Certified Protection Officer

The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) Board of Directors established and maintains a voluntary certification process called the Certified Protection Officers (post nominals: CPO) course, which is based on current and valid standards that measure competency in the practice of private security for Security Officers. The IFPO requires that all programs that offer a certification must be maintained by the individual through a re-certification process. Therefore the CPO certificate is valid for a period of two years, at which time re-certification must be achieved.

Qualified Certified Protection Officers can also obtain the designation of CPO Instructor (post nominals: CPOI). This is a designation that requires qualification and the proper credentials.

After 1998, when the Universal declaration for Human rights defenders passed, many International and Regional NGOs created a post for protection officers. The post is for expertise in Security and risk assessment officers who are responsible for safety of Human rights defenders.

Simplified Course Outline

• Physical Security Applications
• Alarm System Fundamentals
• Access Control
• Information Security
• Protection Officers and Emergency Response
• Strikes, Lockouts and Labour Relations
• Workplace violence
• Effective Communications
• Environmental Crime Control Theory
• Emergency Planning and Disaster Control
• Use of force continuum
• Ethics and Professionalism

See also

• Security guard
• SORA Training

External links

• Official Course
• Official Course (in German)