Country Cop Books and Security Services Training International, teaching security professionals to remain safe in an unsafe world.

WELCOME TO STSI

Security Training Services International (STSI) is dedicated to raising the bar on professionalism within the private security industry and enhancing American national security in the process. To accomplish this important goal we offer a variety of training services including security training books and manuals to assist your company in meeting or exceeding company and state training requirements and goals. Those training books and manuals can be found on the Country Cop Books home page along with other books authored by Michael Jaquish on a variety of topics. Michael Jaquish also offers comments on current affairs and global security issues on the GLOBAL TERRORISM page, THE VIGILANT AMERICAN page and the STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND blog page. Information about specific training services and STSI trainers can be found by following the tabs for those topics.

Thank you for visiting the STSI/Country Cop Books web site. Please feel free to contact STSI if you have any comments or requests for support or training books on topics not listed here. STSI is capable of producing training materials on a wide variety of topics on an individual need basis.

TRAINING BOOKLETS

Short training booklets (10-30 pages) on any security topic you can imagine are available upon request. These booklets come in handy for conducting follow-up or in-service training to keep your people sharp and comply with pre and post-assignment training requirements. If STSI doesn't already have what you want, we will create it in short order. Some of the current topics that are available include:

-Executive Protection
-Bank Security
-Construction Site Security
-Access Control & Weapons Screening
-Defensive Driving
-Handcuffing
-Civil Disturbances
-Apartment Complex Security
-Mall Security
-Introduction to Terrorism
-Disaster Preparation for Home and Work
-Bicycle Security Patrol
-Use of Force
-Firearms Safety
-Street Survival
-Marksmanship
-Workplace Violence
-Emergency Response (OSHA Material)
-Armored Truck Security
-Diplomatic Security
-Patrol Procedures
-Security Guards & The Legal System
-Communications & Report Writing
-Loss Prevention & Shoplifting Security
-The Science of Lock Picking Simplified

These booklets may be customized with your own company logo and information if desired. They are available in 8 & 1/2" X 11" format in spiral bindings. PRICE: $25.00 each plus sales tax (if applicable) and $5 shipping and handling. Shipping costs are reduced when ordering multiple booklets. International shipping rates are calculated individually.

TOPICS COVERED IN THE ROLE OF THE SECURITY OFFICER INSTRUCTOR MANUAL/TEXTBOOK:

Introduction

Ch 1: THE BASIC ROLE OF

Ch 5: SECURITY AWARENESS

Ch 6: PROPER ACTIONS,

REACTIONS AND DIVERSITY

Ch 7: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT

OPPORTUNITY & DIVERSITY

Ch 8: HOMELAND SECURITY

Ch 9: INFORMATION SHARING

Ch 10: TERRORISM AND

SURVEILLANCE

Ch 11: JOB ASSIGNMENTS

AND POST ORDERS

Ch 12: PATROL PROCEDURES

Ch 16: WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Ch 17: PRINCIPLES OF

ACCESS CONTROL

Ch 18: EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Ch 19: SAFETY AND ACCIDENT

PREVENTION

Ch 20: REPORT WRITING

Ch 21: LIFE SAFETY AWARENESS

Ch 22: ARMED GUARD

FIREARMS TRAINING

Ch 23: MARKSMANSHIP

Ch 24: STREET SURVIVAL

Ch 25: DEFENSIVE DRIVING

Ch 26: ARMORED TRUCK

SECURITY

Ch 27: DIPLOMATIC SECURITY

Articles

Liberian Revolution
Maybe you read this in Soldier of Fortune, maybe you will read about it here for the first time. Experience for yourself Mike's first assignment in Liberia, West Africa.

Sierra Leone Travel Report
Read about Mike's journey to Sierra Leone where he gathered information and more personal experiences of Africa.

Shooting Fundamentals
The four fundamentals of pistol shooting are: Grip, Stance, Trigger Control and Sight Picture. In order to be a good shooter, all four need to be done well and consistently. This article provides a basic understanding of all the factors involved.

An American In The Crossfire
David Eubank is a missionary on a mission. His exploits in Burma and Thailand are fascinating and driven by a power greater than himself. Read here about his journey that is changing and saving lives every day with little or no recognition.

Blending In
There are some times when one must blend into the background in a forest in order to evade capture or death. Learn to do the unexpected to survive and do it with great stealth and patience.

Michael continues to write on a wide variety of subjects as time and opportunity permits. Each article is relative to some aspect of the ever-changing, diverse and interesting arena of personal and professional security. Distribution of the articles is restricted without written permission of the author but if you have a need or desire to reprint or use any of this material simply contact Michael Jaquish. It is the hope of STSI that this information will be used to increase your knowledge of personal and private security issues on many levels. Contact Michael if you have any comments or suggestions for future articles.

Why The World Needs Superman

(Written after the release of "Superman Returns" in July-2006)

One doesn't have to travel very far now days to witness or experience man's inhumanity to man first hand. The nightly news is full of gruesome images and stories of tragedy and horror that often seem to challenge even the most forthright and experienced news anchor to maintain some semblance of calm detachment while reading the text. Watchers are numb to the horror as well, or so it seems. Many are simply sinking further into the cesspool of delayed stress syndrome that appears to have engulfed much of the civilized world since the fall of the twin towers.

In the midst of all this, Americans prepare to set off Fourth of July fireworks that may be unsettling reminders of another horror to those of us who have just escaped the grip of a vicious conflict half way around the world. Enter, Superman, red cape flapping in the wind and his dark curl falling onto his forehead enticingly as he once again reaches out to rescue animals, children, adults, neighborhoods, cities and the world with little effort.

I grew up with Superman. Class bullies and years of uncertainty and insecurity plagued my youth and drove me to seek refuge in the arms of someone invincible and untouched by the mundane struggles of mere mortals. No matter how tough things got, in fact. the tougher things got, a piece of my young soul was somehow strengthened by imagining that somewhere out there in the vast universe there could actually be a Superman. a man totally devoid of fear and uncorrupted by vice or greed. a man completely dedicated to fighting for the preservation of truth and consumed with the concept of justice for all.

In my youth, Superman fought for truth, justice and the American way. This latest movie, Superman Returns, makes it very clear that Superman is fighting for truth and justice all over the world though. That may seem like an insignificant departure from the original script, but it is, in view of today's global unrest, extremely important. For it is indeed the world that needs Superman now, not just America.

The world needs Superman (and Supermen) because the world needs hope. Hope that good can conquer evil. Hope that it does indeed pay off to be truthful, even when everyone around you is lying, hope that things will indeed get better, and hope that there will be another tomorrow. Superman does all of this without irritating anyone with religious or political beliefs.

Superman is a concept, not just a figure in tights swinging from wires. Superman embodies the inner goodness that is an expression of the true nature of human beings. We lose track of that in times like this. We tend to get swept away by all the anger and horror. Superman has returned to remind us of some very important things.

Excuse me while I drag my old Superman suit out of the trunk and brush the wrinkles away one more time.

Michael Jaquish
(Retired Police Officer)
Gig Harbor, WA, USA

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