Protection Officer Training Manual

Rating:
Summary: Good but annoyingly flawed
Review: I bought a copy of this book to study for the CPO exam for the International Foundation of Protection Officers. Having taken the brief "practice" exam..., however, I feel I could pass the exame without having paid... for the book.

On the Good Side:
This is an excellent book for basic security officer training information. It gives good overviews of essential security procedures including fire prevention, excessive force, physical security, patrol, etc. The chapters are brief, but very informative and straightforward. The book contains a great deal of information which will be an excellent way to introduce a person to some aspects of security.

On the bad side:
This book was apparently edited my blind people. There are MANY spelling errors. The used copy I bought had most of them highlighted for my amusement. Also, the book seems to have a Canadian Law overtone in many of the chapters. Also, some segments, (report writing) are left too short and others (the history of security in Ancient Rome) are long for no apparent reason. This book is of course not specific enought to provide all the training a good security officer needs, and this book should be supplemental to an on-site training program.

In summary, if you are looking for a good security training manual for basic security training, this is a good manual. The publisher has an instructor's manual from what I understand, but I have not read it. But this book needs to be supplemented with your own department's policy and procedures (obviously) and greater instruction in report writing (perhaps the most important part of a guard's job). The speling erors are irritating, but I'm not the gratest speller either. I know that IFPO offers other training manuals at the website, including an 8-hour CD Rom, and other things as well. But as far as this book is concerned, I've read many others which are much worse, but this one is fairly decent.