Introduction to Private Security Chapters 1 & 2 Exam Questions with Complete Solutions

Private Security Industry - ANSWER-The industry that provides private and corporate security programs to the United States Questors - ANSWER-Investigative units created in fifth century Rome Thief Takers - ANSWER-Private English citizens with no official status who were paid by the king for every criminal they arrested. They were similar to the bounty hunter of the American West. Bow Street Runners - ANSWER-Private investigative unit formed by Henry and John Fielding in mid-1700s in England. Pinkerton National Detective Agency - ANSWER-private detective agency established by Allan Pinkerton in the 1850s Pinkerton Protective Patrol - ANSWER-agency established by Allan Pinkerton in 1857 to provide watchman services for businesses and private individuals Railway Police Acts - ANSWER-laws established in many states in the nineteenth century giving the railroad industry the right to establish a proprietary security force Industrial Defense Program - ANSWER-federal program established in 1952 to oversee, advise, and assist defense-related facilities now known as the National Industrial Security Program National Industrial Security Program - ANSWER-federal program established in 1952 to oversee, advise, and assist defense-related facilities; formerly known as the Industrial Defense Program Hallcrest Reports - ANSWER-two comprehensive reports commissioned by the US national institute of justice concerning the private security industry in the US ASIS International - ANSWER-professional organization of private security professionals Certified Protection Professional (CPP) - ANSWER-professional certification awarded to security professionals by ASIS International CPP - ANSWER-Certified Protection Professional