Taught by our expert since 2007, this recently updated training is intended to prepare the participant to comprehensively examine a school’s physical environment for crime vulnerabilities. This newly updated course uses current research and evidenced-based approaches to address the school violence and active shooter concern from a realistic viewpoint. Utilizing a multi-faceted approach which includes Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Situational Crime Prevention and the Rational Choice Theory, this course provides a unique understanding of how the environment impacts crime in the school. This course provides a newly developed easy to use customizable foundational survey instrument to begin to identify vulnerabilities, suggest solutions, and prepare a comprehensive report. An earlier version of this tool has been used to conduct thousands of school security surveys. This training provides practical suggestions for K-12 institutions. Other additions to this course include consideration of current best practices, the good the bad and the ugly of each. It also addresses policies, planning and new technologies.

 A prior working knowledge of CPTED is helpful but not essential. Students should bring a laptop computer and digital camera if available. A group assessment exercise will be included in this course.  

 Topics to be addressed:   

•      Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design refresher/primer.

•      Situational Crime Prevention and the theory of rational choice in addressing risk.   

•      Current strengths and weaknesses of modern attempts at security (Guns, Grants and Security Devices).

•      Essential considerations for truly impacting safety in a school environment.

•      Recommendations for a safer school.

•      Important policy considerations.

•      Identifying risk and motivations.

•      The value of stakeholder input and interviews.

•      Improving on behavioral threat assessment use.

•      The purpose of security assessments/surveys.   

•      The process for organizing and conducting a comprehensive security assessment. 

•      Detailed review of drafting a useful security assessment report.

•      Legal considerations and misconceptions.

•      Using and customizing the provided assessment instrument.

Who should Attend?   

This training is intended for school resource officers, university law enforcement officers, school and university security personnel, crime prevention practitioners and school staff that may be responsible for participating in school security surveys/assessments.   

Length of Training- Four days    

Some comments from past attendees:

1. Mr. Arrington is very thorough, learned a lot.

2. Material is going to be very handy

3. Excellent class! One of the best I’ve attended in my 32 year career!

4. Course was informative, well laid out and presented expertly.

5. Excellent instructor, very knowledgeable.

6. Instructor captured attention of class through good examples, multimedia and humor.

7. Handing out a DVD with the instrument guide was a great idea.

8. Information will be very helpful as I am an SRO.

9. Outstanding presentation, I am much more confident in my CPTED ability.

10. Instructor very well educated on the material regarding the course.  I would not change a thing.  Speaker kept the class interesting the entire time.

11.Mr. Arrington is a great instructor, very knowledgeable on subject content.