This document provides guidelines and assignments for the CJS 250 Introduction to Security course. It outlines weekly assignments, checkpoints, discussions, and a final project for developing a comprehensive security plan. Key topics covered include the history of security, threat and risk assessment, physical security models, security objectives, emergency planning, and legal/liability issues. The final project involves creating a security plan for a target environment, addressing physical security, information security, personnel security, and other components.
1. CJS 250 Introduction to Security
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CJS 250 Introduction to Security
CJS 250 Week 1 Assignment Biography of Allan
Pinkerton
CJS 250 Week 1 CheckPoint Historical Laws and Security
CJS 250 Week 2 CheckPoint Threat and Risk Assessment
CJS 250 Week 2 DQ 1 And DQ 2
CJS 250 Week 3 Assignment Security Objective
Components
CJS 250 Week 3 CheckPoint Risk Management
2. CJS 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Models of Physical Security
CJS 250 Week 4 DQ 1 And DQ 2
CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Evaluating Safe Working
Conditions
CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Floor Plan
CJS 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Security Assessment
CJS 250 Week 6 DQ 1 And DQ 2
CJS 250 Week 7 Assignment Relationship Between
Private and Public Police
CJS 250 Week 7 CheckPoint Public Relations and
Professionalism
CJS 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Law and Legal Issues
CJS 250 Week 8 DQ 1 And DQ 2
CJS 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
CJS 250 Week 9 Final Project The Security Plan
3. CJS 250 Week 1 Assignment Biography of Allan
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CJS 250 Week 1 Assignment Biography of Allan
Pinkerton
Assignment: Biography of Allan Pinkerton
No study of the private security industry would be
complete without mention of Allan Pinkerton and the
Pinkerton Detective Agency. Pinkerton made many
contributions both to private security and to national
law enforcement, and the Pinkerton Detective Agency
was the forerunner to modern private security and
4. detective agencies.
Write a 500- to 700-word biography of Allan Pinkerton
focusing on the overlap between private and public
security in the career of Pinkerton and the development
of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Include the
following:
o A history of Pinkerton’s career as a law enforcement
official
o The major events involving the Pinkerton Detective
Agency during Pinkerton’s lifetime
o The impact of the Agency’s innovations on law
enforcement and the private security industry
· Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
· Cite at least three sources.
· Post your paper as an attachment.
5. CJS 250 Week 1 CheckPoint Historical Laws and Security
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CJS 250 Week 1 CheckPoint Historical Laws and Security
CheckPoint: Historical Laws and Security
• Write a brief description in your own words of the
following laws, including where and when each law
originated:
o The Code of Hammurabi
o Draco’s law
o Law of the Twelve Tables
o Justinian Code
o Magna Carta
o Statute of Westminster
6. • Answer the following questions:
• How have these laws led to the historical development
of security forces, both private and public?
Why do you think the need for both private and public
security still exists?
7. CJS 250 Week 2 CheckPoint Threat and Risk Assessment
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CheckPoint: Threat and Risk Assessment
• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Complete Appendix B.
8. CJS 250 Week 2 DQ 1 And DQ 2
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CJS 250 Week 2 DQ 1 And DQ 2
Week 2 DQ 1
Consider the definition of security given on pp. 71-72 of
the text. Why can’t any target environment ever be
perfectly stable or predictable? Why does the author
stress that security efforts for any target environment
will be a “never-ending process” and that security
objectives will change over time? How can complacency
pose a problem for security professionals?
Week 2 DQ 2
9. Consider several locations—private or public,
residential or commercial—you are currently familiar
with. What do you consider as the obvious vulnerability
gaps at these locations? What steps would you take to
address these vulnerabilities?
10. CJS 250 Week 3 Assignment Security Objective
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CJS 250 Week 3 Assignment Security Objective
Components
Assignment: Security Objective Components
• Read the article on p. 109 and review pp. 113–115
of the text.
• Address the following points in a 700- to 1,050-
word response:
o What component of the overall security objective
deserves the most attention in the environments
mentioned in the article? What components would be
11. less pertinent for these particular environments during
a vulnerability assessment? Why?
o Relative to the primary component you chose above,
what are some countermeasures or possible solutions
for the shootings, incidences of arson, and bombing?
o What components of the overall security objective
would be more pertinent had these events occurred at a
mall? Would these components present alternative
countermeasures or solutions to those you have already
listed? Explain your answers.
• Cite two sources other than the text.
• Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
• Post your paper as an attachment.
12. CJS 250 Week 3 CheckPoint Risk Management
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CheckPoint: Risk Management
• Read the Risk Management scenario presented in
Appendix C.
• Complete the table in Part I.
• Answer the questions in Part II.
13. CJS 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Models of Physical Security
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CJS 250 Week 4 CheckPoint Models of Physical Security
CheckPoint: Models of Physical Security
• Complete Appendix D.
14. CJS 250 Week 4 DQ 1 And DQ 2
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Week 4 DQ 1
What are the most common features of physical
security? What are the least common? How can existing
features of a target environment be adapted for security
purposes (such as for detection or asset protection)?
Provide specific examples.
