Homeland Security Certification and Training Academy
Center for Security and Emergency Management®

Military Friendly Certification and In Service Training Academy.

Proudly serving VA, Army, Navy, Air Force and USMC and Law Enforcement communities.

Homeland Security Training and Certification Academy

Our students, faculty, alumni, administrators, and staff stand out for their commitment to academic excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, diversity, vibrancy, and creative innovation.

Our Academy benefits from not only its longstanding, inextricable connection to the Military, Law Enforcement and First Responder Communities, but also its presence in private sector and local, States and Federal Government. And the cities where we teach are not just backdrops; they are our classrooms and workshops for the community that serves all.

With a world-class faculty and instructors that sets a standard for academic excellence, and the students and candidates abroad, C4SEM Academy is among the most respected and desirable Homeland Security Academy.

We welcome you to participate in the endless opportunities at C4SEM, joining talented instructors who have been drawn to teach, perform, create, and study in a place where only a few belongs.

Marianne Schmid

Academic Affaires

C4SEM offers a wide range of courses to correspond with the various types of homeland security and police officers' work and assignments. Each course has been strategically designed to provide the most up-to-date information relating to sector-specific organizations. To request this class for your location, click HERE

Training

Certification

PSTA-ILEA

Lead Faculties

Certificate Program

Professional & Academic Certification Programs

C4SEM® Professional and Academic Certification programs are designed to help individuals advance their careers while enabling organizations to strengthen their operational capabilities. Our certification tracks provide practical knowledge, recognized credentials, and specialized training aligned with modern security, public safety, and homeland security standards.

From Public Safety and Homeland Security training to a wide range of specialized professional courses, C4SEM® provides clear educational pathways that support both individual career advancement and organizational mission objectives.

Our programs are developed for professionals working in:

Security and Protective Services
Law Enforcement and Public Safety
Emergency Management
Homeland Security
Intelligence and Investigations
Corporate and Government Security Operations

Whether you are seeking to validate existing experience or develop new professional competencies, C4SEM® provides certification pathways that align with your career and organizational goals.

Certification Validity and Recertification

All C4SEM® certifications are issued with a commitment to maintaining professional competency and continuing education.

Initial Certification Validity: 1 Year
Recertification Requirement: Every two years thereafter

To maintain active certification status, certificate holders must complete approved continuing education and professional development requirements prior to the recertification period.

This process ensures that certified professionals remain current with evolving industry standards, best practices, and emerging security challenges.

CACS™

Certified Anti-Corruption Specialist

(9 units) 500 Series Certification

Minimum Experience: 5 years

Exam: Required

CCTS®

Certified Counter Terrorism Specialist

(24 units) 700 Series Certification Minimum Experience: 5 years

Exam: Required

Certified Emergency Management Specialist

(18 units) 600 Series Certification Minimum Experience: 4 years

Exam: Required

Certified Site Safety and Health Specialist

(9 units) 500 Series Certification

Minimum Experience: 2 years

Exam: Required

Training Program

Security, Law Enforcement & Emergency Management Training Programs

Training is a critical component of any comprehensive security, preparedness, and emergency management strategy. Effective training strengthens the capabilities of both individuals and organizations, ensuring that teams are prepared to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, security threats, and terrorist incidents.

At C4SEM® (Center for Security and Emergency Management), our training programs are designed to enhance operational readiness through specialized instruction, practical exercises, and real-world scenario training.

By integrating training, exercises, and preparedness planning, organizations can continuously improve their ability to address evolving security challenges and emergency situations.

Comprehensive Security & Emergency Management Training

C4SEM® provides advanced security training, homeland security education, and emergency management programs for both public and private sector organizations.

Our programs provide professionals with the knowledge, skills, and operational perspective necessary to manage complex security and emergency situations.

Training programs focus on areas including:

Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Law Enforcement Operations
Intelligence and Threat Analysis
Executive Protection and Protective Operations
Security Risk Assessment and Threat Management
Emergency Management and Disaster Response
Critical Infrastructure Protection
Public Safety Leadership and Coordination

These programs combine theoretical knowledge with tactical and operational training, ensuring participants gain both strategic understanding and practical skills.

