OPOTA Course

PRIVATE SECURITY OHIO PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMY

124 HOUR PROGRAM: SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED, LEADS TO STATE CERTIFICATION

COURSE OFFERING/SYLLABUS
START DATE: June 6, 2020 – 9:00 A.M. Weekends

ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT CONTROL TECHNIQUES
* ORIENTATION

* ROLE OF PRIVATE SECURITY

*FIRST AID/CPR/AED

*ETHICS and PROFESSIONALISM

*FIREARMS: (optional)

*OVERVIEW of the CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

*LIABILITY 

*HUMAN RELATIONS

*INTERACTING with the MEDIA 

*CRISIS INTERVENTION

*DRUG AWARENESS

*TERRORISM /*INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM (ICS)/ *NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (NIMS)

*JUVENILES 

*COMMUNITY DIVERSITY & PROCEDURAL JUSTICE 

COMMUNICATIONS ***124 hours without firearms

*REPORT WRITING

*INTERVIEWS

LOSS PREVENTION

SAFETY and PROTECTIVE SERVICES

*FIRE SAFETY

*OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY

*PATROL TECHNIQUES

*CROWD CONTROL

THE PROGRAM IS PERFORMANCE BASED ALLOWING INSTRUCTION GEARED TO ALL LEARNING LEVELS:

SPO’S (STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES) ARE PRESENTED USING LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART FORMAT
POWERPOINT – LECTURE – DISCUSSION – HANDS- ON
LEARNING AND PROCESSING CLASSES ARE MEASURED/EVALUATED – DAILY – WEEKLY (QUIZZES)

COURSE PURPOSE

ACQUIRE NEW KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING SKILLS
PREPARE FOR PROPER JOB PERFORMANCE
IMPROVE SAFETY/SURVIVAL DURING CRITICAL EVENTS
STANDARDIZE PROCEDURES ENHANCING, SAFETY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSE TIME, AND COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY/WORK
BUILD CONFIDENCE WITH NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS