Central Virginia Community College

 

Virginia grants CVCC Certification for Security Curricula  

 

 

Lynchburg, VA /Media Release/ -- Central Virginia Community College has been awarded Certification as a Private Security Services Training School by the Department of Criminal Justice Services of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The CVCC Training School, under the direction of Thomas Starke, is a department within the school’s Business and Allied Health Division. Starke is responsible for ensuring compliance by the school with the Regulations Relating to Private Security Services and the Code of Virginia. The Certification follows CVCC’s compliance with Code of Virginia Chapter 27, Title 9.

  

The Private Security Services Training School allows CVCC to conduct certified classes in nine areas under the Department of Criminal Justice Services. They include:

 

• Security Officer Core Subjects Entry Level and Inservice
• Private Investigator Inservice
• Special Conservator of the Peace Inservice
• Bail Bondsman Entry Level
• Bail Enforcement Agent Entry Level and Inservice
• Private Investigator Entry Level
• Firearms Training Entry Level and Retraining
• Shotgun Training Entry Level
• Bail Bondsman Inservice

 

William Sandidge, CVCC Dean of Business and Allied Health, states the establishment of the Private Security Services Training School will ensure that the needs of business and industry are met in the private security area. It will also provide another opportunity for students to enter into the field of private security.

 

Kim Buckner, Training Manager for the Commonwealth’s Private Security Services Sector, stressed the responsibility associated with operating a Private Security Services Training School. “Certified training schools are directly responsible for the quality of the training provided to practitioners of private security services. The effectiveness of the training impacts the student’s ability to serve and protect the safety and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth.”

 

 

Release Date: 9:45 AM (EDT) 08/15/07

Release Number: 070815.securitycertification

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Media Contact:

Kennan J. Meyer

Coordinator, Public Relations and Marketing

Central Virginia Community College

(434) 832-7609

meyerk@cvcc.vccs.edu

 

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