The mission of the Institute for Campus Safety is to continually enhance the professionalism of campus safety personnel by establishing standards of training for campus safety professionals through the Certified Campus Safety Professional (CCSP) certificate program.

 

 

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This Campus Security Officer Course meets the training requirements mandated by SB 1626 for Campus Security Personnel as defined in Education Code 38001.5 and 72330.5 and Business and Professions Code 7583.31.

 

 

Required Crouse - RC

RC-101 Campus Security Officer Course

This course is a 24 hour course that includes information on the history, role and development of campus security, campus security officer's responsibilities in the educational environment and campus security officer's professional image, and school structure and organization as they relate to campus security. Other topics covered will include searches and seizures by campus security officers, liability issues in the educational environment, tools for handling potentially dangerous situations, mediation/conflict resolution skills, signs of personality disorders that may lead to violent outbreaks, student discipline process, discipline as it relates to special education, campus emergency procedures, and campus parking enforcement.

This course is intended for entry level personnel and meets the requirements of California Education Code sections 3800.5 and 72330.5

RC-102 Campus Security Officer Course - Train The Trainer

This eight hour course is an overview of the 24 hour Campus Security Officer course and shows the best techniques for presenting the course. This seminar includes information on the history, role and development of campus security, campus security officer's responsibilities in the educational environment and campus security officer's professional image, and school structure and organization as they relate to campus security. Other topics covered will include searches and seizures by campus security officers, liability issues in the educational environment, tools for handling potentially dangerous situations, mediation/conflict resolution skills, signs of personality disorders that may lead to violent outbreaks, student discipline process, discipline as it relates to special education, campus emergency procedures, and campus parking enforcement.

The participant will receive a complete training package, which will include printed material, a CD containing a student workbook, study questions, tests, instructors manual and PowerPoint presentations.

This course is intended for experienced campus safety personnel.

Operations & Tactics - OT 

OT-101 Protection Devices

The qualities and limitations of Closed Circuit Television, intrusion alarm systems, fire alarm systems, personal protect alarms, radio systems and cell phones will be thoroughly examined. Participants will be given information to make decisions for campus wide systems.  

OT-102 Drug Identification

Participants will learn to recognize the common drugs found on campus. Drug experts will instruct Participants to develop the ability to perform tests in the field to recognize the objective symptoms of persons under the influence of the common drugs found on campus.

OT-103 Gang Behavior

Participants will define, explore and address gangs and gang activity, national gang trends, gang   history/background, characteristics of gangs, adolescent gang involvement and school assessments.

OT-104 Internal Investigations

This course will discuss the techniques to conduct an internal investigation that could be the basis for subsequent criminal and/or administrative action.

OT-105 Parking and Traffic Control

Participants will be provided with the basic concepts of traffic control to enable them to instruct other campus personnel. Specific traffic control techniques will be demonstrated to lessen the exposure of traffic control officers to injury from directing traffic. The basic concepts of campus parking control will be discussed. Participants will take important information back to the campus to develop an effective parking control program.

OT-106 Responding to Weapons and Explosive Devices

Types of weapons encountered on campus; developing a response plan; responsibility of the first responder; scene management; disarming the suspect; search techniques; types of explosive devices; responding to a “bomb” call; search techniques; bomb scene management.

OT-107 Physical Intervention

A unique total system to deal with physical confrontations on campus. The participant will learn to prepare school personnel for potential physical confrontation on campus. Persons taking  this course should have a reasonable physical agility and an above average knowledge of defensive tactics.

OT-108 Role of the Campus Safety Professional

Discussion of the role of the campus safety professional and the difference between municipal law enforcement and campus safety. The needs of the student in a student centered learning environment is discussed.

OT-109 Campus Safety Plans

The general components of a comprehensive campus safety plan will be discussed. Special emphasis will be directed towards completing “Clery Act”  mandates.

OT-110 Conducting Campus Investigations

Basic principles of all types of investigations utilized on the campus system. Includes human aspects in dealing with the students, staff, administration and visitors; specific knowledge necessary for handling crime scenes; interviews, evidence, surveillance, follow-up, technical resources and case preparation.

OT-111 Crisis Management

Components of a crisis management plan including suicide on campus, incidents off campus, student and labor unrest. The people and procedures required for a plan will be discussed as well as response procedures.

OT-112 Disasters and Emergencies

The components of Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) for a comprehensive campus emergency response plan will be discussed. Methods of emergency analysis, prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery will be presented.