Counter Terrorism

C4SEM-CT-100 Introduction to Terrorism

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-101 International Terrorism

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-102 Terrorist Tactics and Training

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-103 Funding Terrorism

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-104 Suicide Attacks-Vehicle Borne - IED

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-105 Weapons of Mass Destruction

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-106 The al-Qaeda Network

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CT-107 Introduction to Islam

24 Clock Hours

Emergency Management

C4SEM-EM-100 Introduction to Emergency Management

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-101 Consequence Management

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-102 Homeland Security Organization

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-103 Continuity Programs

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-104 NIMS: Incident Command System (ICS)

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-105 Hazardous Materials

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-EM-106 Responsibilities of First and Secondary Responders

24 Clock Hours

Criminal Justice

C4SEM-CJ-100 The Mission of Law Enforcement

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-101 Individual Behavioral Indicators

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-102 Hate Crimes- Domestic Terrorism

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-103 Identity Theft-Fraudulent Documents

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-104 Improvised Explosive Devices

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-105 Interview and Interrogation

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-CJ-106 Hostile Surveillance and Terrorist Surveillance

24 Clock Hours

Security

C4SEM-SEC-100 Introduction to Security Disciplines

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-101 Potential Terrorist Targets

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-102 Risk Assessment-Critical Infrastructure Protection

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-103 Prevention of Terrorist Attack against a Facility

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-104 Security Checkpoints-Vehicle Inspections

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-105 Cyber Terrorism -Security

24 Clock Hours

C4SEM-SEC-106 Terrorism against Transportation

24 Clock Hours

Public Safety Training Academy

C4SEM Academy is a school designed to prepare law enforcement professionals through training and certification. We designed the courses in consultation with leaders within the law enforcement community and academy advisers specifically for criminal justice and law enforcement professionals, managers, and administrators. This ensures that our candidates and students are exposed to the policing, laws, tactics/practices, technologies, and skills required of leaders within the criminal justice field. Students are equipped with a knowledge base in U.S. law enforcement, criminology, investigations, and community relations.

C4SEM Academy offers over 1,300 hours of classroom and field instruction in more than 100 different subjects, including defensive tactics, crime scene investigation, ethics and leadership, survival Spanish, police professionalism, firearms, judicial procedures, officer survival, cultural diversity, and crisis management.

Candidates join a tight-knit network of peers who share the same goal to better society through the enforcement of local, state, and federal laws. They are taught by practitioner instructors, many of whom have served as sheriffs, legal counsel, police chiefs, military, and homeland security and intelligence leaders.

C4SEM courses and certification programs qualify for reimbursement from State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP), Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) grant funds. Additionally, Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention (LETPP) funds can be utilized by law enforcement personnel to attend. Contact your training department to see if these reimbursements are available to you.
We are dedicated to providing the highest level of global training for military and law enforcement professionals. Any course can be conducted anywhere, anytime, and in any language or customized to meet unit, agency, or department needs. Custom course design and implementation allow for any desired capability and duration of training. All training includes course materials, supporting documentation, and POST credit approval documents.

In addition to our military and Government sector-specific training and certification programs, C4SEM training & certifications meet Indiana Law Enforcement Academy's (ILEA) law enforcement and safety officers' education and training requirements.

In-service training is one of the most important responsibilities of any law enforcement agency.

Training serves four basic objectives:

Well-trained personnel are better prepared to act decisively and correctly.
Training results in greater productivity and effectiveness.
Training nourishes cooperation and unity of purpose.
Provides safeguards for being legally accountable for the actions of personnel.

C4SEM Academy law enforcement in-service program provides these objectives with quality, up-to-date training.

Agency Training Request Form

Student Application Form

PSTA - ILEA In-Service Training

Provider No. 27-1991759

Classes are taught by ILEA , FLETC and Military Certified Instructors

Indiana Law Enforcement Mandated In-Service Training

Mental Illness, Addiction & Disabilities IC 5-2-1-9(g)
Autism, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Endangered IC 5-2-1-9(g)
- Adults & High Risk Missing Persons
- (including those under 21 years of age)

Human Trafficking (8 areas) and IC 5-2-1-9(g) & IC 5-2-1-9(a)(10)
Annual In-service Training Requirement IC 5-2-1-9(g)

Presently 24 hours annually – must include 2 hours in firearms, 2 hours in physical tactics/use of force and 2 hours in police
vehicle operation

Reserve Officers IC 5-2-1-9(g) &
- Same in-service as required of regular IC 36-8-3-20(1)
- police officers (Order of LETB 6/8/15)

Officers should receive some training in all of the IC 5-2-1-9 requirements each year. The areas specifically required in IC 5-2-1-9 can be used to partially satisfy the 24-hour
requirement.

