As a complimentary thank-you for being part of the IFPO, we are offering our August special -- 30% Off a single Security Supervision and Management Program.

To take advantage of this offer, click here.

Includes 4th Edition textbook, Interim Exam, and Paper Final Exam (SSMP 4th Edition not yet available online)

Shipping and handling charges may apply.

This discount is presented by IFPO and this offer cannot be combined with other coupons or discounts. Coupon only valid on physical textbooks purchased on the IFPO.org website. EBooks are exempt from this offer.

About the SSMP:

Unique and flexible, Security Supervision and Management (SSMP) Program distance learning course is designed to meet the needs of the security supervisor or manager. Candidates accepted into the program must successfully complete an unsupervised midterm examination and a proctored final examination.

The textbook is "Security Supervision: Theory and Practice of Asset Protection," published by Butterworth-Heinemann. The text is the result of an alliance between IFPO, the publisher, and more than 50 of the industry's leading security supervisors, authors, educators and consultants. It will serve not only as an excellent source of information for the course, but as a valuable reference the practitioner or student. It is also an excellent text for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Security Management, Homeland Security and similar disciplines. Chapters include such topics as (partial list):

Future of private security
Security personnel selection
Motivation and evaluation
Security officer scheduling
Interpersonal communications
Staff training and development
Company policies and procedures
Managing/supervising to reduce liability
Testimony in court
Risk and crisis management
Statistical analysis
Investigations
Legal aspects of security
Sexual harassment
Security medical response
Designing operations centers
Security technologies
Workplace violence
Crime prevention/community relations
Supervisor's role in training
Testing for learning retention