Facewatch and the training company TFS have launched an online crime reduction training portal for businesses. Via the Facewatch platform users will be able to access online training, in organisers say bite size chunks.
TFS featured in the May print issue of Professional Security, pictured, for their ‘out of custody’ interview training with Hertfordshire Police. The trainers’ areas include corporate investigations, protection against violence, robbery and kidnap situations, bespoke consultancy that engages with protester activity, critical incident planning, loss prevention solutions and drug awareness in the workplace.
TFS’ client list includes Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
One of the key contributors to the portal will be Danie Adendorff, Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Security Management at Loughborough University.
Initially the provision will be framed around a number of preventative strategies supported by the testimony of ex-offenders that can be easily acted upon by front-line staff in order to thwart some of the most commonplace and cyclical scams and deceptions. Modules that engage with personal safety and dealing with internal crime will be added that can be undertaken in isolation or added together to provide an accredited award that is transportable throughout the learner’s career.
Ian Kirke, MD of TFS, says: “The specially commissioned online programmes will reflect the ethos of Facewatch utilising the professional knowledge that has been developed within, for example, our leading crime reduction solutions that underpin the Home Office community safety scheme and our interview model that has been adopted by Hertfordshire Constabulary for their operational police officers.”
Danie added: “This is one of the most exciting developments in contemporary security training measured against delivery, cost, time and audience.”
And Facewatch chairman Simon Gordon added: “I know from running Gordon’s wine bar how important it is to have well trained staff and have always wanted to create a platform to help ensure there are no “gaps” in staff training for small businesses. TFS already provides training for the largest retailers in this country and it is fantastic to be able to make this accessible for smaller businesses through the Facewatch platform.”
The system will be available through Facewatch in the summer.
