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2. CJS 250 Entire Course CJS 250 Successful Learning CJS 250 Week 1 Checkpoint Historical Laws and Security CJS 250 Week 1 Assignment Biography of Allan Pinkerton CJS 250 Week 2 Checkpoint Threat and Risk Assessment CJS 250 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 250 Week 3 Exercise Interview schedule CJS 250 Week 3 Assignment Security Objective Components CJS 250 Week 3 Checkpoint Risk Managment CJS 250 Week 4 Checkpoint Models of Physical Security (Appendix D) CJS 250 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 250 Week 5 Checkpoint Evaluating Safe Work Conditions Appendix E CJS 250 Week 5 Checkpoint Floor Plan Assignment: Biography of Allan Pinkerton No study of the private security industry would be complete without mention of Allan Pinkerton and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton made many contributions both to private security and to national law enforcement, and the Pinkerton Detective Agency was the forerunner to modern private security and detective agencies. • Write a 500- to 700-word biography of Allan Pinkerton focusing on the overlap between private and public security in the career of Pinkerton and the development of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Include the following: o A history of Pinkerton’s career as a law enforcement official CJS 250 Week 1 Assignment Biography of Allan Pinkerton

3. CJS 250 Week 1 Checkpoint Historical Laws and Security CJS 250 Successful Learning 1. CheckPoint: Historical Laws and Security • Write a brief description in your own words of the following laws, including where and when each law originated: o The Code of Hammurabi o Draco’s law o Law of the Twelve Tables o Justinian Code CheckPoint: Threat and Risk Assessment • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Complete Appendix B. CJS 250 Week 2 Checkpoint Threat and Risk Assessment

4. CJS 250 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 CJS 250 Successful Learning Discussion Questions • Consider the definition of security given on pp. 71–72 of the text. Can any target environment ever be perfectly stable or predictable? Why or why not? Why does the author stress that security efforts for any target environment are a “never-ending process” and that security objectives change over time? How can complacency pose a problem for security professionals? • Consider several locations—private or public, residential or commercial—you are currently familiar with. Do any of these places have what you would consider obvious vulnerability gaps? Briefly explain. What steps would you take to address these vulnerabilities? Assignment: Security Objective Components • Read the article on p. 109 and review pp. 113–115 of the text. • Address the following points in a 700- to 1,050-word response: o What component of the overall security objective deserves the most attention in the environments mentioned in the article? What components would be less pertinent for these particular environments during a vulnerability assessment? Why? o Relative to the primary component you chose above, what are some countermeasures or possible solutions for the shootings, incidences of arson, and bombing? o What components of the overall security objective would be more pertinent had these events occurred at a mall? Would these components present alternati CJS 250 Week 3 Assignment Security Objective Components

5. CJS 250 Week 3 Checkpoint Risk Managment CJS 250 Successful Learning CheckPoint: Risk Management • Read the Risk Management scenario presented in Appendix C. • Complete the table in Part I. • Answer the questions in Part II. 1. Exercise: Interview Scheduling • Contact a manager or security personnel and schedule a meeting for an interview to be completed by Week Five. • Post the name and title of the person you plan to interview with the date and time of the interview as a message to your facilitator. CJS 250 Week 3 Exercise Interview schedule

6. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 4 Checkpoint Models of Physical Security (Appendix D) CheckPoint: Models of Physical Security • Complete Appendix D. Discussion Questions • What are the most common features of physical security? What are the least common? How can extant features of a target environment be adapted for security purposes (such as for detection or asset protection)? Provide specific examples. • While it may be ideal for security planners to utilize or install the latest technology, it may not always be practical. How can a security professional balancelimitations such as budget or space with the need to keep abreast of the latest industry technology and trends? How much technological knowledge should security professionals have? How broad or detailed should that knowledge be? CJS 250 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

7. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 5 Assignment Security Manager Interview Assignment: Security Manager Interview • Interview a manager of security personnel. • Use the questionnaire provided in Appendix F to record responses in detail. Space has been provided for additional questions, but be sure to record any additional questions as well as the responses. • Complete Part II once all answers have been recorded. CheckPoint:Evaluating Safe Working Conditions • Read the summaries in Appendix E. • Answer the questions following each summary in 100 words or more. • Post as an attachment. CJS 250 Week 5 Checkpoint Evaluating Safe Work Conditions Appendix E

8. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 5 Checkpoint Floor Plan CheckPoint: Floor Plan • Create a description of the target environment to be used for your final project. The environment can be imaginary or real, but the description must include the following: o The title, purpose, or function of the environment (“Bank,” for example, or “Convenience Store”) o A basic floor plan CheckPoint: Security Assessment • Choose two of the four settings from Ch. 9 and carefully review the accompanying summaries, bullet points, and floor plans. • Complete a security assessment for each setting using Appendix G. • Provide at least two countermeasures specific to physical security and one countermeasure specific to personnel or security management for each setting.Explain your choices. CJS 250 Week 6 Checkpoint Security Assessment

9. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Questions • Read the section on the Walt Disney Corporation’s security operations in Orlando on pp. 206–209 of the text. How arethe Walt Disney Corporation’s security operations integrated into the overall business operations? How are non-security personnel and environmental features used for security purposes and how do security personnel contribute to the overall mission of the business operations? Why is the integration of individual security components into the overall security design and the overall business mission important? Assignment: Relationship Between Private and Public Police • Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper discussing the relationship between private and public police. Is this relationship positive or negative? Provide specific examples to support your opinion. • Discuss how the conflict regarding the definition of public and private space influences the relationship between private and public police. CJS 250 Week 7 Assignment Relationship between Private and Public Police

10. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 Discussion Questions • Security professionals have similar functions and duties as the police but do not share the same level of authority in criminal procedure. What are the differences between private and public police in their level of authority? What are the limitations security professionals must recognize? • What role should non-security personnel play in an emergency plan and disaster response? Should these roles be included in a procedures manual? Why or why not? Capstone CheckPoint • Each target environment has unique security needs and offers security professionals distinct challenges and opportunities. In a 200- to 300-word response, answer the following questions: o Why is it important for a security professional to know specifics about the particular target environment to which they are assigned? o How can experienced security professionals prepare themselves for challenges and opportunities they have never encountered before? o Is it possible that experience with only one type of environment can actually be a drawback for security professionals approaching a new environment? CJS 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint

11. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 9 Final The Security Plan Final Project: The Security Plan • Create a 1,400- to 1,750-word comprehensive security plan for the target environment you submitted in Week Five. In your plan, include the following items: o The floor plan of the target environment o A list of threats o A risk assessment for each threat o Current vulnerability gaps

12. CJS 250 Successful Learning • CJS 250 Week 7 Checkpoint Public Relations and Professionalism CheckPoint: Public Relations and Professionalism • Resource: “The Private Arm of the Law”article at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100665.html • Write a 250- to 300-word response discussing the public relations image and professionalism of the private security industry. What are some examples from the article concerning the importance of private security industry membershaving the same level of professionalism as public law enforcement officers? CheckPoint: Law and Legal Issues Imagine you are responsible for training newly-hired security personnel. You must deliver a presentation to the new recruits on criminal procedure and legal issues as they pertain to security professionals. • Create a 5- to 7-slide Microsoft®PowerPoint®presentation on law and legal issues as they apply specifically to private security professionals. • Outline the basic organization of law CJS 250 Week 8 Checkpoint Law and Legal Issues

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