Introduction to Crime Prevention & CPS Certification - Whitehouse, Ohio Class 03-2025

The Ohio Crime Prevention Association will be presenting a three-day Introduction to Crime Prevention Course for sworn and non-sworn professionals interested in beginning crime prevention initiatives or those interested in refreshing their knowledge. Effective Crime Prevention has been seen as a key strategy in reducing crime and violence in our communities. This comprehensive course is designed to address local community needs, ranging from physical security to violence prevention. The course is tailored to the needs of today’s crime prevention and community policing practitioners, placing great emphasis on programmatic initiatives that provide practitioners with the knowledge, tools, and resources to do their jobs successfully. 

Crime Prevention is the anticipation, recognition, and appraisal of a crime risk and the initiation of some action to remove or reduce it. Crime Prevention means working in partnership, rather than in isolation, and working with concerned citizens to address ways to prevent crime and drug abuse. It means communities and individual citizens learning how to protect themselves and work together to keep their neighborhoods crime- and drug-free. It means law enforcement working with communities, businesses, and service organizations to develop action plans based on information about crime and other problems.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE:

History & Theory of Crime Prevention: Historical overview, theory, and practice

Professional Resource & Development: Community programs, youth issues, and

programs, crime analysis, crime prevention marketing, presentation and facilitation, time management, identity, and growing potential leaders, challenges

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Security Surveys

Physical Security: Burglary prevention, facility security, farm/rural crime prevention, loss prevention

Personal Safety and Security: Personal safety, crime prevention for youth, and crime

prevention for seniors, prevention of cyber-crimes, violence prevention

INSTRUCTORS

Instructors are known in their profession throughout Ohio with multiple years of expertise in law enforcement, crime prevention, and loss prevention. All instructors for this course are Ohio Certified Crime Prevention Specialists, are active in their profession, and are members of and certified to instruct by the Ohio Crime Prevention Association.

TRAINING INFORMATION

$375.00 for the 3-day course. Training will be held daily from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with an open lunch break. The Crime Prevention Specialist Exam (CPS) is included with registration cost and will be offered on the last day of the course. Training registration includes: training materials, networking opportunities, a certificate of completion upon successful exam passing, a CPS certificate, a uniform pin, and an Ohio BMV-produced CPS license plate.  A one-year OCPA Membership is also included;  Lodging is the responsibility of each attendee.

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Questions: 

Contact  PRESIDENT JOHN DIPIETRO

Email:  John.dipietro@ocpa-oh.org