Certified protection officer

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The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) board of directors established and maintains a voluntary certification process called the Certified Protection Officers (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. This is a designation that requires qualification and the proper credentials.^[vague]

After 1998, when the Universal Declaration of 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.

• 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

• Official course
• Certified protection officer program:
• https://ifpo.org/education/cpo/