Security Issues in Private Industry

Catalog description

Three lecture. A historical overview of the development and evolution of law enforcement and its developing relationship and dependence on the need for private asset protection. Students will assess current prevention technology, its development and history, and future direction and application. The class will further examine the roles of law enforcement and private security officers as well as the inherent differences. Legal limitations and provisions, public/private security agency, and liability issues in the industry will be analyzed. Students will be able to: apply and show an understanding of criminal justice vocabulary; explain the structure of security and loss control; articulate how the security industry develops systems and tactics for security and loss prevention; describe the management and organizational processes which affect security and loss control/prevention concerns; identify the impact which the choice of a security and loss prevention plan or system has on the ability(s) of a given agency.