Key Benefits

• The PTI MILO Range Pro judgmental training system presents interactive use-of force and firearms simulations providing you with realistic virtual training.
• You will learn from Crime scene simulations on campus to develop your hands-on experience.
• Students participate in Field trips to police departments, courthouses, 911 Centers, and other public and private security firms to get a firsthand view of Safety and Security in action.
• The PTI program includes business management courses that prepare you to climb the career ladder.
• You will study with experienced Instructors who have worked or continue to work in the field and understand what it takes to be successful.

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Key Skills

Certifications

Courses

Tuition, Loan Debt & Graduate Information

• Key Skills

  In the PTI Safety and Security Program you will learn key skills such as:

  • Criminal Law
  • Basic first aid/CPR/AED
  • What Cyber crime entails
  • Collecting evidence
  • Writing a proper police report
  • Constitutional rights of individuals
  • Criminal behavior theories
  • Employee screening
  • Escape techniques
  • Fingerprinting
  • Footprint casting
  • How to conduct a criminal investigation
  • How to handle internal and external threats
  • Interviewing Techniques
  • How to police juveniles
  • Injury care
  • Levels of proof
  • Defensive Tactics
  • Police roles and service
  • Police technology
  • Positioning, cuffing, searching, takedowns
  • Probation and prison alternatives
  • Security issues related to terrorism
  • Sketching and photographing a crime scene

• Certifications

  The PTI program prepares you for certifications in:

  • You can prepare for Act 235 Certification through a partnership with a local firearms academy in order to earn your certification that permits you to carry a lethal weapon for employment.
  • Earn your Public Safety Telecommunicator 1 certification from APCO, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials; your PSTN (Professional Security Training Network) Supervisor Excellence, a private security certification; and earn your CPR, First Aid, and AED Certificates.
  • NIMS National Incident Management System

• Courses

  • Act 235 Certification – OR – Cyber Crime
  • Computer Applications
  • Criminal Investigation
  • Criminal Justice and Management
  • Criminal Law
  • Criminal Procedures
  • Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • Introduction to Homeland Security *NIMS
  • Introduction to Policing
  • Juvenile Justice
  • Modern Corrections Issues
  • Principles of EOC/Dispatch *APCO
  • Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals
  • Security and Loss Prevention *PSTN

  General Education Courses

  • Career Development
  • Critical Thinking
  • Effective Speech
  • Electives (2)
  • English Composition 1
  • English Composition 2
  • Principles of Mathematics
  • Social Problems
  • Steps to Career Success 1
  • Steps to Career Success 2
  • Steps to Career Success 3
  • Internship

• Tuition, Loan Debt & Graduate Information

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  Program Information for 2013/14:                                                

  • Program Tuition and Fees: $40,935                      
  • Estimated Cost of Books and Supplies: $3,000                 
  • Housing Cost for 12 month agreement (excludes food): $7,500-$8,460                      

  Graduate Information:

  • On-Time Graduation Rate for 11/12: 84%
  • Percentage of Available Graduates Working in Their Field of Study for 2012: 83%
  • Percentage of Graduates Working Part-time for 2012: 16%                             
  • Average Salary of Graduates Employed Full-time for 2012: $21,764
  • Title IV Median Loan Debt for 11/12: $20,802
  • Institutional Median Loan Debt for 11/12: $0