Building House of Worship Security Teams: An Israeli Training Model for Law Enforcement

Description

This two-day (16 hrs.) course is being offered at the North Carolina Justice Academy in Edneyville and is open only to sworn active duty or retired law enforcement. This course trains officers to effectively lead a house of worship security team that provides a secure environment for the congregation, without hindering normal routine and activities. The course prepares officers with the fundamental knowledge, methods, and skills to function both as a leader and single operator to detect, prevent, and neutralize a wide variety of threats to the safety and well-being of a congregation. In so doing, the course provides the officer with a model for training civilian members of the security team