Week 4 DQ 2
15. While it may be ideal for security planners to utilize or
install the latest technology, it may not always be
practical. How can a security professional balance
limitations such as budget or space with the need to
keep abreast of the latest industry technology and
trends? How much technological knowledge should
security professionals have? How broad or detailed
should that knowledge be?
16. CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Evaluating Safe Working
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CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Evaluating Safe Working
Conditions
CheckPoint:Evaluating Safe Working Conditions
· Read the summaries in Appendix E.
· Answer the questions following each summary in
100 words or more.
· Post as an attachment.
17. CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Floor Plan
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CJS 250 Week 5 CheckPoint Floor Plan
• Create a description of the target environment to
be used for your final project. The environment can be
imaginary or real, but the description must include the
following:
o The title, purpose, or function of the environment
(“Bank,” for example, or “Convenience Store”)
o A basic floor plan
o The current security features in place
18. CJS 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Security Assessment
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CJS 250 Week 6 CheckPoint Security Assessment
Choose two of the four settings from Ch. 9 and carefully
review the accompanying summaries, bullet points, and
floor plans.
• Complete a security assessment for each setting
using Appendix G.
• Provide at least two countermeasures specific to
physical security and one countermeasure specific to
20. CJS 250 Week 6 DQ 1 And DQ 2
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Week 6 DQ 1
How is the Walt Disney Corporation’s security
operations integrated into the overall business
operations? How are non-security personnel and
environmental features used for security purposes and
how do security personnel contribute to the overall
mission of the business operations? Why is this
integration of individual security components into the
overall security design and the overall business mission
important?
21. Week 6 DQ 2
Read the section on Disney’s security operations in
Orlando on pp. 206-209 of the text.
Knowing that environment is important for security,
what security factors would you consider for two rival
high school football teams that are set to play in two
weeks on a Friday evening? How would these
considerations alter for an apartment building that had
experienced a rash of burglaries? Explain you answer.
22. CJS 250 Week 7 Assignment Relationship Between
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CJS 250 Week 7 Assignment Relationship Between
Private and Public Police
• Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper discussing the
relationship between private and public police. Is this
relationship positive or negative? Provide specific
examples to support your opinion.
• Discuss how the conflict regarding the definition of
public and private space influences the relationship
between private and public police.
• Suggest ways this relationship can be maintained
23. or improved.
• Cite at least three sources other than the text.
• Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
• Post your paper as an attachment.
24. CJS 250 Week 7 CheckPoint Public Relations and
Professionalism
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CJS 250 Week 7 CheckPoint Public Relations and
Professionalism
• Resource: “The Private Arm of the Law”article at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100665.h
tml
• Write a 250- to 300-word response discussing the
public relations image and professionalism of the
private security industry. What are some examples from
the article concerning the importance of private security
25. industry membershaving the same level of
professionalism as public law enforcement officers?
How can a negative image impact the security of a
community? How can this image be improved?
26. CJS 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Law and Legal Issues
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CJS 250 Week 8 CheckPoint Law and Legal Issues
Imagine you are responsible for training newly-hired
security personnel. You must deliver a presentation to
the new recruits on criminal procedure and legal issues
as they pertain to security professionals.
• Create a 5- to 7-slide
Microsoft®PowerPoint®presentation on law and legal
issues as they apply specifically to private security
professionals.
• Outline the basic organization of law (criminal,
civil, and administrative).
27. • Explain basic crime classifications.
• Define the two types of tort law, particularly as
they impact security professionals.
Provide detailed speaker’s notes.
28. CJS 250 Week 8 DQ 1 And DQ 2
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CJS 250 Week 8 DQ 1 And DQ 2
Week 8 DQ 1
Security professionals have similar functions and duties
as the police, but do not share the same level of
authority when it comes to criminal procedure. What
are the differences between private and public police in
their level of authority? What are the limitations of
which security professionals must recognize?
Week 8 DQ 2
29. What role should non-security personnel play in an
emergency plan and disaster response? Should these
roles be included in a procedures manual? Why or why
not? How can a company or organization balance safety
and liability issues with the use of non-security
personnel during a disaster or emergency? Explain your
answer.
30. CJS 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
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CJS 250 Week 9 Capstone CheckPoint
Each target environment has unique security needs and
offers security professionals distinct challenges and
opportunities. In a 200- to 300-word response, answer the
following questions:
Why is it important for a security professional to know
specifics about the particular target environment to which
they are assigned?
How can experienced security professionals prepare
themselves for challenges and opportunities they have never
31. encountered before?
Is it possible that experience with only one type of
environment can actually be a drawback for security
professionals approaching a new environment? If so, how?
32. CJS 250 Week 9 Final Project The Security Plan
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CJS 250 Week 9 Final Project The Security Plan
• Create a 1,400- to 1,750-word comprehensive
security plan for the target environment you submitted
in Week Five. In your plan, include the following items:
o The floor plan of the target environment
o A list of threats
o A risk assessment for each threat
o Current vulnerability gaps
o Countermeasures that take each of the following
components of the overall security objective into
33. account:
• Physical security
• Information security
• Personnel security
• Liability issues
• Departmental dependencies
o Emergency plan and disaster response for the
following:
• Bomb threat
• Fire
o A summary justifying each of your choices as well as
the overall design
• Reference the text and at least two other sources.