Under state/county/local continuing education laws:
- Domestic, Child Abuses, SIDS, CPR,
- Heimlich Maneuver, and others
  - State: IC 5-2-8-5(e)(1-17)
  - County: IC 5-2-8-1(h)(1-19)
  - Local: IC 5-2-8-2(f)(1-18)

Departments should be prepared to show that officers are competent in these areas although these do not necessarily require annual training.

Federal :

Familiarization with Reflective Clothing Rule (DOT 23, CFR 634)
NIMS (DHS, required for DHS grants)
Bloodborne Pathogens (EPA, 29 CFR 1910.1030)
Hazardous Materials (EPA & OSHA, 29 CFR 1910.120)

PSTA - Specialized Law Enforcement Training:

C4SEM-POST-139 Active Shooter: How to Respond

C4SEM-POST-134 Arrest and Detention of Foreign Nationals

C4SEM-POST-136 Background Investigations ? Who Are You?

C4SEM-POST-133 Campus Crime Prevention

C4SEM-POST-131 Check Forgery Prevention

C4SEM-POST-135 Child Abuse/Neglect Investigation

C4SEM-POST-137 Community Crime Prevention

C4SEM-POST-139 Correctional Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T)

C4SEM-POST-138 Countering Counterfeit Currency

C4SEM-POST-132 Crime Scene Photography

C4SEM-POST-135 Criminal Interrogations and Confessions Book

C4SEM-POST-128 Diplomatic and Consular Immunity

C4SEM-POST-130 DNA Evidence for Evidence Collectors

C4SEM-POST-131 DNA Evidence for First Responders

C4SEM-POST-126 Ethical Leadership

C4SEM-POST-129 Emergency Response Team (ERT)

C4SEM-POST-122 Forensic Death Investigation

C4SEM-POST-127 Field Training Officer (FTO)

C4SEM-POST-121 Handling Suicide Related Call

C4SEM-POST-128 Homicide Crime Scene Investigation

C4SEM-POST-120 Identity Theft

C4SEM-POST-125 Interview & Interrogation

C4SEM-POST-118 Investigative Timelines

C4SEM-POST-119 Kids in Cars

C4SEM-POST-116 M16 Tactical Rifle Safety and Range Training

C4SEM-POST-120 Methamphetamine Awareness

C4SEM-POST-117 Misuse and Abuse of 911

C4SEM-POST-114 Officer Safety: Countering Canine Attacks

C4SEM-POST-115 OPSEC for Law Enforcement Officers and Criminal Investigators

C4SEM-POST-108 Personal Safety

C4SEM-POST-109 Personal Safety - Campus and Home

C4SEM-POST-110 Prisoner Transport

C4SEM-POST-111 Racial Profiling

C4SEM-POST-113 Racial Profiling - Prejudicial Discrimination

C4SEM-POST-107 Response to People with Autism

C4SEM-POST-106 Response to People with Disabilities

C4SEM-POST-104 Safety and the Person with Dementia

C4SEM-POST-106 Security for Religious Facilities

C4SEM-POST-103 Spanish for Emergency Personnel

C4SEM-POST-112 Testify with Impact

C4SEM-POST-101 The Public Safety Exception to Miranda

C4SEM-POST-105 Training for Success

C4SEM-POST-102 Workplace Violence Prevention Strategies

Homeland Security Certification and Training Academy Center for Security and Emergency Management®

Lead Faculties

Certificate Program

Professional & Academic Certification Programs

Certification Validity and Recertification

CACS­­­™

CCTS®

CEOCM­™

CIIO™

Certified Internal Investigation Officer

CEOCS™

Certified Emergency Operation Center Specialist

CPSS™

Certified Physical Security Specialist

CCIPS®

CECS™

CHSM®

CCSO™

CEMS®

Certified Emergency Management Specialist

CIAS™

CSSHI™

CHSS™

CSSO™

Certified Special Security Officer

CSSHS™

Training Program

Security, Law Enforcement & Emergency Management Training Programs

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Comprehensive Security & Emergency Management Training

Counter Terrorism

Emergency Management

Criminal Justice

Security

Public Safety Training Academy

PSTA - ILEA In-Service Training

Provider No. 27-1991759

Classes are taught by ILEA , FLETC and Military Certified Instructors

Homeland Security Certification and Training Academy
Center for Security and Emergency Management®

CACS™

CEOCM™