Protection Officer Training Manual, Sixth Edition [Paperback]

IFPO (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 4, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0750699345 | ISBN-13: 978-0750699341 | Edition: 6

The Protection Officer Training Manual is a comprehensive training guide and instructional text which covers all of the subjects essential to the effective training of protection officers. This material, now in its sixth edition, has been class-tested for many years and has been the training manual for the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) since 1988. This new edition retains the exceptional organization and coverage of the previous editions. Each chapter is written by leading security trainers and educators. Included in the manual are self-quizzes and hundreds of diagrams and illustrations.

An Instructor's Guide is also available. This ancillary book provides the trainer with instruction tips, learning objectives, practical training exercises, and test items.

To attend to the training and certification needs for protection officers, IFPO developed the Certified Protection Officer (CPO) program. The CPO program is a complete security course that is designed for self-study and pacing to accommodate candidates that are not able to attend structured training in a classroom environment. However, the course material can be arranged for formal on-site training by utilization of the standard CPO lesson plan and other course material.

IFPO was developed to facilitate the training and certification needs of first-line security officers and supervisors throughout the private and public security industry. IFPO was registered as a non-profit organization in January 1988, and its offices are located in the United States and Canada.

Current, useful, and consolidated.
Course text for the Certified Protection Officer (CPO) Program.
Comprehensive coverage of all essential security topics.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Highly Recommended!' - Journal of Security Administration

Chapters are short and easily digestible. -Security Management

. . .this is still arguably the best and most versatile training text available for the development of security officers. It should be strongly considered by security trainers, directors, college instructors, candidates for the CPO exam, and anyone else interested in improving their security knowledge. -Security Management

The book gets high marks for truly covering the wide world of security.
-Security Managment

From the Publisher

The Protection Officer Training Manual is a comprehensive training guide and instructional text which covers all of the subjects essential to the effective training of protection officers. This material, now in its sixth edition, has been class-tested for many years and has been the training manual for the International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) since 1988. This new edition retains the exceptional organization and coverage of the previous editions. Each chapter is written by leading security trainers and educators. Included in the manual are self-quizzes and hundreds of diagrams and illustrations. An Instructor's Guide is also available. This ancillary book provides the trainer with instruction tips, learning objectives, practical training exercises, and test items. IFPO was developed to facilitate the training and certification needs of first-line security officers and supervisors throughout the private and public security industry. IFPO was registered as a non-profit organization in January 1988, and its offices are located in the United States and Canada.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 6 edition (December 4, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750699345
• ISBN-13: 978-0750699341
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,738,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but annoyingly flawed, April 4, 2003

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This review is from: Protection Officer Training Manual, Sixth Edition (Paperback)

I bought a copy of this book to study for the CPO exam for the International Foundation of Protection Officers. Having taken the brief "practice" exam..., however, I feel I could pass the exame without having paid... for the book.

On the Good Side:
This is an excellent book for basic security officer training information. It gives good overviews of essential security procedures including fire prevention, excessive force, physical security, patrol, etc. The chapters are brief, but very informative and straightforward. The book contains a great deal of information which will be an excellent way to introduce a person to some aspects of security.

On the bad side:
This book was apparently edited my blind people. There are MANY spelling errors. The used copy I bought had most of them highlighted for my amusement. Also, the book seems to have a Canadian Law overtone in many of the chapters. Also, some segments, (report writing) are left too short and others (the history of security in Ancient Rome) are long for no apparent reason. This book is of course not specific enought to provide all the training a good security officer needs, and this book should be supplemental to an on-site training program.

In summary, if you are looking for a good security training manual for basic security training, this is a good manual. The publisher has an instructor's manual from what I understand, but I have not read it. But this book needs to be supplemented with your own department's policy and procedures (obviously) and greater instruction in report writing (perhaps the most important part of a guard's job). The speling erors are irritating, but I'm not the gratest speller either. I know that IFPO offers other training manuals at the website, including an 8-hour CD Rom, and other things as well. But as far as this book is concerned, I've read many others which are much worse, but this one is fairly decent.