Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The following
requirements must be achieved to be certified as a crime prevention specialist.
The applicant shall have:
1. Been certified
as a general law-enforcement instructor within the past five years, or
successfully completed a comparable instructor development course approved by
the department.
2. Received 40
hours of approved introductory crime prevention training. Completion of the
following compulsory minimum training topics is required for designation as a
crime prevention specialist:
a. Theory and
Practice of Crime Prevention
b.
Neighborhood Watch
c. Home and
Business Security
d. Security
Liability
e. Security Hardware
(locks, lighting, and alarms)
f.
Personal Safety
g. Crime Prevention
Through Environmental Design
h.
Security Assessments
3.
Received 80 hours of additional crime prevention training within the past five
years of the date of application. This additional training must address at
least four of any of the following topics:
a.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
b. Community-Policing
c. Crime Analysis
d. School Safety and Security
e. Security Lighting
f. Computer Security
g. Managing Volunteers
h. Grant and Proposal Writing
i. Legislation, Ordinance and Regulation
Development
j. Prevention of Youth
Violence
k. Prevention of Family
Violence
l. Drug Abuse
Prevention
m. Public
Speaking
n. Media
Relations
o. Homeland
Security/Terrorism Prevention
p.
White Collar Crime
q. Identity
Theft
r. Victim Witness
Services
s. Crime Prevention for
Seniors
t. Code
Enforcement/Nuisance Abatement
u.
Other topics approved by the department
4. At least three years experience in a
law-enforcement, crime prevention, or criminal justice government
agency.
5. At least one year
experience, within the past five years of the date of application, in providing
crime prevention services. Such experience shall have included:
a. Developing and maintaining Neighborhood or
Business Watch groups.
b.
Conducting security assessments of homes and businesses.
c. Making public presentations on home or
business security and personal safety.
d. Distributing crime prevention information
to the public.
e. Other experience
approved by the department.
B. The department may waive all or part of
the prescribed training requirements upon review of relevant crime prevention
certifications awarded by recognized criminal justice or security organizations
or by other state criminal justice agencies. These certifications will be
reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Crime prevention specialist certifications awarded by
organizations or other states will be reviewed on a case-by-case
basis.
