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The following is a list of previous announcements and news releases.

05/19/2009 S2 Institute at FASCO/FALI Conference
S2 Instructors Craig Gundry, Rory McMahon and Tim O'Rourke will be attending the FASCO/FALI Educational Conference at the Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel, 5445 Forbes Place in (more...)
02/20/2009 Anti-Terrorism Officer Courses Scheduled for Australia & UK
The S2 Institute, in conjunction with the International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals (IACSP), will be presenting a special series of four-day, 32- (more...)
02/20/2009 Assessing Security Related Risk Course Scheduled for UAE
On May 3-7, 2009, the S2 Institute, in conjunction with our Middle East training partner, Precept Management Consultancy, will be presenting a five-day, 40-hour version of the S2 (more...)
02/17/2009 S2 Institute Receives Provisional Licensing on FL PI Program
We are proud to announce that the S2 Safety & Intelligence Institute has received provisional licensing by the Florida Commission for Independent Education for presentation of a (more...)
12/12/2008 S2 Anti-Terrorism Course for OSCE Mission to Georgia
Working in cooperation with the International Association of Counterterrorism and Security Professionals, the S2 Safety & Intelligence Institute presented a four-day Anti- (more...)
12/02/2008 S2 Institute at Intersec Middle East 2009
The S2 Institute will be exhibiting this coming year between January 18-20 at Intersec Middle East 2009 in Dubai. S2's Executive Director Tim O'Rourke and Senior Anti-Terrorism (more...)
11/18/2008 Human Trafficking Investigation is Now Online!
According to authorities, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are trafficked each year between nations against their will for purposes of sexual exploitation or slave labor. This (more...)
10/31/2008 Critical Incident Management is Now Online!
For over two decades, Criminologist James Davis has trained thousands of police officers in high risk patrol and response to critical incidents. In this 5-hour distance learning (more...)
10/01/2008 S2's New Streaming Video Solution for Satellite & DSL
Many online students who are using satellite and DSL connections to take S2 Online courses frequently encounter delays and interruptions in the stream of our online video. This is (more...)
09/30/2008 Sam Hall Joins the S2 Instructor Team
We are proud to announce that Sam Hall has joined the S2 Institute's team of adjunct instructors. For those not familiar (more...)
09/27/2008 S2's Craig Gundry on Al-Jazeerah English Network
S2 Institute's staff instructor Craig Gundry has been scheduled on the Al-Jazeerah English Network as a guest expert on national security for a panel discussion before and after (more...)
09/03/2008 Tactical Knives November 2008
Bram Frank is known as one of the few real-deal combative knife instructors in the world.  He is also the S2 Institute's chief instructor for edged weapons training.
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08/14/2008 S2 Institute Virtual Library is Now Available!
Since early 2008, we have been cataloguing thousands of documents relevant to the Institute’s field of study into a research database accessible to our students and registered (more...)
07/28/2008 First ATO Course in Dubai a Big Success!
On July 6-9, 2008, S2’s senior anti-terrorism instructor Craig Gundry presented a four–day Anti-Terrorism Officer course in Dubai in partnership with S2’s representative in the (more...)
04/01/2008 S2 Trains Visiting Group From Saudi Arabia
As part of S2's growing training partnerships in the Arabian Gulf Region, the S2 Institute in Clearwater presented a five-day Anti-Terrorism Support Operations Course for a group (more...)
03/05/2008 Human Intelligence for SpecOps Personnel is Now Online!
The online version of the S2 Human Intelligence for Special Operations Personnel course is designed to aid US Military special operations personnel in planning successful Title 50 (more...)
02/28/2008 Human Intelligence for Law Enforcement is Now Online!
The 7-hour Human Intelligence for Law Enforcement distance learning program is designed to provide new and experienced homeland security and law enforcement intelligence (more...)
02/18/2008 Terrorist Tactics - Israel & Palestine is Now Online!
In this six-hour distance learning course, Israeli terrorism expert Howard Linett provides a detailed examination of the methods used by terrorists in Israel and Palestine, (more...)
02/18/2008 Human Intelligence Targeting is Now Online!
In this two-hour distance learning program, the instructor, a former CIA Senior Field Operations Officer, presents focused targeting as an alternative and superior method for (more...)
12/20/2007 S2 Institute at Intersec Middle East 2008
The S2 Institute will be exhibiting this coming year between January 13-15 at Intersec Middle East 2008 in Dubai. S2's Executive Director Tim O'Rourke and Senior Anti-Terrorism (more...)
12/19/2007 Dynamics of Jihadist Kidnapping is Now Online!
In this three-hour distance learning course, former Iraq Hostage Working Group Coordinator Daniel O'Shea explores the problem of jihadist kidnappings, kidnapping prevention, and (more...)
11/26/2007 Anti-Terrorism Officer Course Scheduled in Dubai for July 2008
The S2 Institute will be presenting a four-day Anti-Terrorism Officer course at the Jumeirah Beach Resort in Dubai on July 6-9, 2008. Coordination for this course is managed by (more...)
11/23/2007 Suicide Terrorism Course is Now Online!
In this five-hour course, Israeli terrorism expert Howard Linett explores the tactical and strategic dimensions of suicide terrorism and approaches for minimizing the risk from (more...)
11/23/2007 New Intelligence Courses for Government Clients
The S2 Institute now offers US and foreign government clients a number of standard courses and custom training options on topics including human intelligence, intelligence (more...)
09/27/2007 Tactical Knives reviews Bram Frank's New LLC
Wes Doss of Tactical Knives has just reviewed the latest Knife design from Bram Frank.  In the TK Jan-08 issue Wes put the Lapu Lapu Corto or LLC through some tough test (more...)
