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Christopher Hertig is a member of the Behavioral Sciences Department at York College of Pennsylvania where he teaches courses in security management and criminal investigation. Hertig is a Certified Protection Professional as well as a Certified Protection Officer Instructor. He serves on the IFPO Board of Directors and the ASIS International Academic Programs Council.
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
