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- Physical Crime Prevention: 16 hours - max of 40
- Physical Security Surveys: 16 hours - max of 24
- Physical Security and the Security Survey: 32 hours - max of 24
- CPTED: 24 hours
Physical Crime Prevention
16 hour course
Participants will be instructed in the basics of a variety of physical security devices that are instrumental in the deterrence of burglaries and other forms of property crimes. Attendees are equipped to advise residential, business, and industrial building owners in physical security methods that reduce the opportunities of intrusion into their properties. Areas of study include Intrusion Alarms, Security Lighting, Security and Fire Containers, Residential Security, Locking Devices, Fencing and Barriers, and Window Security.
16 hour course
This two day course provides the attendees with information relating to the purpose of physical security surveys, the different formats that can be used, how to conduct a survey, how to use photography as a communication tool, and how to document the survey results. Various security survey issues and business vulnerabilities will be shown and completed survey samples will be reviewed. The course will focus on business building surveys. Attendees will conduct and complete an actual physical security survey as part of this course.
NOTE:
• Attendees must have completed the Physical Crime Prevention 16 hour course (or equivalent) prior to attending this course. Copy of completion certificate is required.
• Attendees must bring: (one per agency team)
o Laptop computer
o Digital camera
o Video camera
o USB computer storage flash (thumb) drive
Physical Security and the Security Survey
32 hour course
This four-day workshop instructs the participant in the basics of physical security components, their applications in homes, business, and industry, and the evaluation of the existing physical security in a business related structure. This is a basic course designed for an audience with little or no background in physical security or experience in conducting physical security surveys.
Upon completion of this course, participants will have a clear working knowledge of physical security components and their interplay in securing a building, the ability to detect inadequate applications of physical security and make appropriate recommendations for improvement. Additionally, after physically examining a structure, participants will learn how to document a written report using a check-off survey form describing the physical security vulnerabilities and recommended improvements.
Participants will spend the first two days of the course learning about the various forms of physical security available to offer deterrence, delay, and denial to an intruder. The third day instructs the participants in the elements of completing a security survey and then gives them an opportunity to conduct an actual survey on an area business while working with a partnering classmate. The final day has the group completing and presenting their surveys for peer and instructor critique and sharing of issues and solutions. Participants should be prepared to work into the evening of the third day completing their reports and evaluating the security lighting of their business.
Topics Covered: Alarm sensors and systems, window security options, safes and vaults, fencing and barriers, security lighting, and locking devices.
Hosting Agency Requirements: Classroom setting with video projector; printer; one area business willing to host a security survey team – one business for every two students (typically coordinated with local law enforcement).
Participant Required Materials: Laptop computer with word processing software (one per team of two attendees). Digital camera with appropriate downloading wired connections or removable memory stick; video camera (one per team); USB flash drive; umbrella or foul weather gear.
Participant Required Skills: Basic computer and word processing literacy.
Dress Code: Business casual.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
24 hour course
This course is conducted through our associate, National Institute of Crime Prevention.
Please contact them through their website: www.cptedtraining.net