AIR FORCE PERSONNEL TRAIN at JUSTICE & SAFETY CENTER
Marching to the cadence of a fourteen year tradition, 25 Air Force personnel from around the globe began Crime Prevention Training with the Justice & Safety Center on July 30.
Twice a year since 1993 the United States Air Force (USAF) has entrusted the training of its Resource Protection and Crime Prevention personnel exclusively to Eastern Kentucky University’s Justice & Safety Center. The three-week course (July 30 – August 17) trains Airmen in crime prevention programs such as law enforcement, public safety, both crime and loss prevention, and security. The program receives logistical support from JSC staff members Cindy Shain, Leah Baldwin and Nadine Johnson.
Airmen are provided with the fundamental knowledge of how to best develop human, financial and physical resource objectives necessary for a successful crime prevention program. This includes training in risk analysis, vulnerability assessments and target hardening, as well as discussions on intrusion detection systems, lighting and perimeter security devices.
It’s not all bookwork, however. The students tour the Federal Medical Center detention facility in Lexington, where they receive briefings by correctional security experts on internal and external security issues. The Airmen are also expected to apply their newly-acquired skills during exterior security assessments of local businesses and facilities.
At the conclusion of the three-week program, Airmen have amassed XX hours in Crime Prevention Training. When they return to their bases, they’ll take with them invaluable training in the developing, improving and fostering innate, intellectual and practical administrative abilities in crime prevention.
To see pictures of 2007’s first Crime Prevention Training class, visit the JSC Gallery.
