SC4, along with their partners, began developing the Institute of Homeland Security Training (IHST) online programs in June 2005. Currently there are three completed certificates programs designed for the general citizen, corporate industry, fire service, and law enforcement agencies. Series 400 classes are designated ONLY for police officers.
SC4’s IHST partnerships involves active and retired military personnel, law enforcement personnel and emergency services providers. Senior Chief (SC) Melvin Reid, of Anchor homeland Security is an Intelligence Analyst, currently active in the U.S. Naval Reserve. SC Reid has over 24 years experience in military intelligence and has trained thousands of military, state, local, federal and private security personnel over the last ten years.
Individual Certificate Programs (college articulation credits pending in Criminal Justice, Fire Science, Political & Social Sciences) are broken into three specific categories. A fourth, Series 300, is still under development. Our programs are built around two core classes that expand to specific areas of interest toward separate disciplines. Once the classes are completed within a program series, a college IHST Certificate will be awarded.

Certificate programs

Series 100 - Understanding and Combating Terrorism is designed for the general citizen, or anyone who wishes to have a better understanding and philosophy of today’s terrorism, domestically, internationally and transnational.

Series 200– Preventing, Identifying and Investigating Terrorism is designed for employees of corporate industry where security initiatives would be of great interest. Many of these programs would also be of interest to the general citizen, and are not covered in the Series 100 programs.

Series 300 – WMD: Anticipation, Preparation, and Prevention for First Responders and Medical Personnel is still under development and will be geared toward first responders.

Series 400 – Investigating, Preventing & Surviving Terrorism is specifically designed for Law Enforcement officers. While similar to certain 200 series classes, Series 400 classes go much more in-depth and content is not to be shared with the general public. Application is required through SC4’s IHST Center prior to the registration process.