NICP Advanced Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) May 2024

3 Day (24 Hour) Advanced Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Course

Approved Course by the NICP. Earn 24 hours of credit towards your certification as a CPTED Professional.  NICP CPTED Professional Designation Qualifying Course

This course will be held at the University of South Florida Marshall Student Center in room 3708.

May 13 – 15, 2024

This 3-day (24-hour) course is specifically designed for Law Enforcement Officers, City Planners, City Managers, City Council Members, Architects, Security Consultants, Educators or anyone involved in designing neighborhoods, schools, downtowns, buildings, or revitalization efforts. It is an effective way of fighting crime and promoting business. This Advanced CPTED course is designed to instruct students on the more complex issues of environmental design as they relate to topics such as: terrorism, lighting technology, human behavior, traffic calming, schools, ordinance writing and the creation of security guidelines. Extensive use will be made of practical exercises in the class in which the students will actually get to apply these principles to a variety of parks and housing complexes.

Advanced CPTED Course Agenda

Day 1 

• Registration & Introduction
• Public Art & CPTED
• Effect of Color on Human Behavior
• Lunch on your own
• Parks & CPTED
• Comfort Station Design (Public Restrooms)
• Park Site Plan Review (practical exercise #1)

Day 2 

• CPTED in Schools
• Safe Schools by Design
• Schools as Centers of Communities
• Lunch on your own
• School Offender Program
• School Safety and Security Audit (practical exercise # 2)

Day 3 

• Terror Mitigation & CPTED
• Public Transportation and CPTED
• Lunch on your own
• Public Transportation and CPTED (practical exercise #3)
• Advanced CPTED exam

Location

The event will be held in the Marshall Student Center in room 3705.

For GPS directions:

– Use 4103 USF Cedar Circle Tampa, FL for walking directions.

– Use 4119 USF Cedar Drive, Tampa, FL for driving directions. Free parking is available on the top floor of the Crescent Hill Parking Garage located at 4119 USF Cedar Dr, Tampa, FL 33620  (Use this for GPS driving directions.)

Hotels Located Near the University of South Florida:

• Embassy Suites by Hilton at USF, 3705 Spectrum Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33612 813-977-7066
• Home2 Suites by Hilton Tampa USF, 11606 North McKinley Drive Tampa, Florida 33612 813-750-8844
• Holiday Inn Tampa North, 3751 E. Fowler Ave, Tampa, Florida 33612 813-402-2082

There are many additional hotels in the area; there is not a room block for a particular area hotel.

Note

This CPTED course is presented by the National Institute of Crime Prevention and is not associated with the Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute (FCPTI).