OT-113 Tactical Awareness in the Educational Environment

Participants will receive information on and techniques to confront the current threats and hazards commonly found on American campuses. The course includes information on responding to an active shooter, explosive devices and bomb construction, issues surrounding a mass evacuation, suspect and suspicious article search techniques, and the use of protective equipment.

Participants in this course will be offered the opportunity to participate in actual hands-on demonstrations of some techniques taught in the seminar. Participants should wear conformable clothing and shoes.

OT-114 Alarm Systems, CCTV  and Other Protective Devices

CCTV, access control, lock and key systems, radio systems, perimeter protection devices, fire systems, intrusion alarms, central station systems, contractors and other personnel and asset protection devices will be analyzed.

Interpersonal Relations - IR

IR-101 Counseling Skills for the Campus Safety Professional

Participants will learn basic personal counseling skills to effectively resolve students and/or staff in crisis on the campus. Participants will learn to become a resource for the campus to assist with counseling of at risk persons.

IR-102 Dynamics of Adolescent Behavior

Participants will learn techniques for student conflict resolution, conducting student investigations and identifying at risk behavior.  The adolescent developmental cycle and accompanying behaviors, such as bullying, will be examined.

IR-103 Interpersonal Relations and Conflict Management

Anger, conflict, violence - school staff encounter these issues daily.  Today, educators need effective tools and skills to reduce the aggressive and manipulative tactics used by students, parents and the public to coerce and intimidate.  In this course, participants will learn the five major tactics of successful dispute resolution in educational settings: Program development, Policies and Practices, Assessment and Investigation, Prevention and Response, and Safety and Security.  Special emphasis will be placed on both interpersonal and institutional violence prevention methods.

IR-104 Sexual Harassment

Students will learn methods to raise awareness about sexual harassment and help to lessen the incidents of sexual harassment on the campus. Persons completing the course will be able to teach others the techniques to lessen the incidents of sexual harassment on campus.

IR-105 Supervision Techniques for Campus Security Personnel

Participants will learn the role of the campus safety supervisor. Techniques for completing employee evaluations and resolving department conflict will be discussed. Building morale through team building will be explored as well as the basic concepts of supervising and motivating employees.

IR-106 Front Line Safety

Participants will learn how to assess their office space for safety and security, review the role and risks of the front office person, where the "danger zones" are on a campus, how to recognize and prevent threatening incidents, how to deal to difficult people, how to remove opportunity for problems, legal actions that can be taken, personal protection and physical barriers, building confidence in handling threatening incidents, how to recognize and handle suspicious mail, crisis management, how to respond to specific emergencies, mandatory reporting laws, and how to put the pieces back together after an incident occurs. 

This course is consistent with Workplace Violence training mandated by State and Federal law.

Law and Liability - LL

LL-101 Laws Effecting the Campus

The basic concepts of crimes against person and crimes against property will be discussed. A review of mandatory child abuse reporting laws and laws prohibiting identity theft will be reviewed.

LL-102 Special Education

Participants will learn the laws and regulations of special education and every students right to a free and appropriate education. The special requirement for controlling student conduct of a special education student will be examined as well as the campus related issues of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

LL-103 Student Discipline

The laws regulating student behavior will be discussed. Laws and court decisions regulating the time place and manner of speech, legal causes for suspending or expelling students will be discussed as well as student attendance in the K-12 environment.

LL-104 Search and Seizure

This course will briefly explore liability for injury to person and property on campus.  Participants will be exposed to legal issues such as use of force, negligence, duty to protect students, staff and visitors on and off campus.

LL-105 Issues of Liability on the Campus

Participants will review the laws regulating student behavior on campus, as well as recent court decisions regulating the time place and manner of speech, legal causes for suspending or expelling students, and student attendance in the K-12 environment. This seminar will also briefly explore liability for injury to persons and property on campus, the legal issues surrounding negligence and duty to protect students, staff and visitors on and off campus. The seminar will also explore the criminal, civil and administrative liability of security personnel, use of force by school personnel, and the institution’s liability for actions of employees and students.

LL-106 Legal Aspects of Dealing with Diversity

Issues of racial, sexual, ethnic and sexual preference will be discussed. Programs to prevent sexual, racial, ethnic and cultural harassment will be discussed.

LL-107 Weapons on Campus

The law and court cases involving weapons and dangerous objects on campus will be discussed. How to respond to weapons on campus will be presented.