Project Description

Certified Protection Officer

Are You Ready?

The CPO program is designed for security officers and students who wish to learn more about security/asset protection. It is aimed at the career-oriented individual.

Experience

Candidates must have six (6) months of full time protection officer experience (or equivalent) or one year of part time protection officer experience (or equivalent). Students enrolled into a recognized classroom training program may also qualify for this program.

Topics covered include

Crisis Intervention
The Protection Officer as a Leader
Security Risk Management
Effective Communications
Antiterrorism and VIP Protection
Security Awareness
Crime and Incident Scene Procedures
Automation in Protection Operations
Interviewing and Statements
Patrol Principles
Legal Aspects of Security
Environmental Crime Control
Alarm System Fundamentals
Occupational Safety and Health and the Protection Officer
Apprehension and Detention Procedures
Information Security and Counterintelligence
Ethics and Professionalism
Workplace Crime

Course and Certification Prerequisites

This certification is for experienced frontline security officers, supervisors and first line managers. Typically the requirements are:

3 years of service (6 months minimum) in a security, criminal justice, or similar capacity combined with appropriate licences (SIA, PSA etc.) and
4/5 GCSE passes at grade 4 or above (or equivalent)

The above requirements are guidelines only.