10504171Private Sector Security
Course Information
Description
This course is a comprehensive examination of the relationship of the criminal justice system to business and industrial security. It also provides an overview of the administrative, personnel, and physical aspects of the private security field.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Explain the history and professionalization of private security
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Discussion
    Criteria
    Examine private security as a discipline
    Review the relatively recent movement to achieve professionalism in the private security industry
    Explore college programs in private security
    Recognize current ethical standards in the private security industry

  2. Identify employment opportunities, employers, and specialties in the private sector security market
    Assessment Strategies
    Critical thinking writing assignment
    Criteria
    Review the private security industry in the United States and how it differs from public policing
    Describe the size and scope of the private security industry today
    Analyze traditional problems in the private security industry in terms of licensing, regulating, hiring, and training standards
    Explore the current licensing, regulating, hiring, and training standards in the private security industry
    Examine the recent movement for reform in private security standards

  3. Report on private security concepts, tools, and systems integration or convergence
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Discussion
    Criteria
    Articulate the major concepts the private security industry uses to organize and run its operations
    Describe the tools used by the private security industry to achieve its mission
    Discuss the latest uses of technology in the security industry
    Explore the effectiveness of the various concepts and tools of the private security industry
    Summarize the importance of systems convergence or integration in private security

  4. Differentiate the standards and limitations of laws that impact private security
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Discussion Post
    Criteria
    Describe the history and types of law in society, as well as the U. S. legal system
    Characterize what many refer to as the private justice system in the United States
    Explore the legal powers of private security officers in arrest, search- and- seizure, and use-of-force
    Review the differences between the police and private security personnel in relation to restrictions imposed by the U. S. Constitution
    Examine the civil and criminal liability problems faced by the private security industry
    Articulate the court testimony process for private security officers

  5. Conduct a premise/business security audit
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product, Discussion Post
    Criteria
    Discuss the premises crime situation in the United States
    Describe the types of premises protected by the private security industry
    Examine the security problems that may exist in various premises
    Explore the methods used by private security to protect various types of premises
    Analyze how the police and private security agencies work together to protect premises
    You cite at least one academic study regarding the effectiveness of a security method for premises

  6. Compare and contrast methods of retail security and loss prevention
    Assessment Strategies
    Discussion Post, Exam
    Criteria
    Outline the business crime situation in the United States
    Review the types of businesses protected by the private security industry
    Identify the methods used by private security to protect various types of businesses
    Compare how the police and private security agencies work together to protect businesses
    Cite at least one academic study regarding the effectiveness of a security method for businesses

  7. Analyze strategies used for information and cyber security
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Discussion, Exam
    Criteria
    Describe security problems associated with the use of computers in business and at home
    Describe forms of cybercrime and cyberproblems, including fraud, identity theft, cyberterrorism, Web attacks, computer hacking, cyberstalking, computer use by pedophiles, computer viruses, spam, spyware, software piracy, and data security
    Articulate at least two methods used by organizations today to control and regulate computer use and maintain security
    List the steps in the process of how investigators investigate computer crime
    Identify at least one method used to maintain the security and integrity of computer use

  8. Prepare a field application for undercover or covert security operation
    Assessment Strategies
    Quiz, Discussion
    Criteria
    Describe the three major forms of private-sector investigations
    Describe the major types of investigations conducted by private-sector investigators
    Categorize noncriminal investigations and services conducted by the private sector
    Evaluate types of criminal investigations conducted by private-sector investigators
    Incorporate information sources for private-sector investigators

  9. Evaluate public-private partnerships in security applications
    Assessment Strategies
    Written Product - Research Paper
    Criteria
    Includes a title page
    Includes an index
    Includes an abstract with stated hypothesis
    Body of work contains clear conclusion relating back to the hypothesis
    Paper is 10 pages minimum, double spaced, 12 point Times Roman font
    Paper uses APA style
    Includes a reference page
    Summarize the concept of surveillance and its importance in private security
    List the preparations and techniques necessary to conduct an effective surveillance
    Describe how undercover operations fit into the general role of private security
    Review the many purposes, techniques, and types of undercover operations
    Explore the many job opportunities available in undercover operations

  10. Demonstrate methods of private sector security in Homeland security and terrorism protection
    Assessment Strategies
    Discussion, Exam
    Criteria
    Examine the need for cooperation between the police and the private security industry
    Define the concept of privatization of government services
    Articulate private and public partnerships developed to deal with the crime and security problem in the United States, including terrorism
    Describe the practice of moonlighting by police officers in the private security industry and of private security officers working for government agencies
    Explain the practices of community crime-prevention programs, including self-policing, citizen patrols, neighborhood watch, crime stoppers, and citizen volunteers