Mar 29, 2024  
2021-2022 Archived Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Archived Catalog

CRJU-151 Introduction to Security Administration

Credits 3 / 3 Contact Hours
Pre-requisite: Placement into ACRD 080 .
This course covers security and loss prevention including the historical philosophical and legal framework for security operations as well as detailed presentations of specific security processes and programs currently utilized in providing security.

Course Outcomes
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of the private security industry in the United States. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of the current ethical standards in the private security industry. 3. Identify and explain the differences between the private security industry in the United States and public policing. 4. Describe the size and scope of the private security industry today. 5. Demonstrate knowledge of the current licensing, regulating, hiring, and training standards in the private security industry. 6. Identify and explain key concepts in the private security industry including risk management, risk analysis, risk assessment, and the security survey. 7. Demonstrate knowledge of the legal powers of private security officers in arrest, search and seizure, and use of force situations. 8. Identify and explain differences between the police and private security personnel in relation to restrictions imposed by the US Constitution. 9. Demonstrate knowledge of the civil and criminal liability problems faced by the private security industry. 10. Identify the many types of premises protected by the private security industry and the security problems associated with these various premises. 11. Demonstrate knowledge of the role private security plays in the field of retail security and loss prevention. 12. Demonstrate knowledge of employment-related security in the workplace. 13. Identify and explain the forms of cybercrime and cyber-problems. 14. Demonstrate knowledge of the concept of surveillance and its importance to private security and explain the preparations and techniques necessary to conduct an effective surveillance. 15. Demonstrate knowledge of the need for cooperation between the police and the private security industry.