Chris Hertig is a retired college professor who has written and taught about professional development of security personnel, violence management and the history of policing and security for 4 decades. Hertig is a Certified Protection Professional as well as a Certified Protection Officer Instructor. He is an active member of several professional organization including ASIS, IFPO and ILEETA.
If security forces are going to perform more functions, which they should...they need additional training. More training for your security teams is an expensive proposition, but an all-important one.
Mass violence, primarily shootings, is growing and can only continue to do so, and we have a professional obligation to analyze where the failures are and to take corrective action.
Professional organizations provide a number of benefits to the occupational/professional groups that they serve. Associations help to pave the way for the profession to progress by offering seminars, publications, courses and industry updates. They set the standards of practice all the way from accreditation and certification to codes of ethics.
Teachers. Instructors. Professors. Whatever their title may be; they are the individuals responsible for imparting knowledge, skill and ability. In an era of increased online instruction, there is still a
Certified Protection Officer Instructors help facilitate the delivery of the CPO program in the classroom. This enables large employers to run academy type classes.As chief security officers and security directors
The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) has developed a distance education program in crime and loss investigation. The Foundation developed this program due to several needs. Entry-level security personnel
