Certificate in Security and Public Safety

• A judicious mixture of standardized, hands-on training and concrete understanding of many facets of security, criminology and public safety.
• Exposure to all sectors of the protective services and public safety, e.g., police, prison, defence force, fire, private security, disaster preparedness, occupational health, etc.
• Exposure to cutting-edge areas in security and public safety, e.g., workplace violence, security for energy sector, financial institutions and government buildings, crime prevention and community safety, etc.
• Local, regional and international policies, strategies, cases and legislation.
• Modern crime prevention and problem-solving strategies and techniques for various sectors of the protective services industry.
• Compulsory hands-on, practical training in several areas of security and public safety in the industry itself.
• A multi-disciplinary approach to crime-solving as well as promotes the synergizing of inter-agency collaboration. Cross-cultural policies for local needs are tackled.
• Regular special presentations from experts in the field.
• Field visits.

Diploma in Security and Public Safety

While it builds on the Certificate programme, the Diploma provides advanced and specialized practical and tactical knowledge in supervising and managing security and public safety affairs as well as designing and implementing appropriate interventions. For example, it offers among other things a higher level of training in:

• Supervisory and management functions in security and public safety.
• Designing of security and public safety interventions.
• Specialist training in conducting, analyzing and writing quantitative research.
• Selected issues such as criminal investigations, gangs, criminal psychology, risk analysis and assessment, ethics and professionalism, gender and crime, restorative justice, etc.
• Developing crime prevention strategies.
• Hands-on practical training, presentations from experts, field visits, etc.

Bachelor of Applied Science in Criminology and Public Safety

• a package of knowledge to help modernize crime fighting techniques
• the techniques to undertake appropriate crime-data collection, computing, analyses and reporting tasks
• the ability to integrate basic, operational skills within a crime prevention framework
• crime management and high command skills for executive leadership
• a strategic overview of the various components of criminology and their relationship to the demands of public safety
• a fuller understanding of comparative policing, justice and public safety systems and their relevance to local/regional needs
• skills in defining a “crime and safety” problem and developing appropriate research and/or response strategies
• a fuller knowledge of the relationships between government agencies, social structure, opportunity, the law and causes of crime so to energize and guide inter-agency collaboration
• a foundation of ethical and responsible conduct for exemplary leadership, team building and public confidence
• a foundation of ethical and responsible conduct for exemplary leadership, team building and public confidence
• effective public and media relations as part of crime prevention and public safety
• knowledge and response strategies to deal with threats of terrorism, trans-national and cyber crimes
• a multi-disciplinary strategy towards solving crime and preserving public safety
• service learning courses
• year-long supervised research project