documented nearly 150 potential sources of human error in the analysis of crime scene fingerprints (NIST, 2012). Extra precaution should be taken when locating, collecting, and documenting evidence.
Critical Incident: Critical incidents such as active shooter or hostage situations, bomb threats, and terrorist-related incidents are the most challenging and most dangerous incidents in law enforcement. Officers may be called upon to put their lives on the line or to wait and contain, providing support to special weapons and tactics (SWAT) personnel and other specially trained emergency responders.
Dispatch: Public safety dispatchers play a vital role in law enforcement. Serving as the voice between the citizen and the officer, public safety dispatchers ensure that individuals receive proper assistance when in danger. The fast-paced and unpredictable nature of a dispatcher's job demands great responsibility and forces dispatchers to always work at the highest efficiency possible. Dispatchers must be able to make split second decisions while managing multiple tasks at once, with little room for error.
Domestic violence: Severe physical violence has been used by an intimate partner against one in four women in the U.S. Domestic violence is a significant problem in society and presents a unique set of challenges to law enforcement. Abusers can be threatening and unpredictable at the scene. Officers need to protect the victim, any children, and themselves. To do so they need to understand the unique factors that contribute to domestic violence and the psychological and emotional influences that impact behavior in such incidents.
Search and seizure: This course covers all the basics of search and seizure law and precedent. Topics in this course include: Search warrants, stop and frisk, vehicle, hotel, and home searches, searching passengers on public transportation, and more. To better understand the laws, numerous court cases related to these topics and their outcomes have been used to examine the issues of search and seizure throughout this course.
Workplace Diversity: Due to our country's rapid growth and ever-changing diverse population, organizations are realizing that their strength in the marketplace is linked to their ability to attract a culturally diverse workforce. Cultural diversity can strengthen an organization's own values and enhance community awareness. Unfortunately, discrimination still occurs.
The goals of this program are to promote awareness and encourage tolerance, describe strategies to create a positive and accepting work environment, and to highlight the steps to take should discrimination occur.
Medical Training
Working as a security professional in the 21st century is a challenging job. Often the primary role is customer service. However, there are critical responsibilities toward safeguarding people and property, reducing liability, and responding to emergencies. Most officers will have to respond to a medical emergency at some point in their career, and those medical emergencies could be life- threatening.
This course discusses several basic emergency response procedures that every security professional should know including first aid, shock, bleeding, CPR, the Heimlich maneuver, and how to safely move an injured person.
No matter their responsibilities, security professionals should always keep their CPR certifications current. Life threatening situations can arise quickly and being able to administer proper CPR could save a life and children, and infants. Demonstrations include step-by-step foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) techniques and emergency care for conscious and unconscious choking victims. In addition, this course describes indications for and use of the automatic external defibrillator (AED).
Fires and emergencies happen without warning, and how you plan for these emergencies is crucial to an effective response. This course explains the importance of implementing and practicing a disaster plan on a college or university campus. Emphasis will be placed on planning and the use of a team concept in anticipating and meeting the emergency recovery needs of the college or university.
To function as a security professional, you need both mental and physical toughness. You get your mental skills through reading, instruction, and experience. But what about your physical skills? After all, safety starts with a security officer, and you have to take care of yourself before you can take care of others. Taking care of yourself includes health maintenance, fitness, and back safety
Firearms Training
Annual Firearms Training:
Eight (8) Hour Certification Course Topics*
Introduction to Firearms Certification Process and Requirements
• Choosing to carry a gun • Use of less-than-deadly force
• Escalation of force continuum • Duty to act
• Responsibilities after using force • Criminal penalties for unlawful use of force
• Civil liability for use of force • Shooting decisions
• Safe gun handling • Safe low ready or positions • Holstering and un-holstering
• Good sense tactics for the use of firearms • Tactical and speed reloading
• Loading & unloading • Night/low light shooting and flashlights • Range safety briefing
• Optional range practice may include any of the above subjects, dry fire drills, or marksmanship drills.
• Skills testing and firing qualification, including demonstration of flashlight techniques.
Four (4) Hour Recertification Course Topics*
Classroom Review
• “Use of deadly force” section of study guide • “Shooting decisions” section of study guide • Use of force review • Safe gun handling” section of study guide
• Safe low ready or positions • Holstering and un-holstering • Good sense tactics for the use of firearms
• Tactical and speed reloading • Loading & unloading
• Night/low light shooting and flashlights Additional Recertification Course Components
• Written test administered by the instructor; closed book, no notes, 100% score required
• Review and correction of test by instructor. Tests returned for classroom discussion and correction of any questions missed. • Range safety briefing • Optional range practice may include any of the above subjects, dry fire drills, or marksmanship drills. Skills testing and firing qualification, including demonstration of flashlight techniques.
