PSA610 Risk Management in Public Safety (3 cr.)

This course examines risk and risk-management principles. It focuses on liability issues in public safety and strategies to reduce associated risk. A key focus of the course is training as a risk management technique.

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Analyze public safety risk issues.
2. Apply risk management principles.
3. Organize information using criteria that apply across different viewpoints and allow for qualitative comparisons.
4. Evaluate the ability to influence others through internal marketing strategies, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking.
5. Design a comprehensive risk management plan.
6. Create an executive summary of a risk management plan.
7. Develop effective visual materials to complement written or oral presentations.