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Description:
The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is pleased to announce “Advanced Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).”
Certification Qualifying Course-This course is one of the two courses required for those seeking the Law Enforcement CPTED (LE-CPTED) Certification through the Crime Prevention Center for Training and Services. The course is being offered as a certification course with testing. This course includes a requirement that students complete an assessment of the physical structure of a facility.
A two-day introductory CPTED course is a prerequisite for this course. That course may be the one offered through DCJS on June 29-30, 2026, or it may be another comparable CPTED course. The online introductory course offered by the Crime Prevention Center for Training and Services also satisfies the prerequisite.
This training is intended to expand upon the concepts and principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design learned in the basic course. The course will provide a more detailed examination of the specific environments and tools needed by law enforcement to successfully serve as a CPTED Practitioner.
Recognizing that the primary role that law enforcement serves in the application of CPTED is conducting security assessments of homes and businesses, this course makes efficient use of the training hours to address those specific needs. As such, this course provides tools most valuable in saving time conducting security assessments, and only briefly touches on schematic plan review. Specifically, this class will provide students with security assessment tools to aid in their work of conducting security assessments in specific environments. These tools will be demonstrated and are designed to guide, not replace, the knowledgeable assessor. The tools are most useful in saving time during the report-writing process.
The course will take a deep dive into understanding the most cost-effective devices and measures useful to the modern law enforcement student’s constituents, to further guide the assessor to make appropriate recommendations.
Course topics and objectives:
- Understanding the construction process
- Reading the symbols of construction plans and related documents
- Understanding the use of landscaping
- Understanding proper selection and use of lighting to improve security
- Understand the impact of color and texture
- Modern alarm and electronic access control
- Mechanical locks-defeat techniques in use
- Vaults and safes
- Practice use of the provided assessment tools.
Tools:
It is recommended that students bring a digital camera with a removable SIM card and a portable (laptop or tablet) computer for this class.
Who should Attend:
Law Enforcement, Campus Police and Security, Local Government Planning or Code Enforcement Staff, others tasked with conducting vulnerability security assessments on homes, businesses, or non-regulated facilities, and seeking the credential of a Certified Law Enforcement CPTED Practitioner.
Partial In-service Credit:
Partial In-service Credit (PIC) for Virginia law enforcement officers is pending.
Travel, Lodging, and Meals:
Participants are responsible for their transportation, meals, lodging arrangements, and related expenses.
Training Time and Details:
Check-in will begin at 7:30 am.
Training begins at 8:00 am and concludes at 5:00 pm each day.
Cost and Registration:
There is no cost to attend this training; however, pre-registration is required.
Please note that the DCJS registration system does not have the capacity to sort eligible from ineligible registrants. Therefore, anyone who registers will receive a confirmation. It is the responsibility of the DCJS-assigned course director to review the roster and make a final determination on acceptance into the course. Registrants not accepted will be notified via the email address provided during registration.