DESCRIPTION:
This course will prepare students to employ skills needed discusses several subjects relevant to employment as a homeland security professional. These include hazardous materials, types of security and their components, and proven methods for planning and conducting security operations. This course is presented in two semesters.

Semester 1 discusses types and factors of patrol; professional relationships; controlling traffic, parking and crowds; preserving evidence; working with witnesses and providing testimony. It also describes various types of protection systems as well as methods and technologies that enhance access control.

Semester 2 discusses proven procedures, equipment, and techniques for planning and conducting security operations and responding to security incidents. It also describes a variety of safety procedures and professionalism.

CREDITS:
1 Credit

PREREQUISITES:
Career Elective Security Professional 1
Career Elective Security Professional 2
Career Elective Security Professional 3

Semester 1

• Security Professional IV: Semester 1 Pretest
• Types of Security
• Understanding Techniques
• Types of Patrol
• Factors of Patrol
• Basic Public Relations
• Relations with Police
• Taking Notes
• Techniques for Writing Reports
• Protection Officers and Traffic Control
• Methods of Controlling Traffic
• Parking
• Crowd Control
• Evidence
• Preserving Evidence
• Witnesses
• Providing Testimony
• Perimeter, Area, and Point Protection Systems
• Techniques for Controlling Access and Egress
• Badges, Digital Controls, and Barriers
• Security of Information
• Security Professional IV: Semester 1 Pretest

Semester 2

• Security Professional IV: Semester 2 Pretest
• General Safety
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
• Fire Safety
• Fire Prevention, Detection, and Suppression
• Fire Classes and Extinguishers
• Protection of People
• Officer Responsibilities in Case of Fire
• Emergency Measures Plan
• Advanced First Aid
• Receiving and Responding to Bomb Threats
• Telephone Bomb Threats
• Containers for Explosives
• Bomb Placement
• Basic Professionalism and Ethics
• Memory and Observation Skills
• Labor Relations
• General Operating Procedures
• Powers of a Protection Officer
• Common Offenses
• Legal Jurisdictions
• Security Professional IV: Semester 2 End of Semester Exam