The Perkins Job Corps Center is proud to introduce the first Advanced Training in Security & Protective Services class in the country, under the leadership of Mrs. Beverly Compton Advanced Training Instructor.

The Perkins Advanced Training Class in Security & Protective Services is the first in the nation, with the intent of the program is to develop the necessary skills needed to obtain employment in the security field, with emphasis on specific duties related to becoming a Job Corps security officer. The advanced program consist of a higher regimen of training than regular security & protective services programs. Students will have already gone through the basic security program from their sending center. Students will receive the following certifications while in the program,
Emergency Response Belt ,Police expandable baton, Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Spray, Less than Lethal shotgun specialist, Edged weapons spontaneous response, Confrontational avoidance techniques, Police street combative techniques and tactics, Police and correctional control and restraint, Police and correctional non-lethal use of force, Advanced Taser M26C operations, Police safety and survival just to name a few.
The advanced program will last up to six months, with the last six weeks students will travel to other Job Corps Center for on the job training in the work base learning program working with center security officers.

The Perkins center is excited to have the opportunity to offer this one of a kind Advanced Training Program.