About CPPS

MISSION: The CPPS provides the expertise that enables those in a workplace or traveling abroad to become stakeholders in their own safety.

The Center for Personal Protection and Safety (CPPS) is an educational institution dedicated to researching and disseminating Best Practices in the area of Workplace Violence Prevention and Travel Safety.  The Center for Personal Protection and Safety is composed of former U.S. Department of Defense and FBI officials, responsible for much of the US Government’s current teaching and training on crisis negotiations, workplace violence, abduction prevention, and hostage survival situations. It is the parent organization of the Safe Travel Institute (www.safe-travels.com) and National Hostage Survival Training Center.

  
The Center's leadership, Randy Spivey, Jim Sporleder, Eugene Rugala, and Steve Romano, are recognized leaders in personal safety issues; are in demand as speakers; and appear regularly in media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, New York Times, USA Today and Forbes Magazine. The Center for Personal Protection and Safety is a proud member of the following professional associations: Society for Human Resource Management (www.shrm.org); International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (www.iahss.org); Risk and Insurance Management Society (www.rims.org); University Risk Management and Insurance Association (www.urmia.org); International Association of College Law Enforcement Administrators (www.iaclea.org); and ASIS (www.asisinternational.org).