09/21/2007 S2 Institute Orlando is NOW OPEN!!!
S2 has now opened another office in the Greater Orlando Area. This facility will work to meet the demands of our growing Florida Class D & G training base. The first Class D (more...)
07/06/2007 Crisis Negotiations for First Responders is Now Online!
In this 2-hour distance learning course, former hostage negotiator and FBI Unit Chief Vince McNally provides frontline police and security personnel with critical guidelines and (more...)
05/30/2007 Meet S2's Craig Gundry at the 2007 ACFEI/CHS Conference
Craig Gundry, the S2 Institute's Program Director for Anti-Terrorism and WMD, will be presenting three seminars at this year's American Board for Certification in Homeland (more...)
05/08/2007 New Strategic Alliance with Japan Homeland Security Corp
We are proud to announce that the S2 Institute has entered into a new strategic partnership with Japan Homeland Security Corporation to bring S2's public safety courses to Asia (more...)
02/13/2007 Organizational Distance Education Portals Now Available
The S2 Institute's new Organizational Portals system provides corporations and government agencies with an easy method for enrolling employees in S2 distance education courses. < (more...)
02/10/2007 Is the Rumor True…S2 Academic Certificate Programs?
Yes. We are currently working on a series of new expanded anti-terrorism and public safety courses as accredited certificate programs. The new programs will be accredited through (more...)
02/08/2007 WMD & The Intelligence Function is Now Online!
In this new 13-hour program, former UNMOVIC inspector Harvey "Jack" McGeorge provides intelligence professionals with a detailed exploration of chemical and biological weapons, (more...)
10/26/2006 2007 Training & Course Calendar
S2's schedule has been filling up for on-site and off-site hosted programs.  About 8 new programs are forth coming after the first quarter with the addition of several (more...)
08/30/2006 Weaponization of Chem-Bio Agents is Now Online!
As one of the World's leading experts on chemical and biological weapons, former UNMOVIC inspector Harvey "Jack" McGeorge provides students of this new course with a detailed (more...)
08/17/2006 S2's Craig Gundry Interviewed on CNN
S2 Anti-Terrorism Instructor Craig Gundry was interviewed on CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck program regarding terrorist tactics and the August 2006 Airline Bomb plot. To read a (more...)
06/06/2006 Dr. McGeorge's WMD Courses Now in Production
After several months of juggling schedules for filming, we are happy to announce that Dr. McGeorge's advanced-level Weapons of Mass Destruction courses are now in production. For (more...)
05/10/2006 Advanced Patrol & Officer Survival is Now Online!
As one of the nation's leading experts on officer homicide, Criminologist James Davis provides students of this compelling distance learning course with important advice and tips (more...)
03/07/2006 Assessing Terrorism Related Risk is Now Online!
Our latest distance learning course, Assessing Terrorism Related Risk, provides students with a functional understanding of risk management principles and aids in developing (more...)
01/04/2006 Bomb Security for Executive Protection is Now Online!
The new S2 Bomb Security for Executive Protection distance learning course provides students with essential skills for protecting individual principals against assassination by (more...)
10/26/2005 Defense Against Anti-Vehicle Explosive Attacks is Now Online!
Over the past two decades, explosive attacks against motorcades have emerged as some of the most popular methods of assassination worldwide. In this three-hour distance learning (more...)
10/26/2005 Introduction to Handwriting Analysis is Now Online!
In this new S2 Distance Learning Seminar, Barry Wilson provides security and public safety professionals with a foundation for understanding graphology. Through multimedia, case (more...)
09/22/2005 Attack at Jedawal Course is Now Online!
On the night of 12 May 2003, three housing compounds in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were struck simultaneously by Al-Qaeda in a wave of bombings and armed assaults that echoed throughout (more...)
08/17/2005 Framed Certificates Now Available
Graduates of S2 distance learning courses are now eligible to purchase high-quality framed certificates.  These certificates are individually numbered, foil stamped, and (more...)
08/02/2005 Chem-Bio for Security Professionals is Now Online!
S2's latest distance learning course, Chemical & Biological Terrorism for Security Professionals, provides a detailed examination of the chemical & biological terrorist threat, (more...)
06/22/2005 Bomb Threat Management Course Now Online
In this two-hour distance learning course, bomb security expert Craig Gundry explores the procedures and options for managing bomb threats, evacuations, searching facilities for (more...)
06/07/2005 Maritime Security Awareness Now Online
Our latest online course, Maritime Security Awareness, provides port employees with an essential understanding of maritime security threats and requirements for protecting port (more...)
05/10/2005 New Instructors Join S2
Visit the Instructor page and you will see newly added instructors bios and with that - new programs are being added online and in the classroom. Some of the new instructors to (more...)
04/04/2005 Carbine Instructor Development
The demand for a quality carbine instructor certification program has plagued many law-enforcement departments over the past several years. S2 now offers a 3-day instructor (more...)
04/01/2005 New Distance Learning Courses Now Available!
As we announced several months ago, we have been working on developing a new online training platform for delivering S2's acclaimed classroom programs in a distance learning (more...)
03/31/2005 New S2 Web Site Now Online
After four months of development, we are happy to announce the launch of the our new web site. In addition to providing information about S2 courses and merchandise, the S2 web (more...)
01/11/2005 New Documentary Released on Training Anti-Terrorism Officers
A new documentary on anti-terrorism training has been released. It follows a new force of Anti-Terrorism Officers (ATO) as they prepare to deploy to such critical infrastructure (more...)
11/12/2004 Carbine Qualification: Level-1
For the past couple years, our carbine class has been widely presented to many security personnel deploying on special assignments in the U.S. and overseas. To meet the growing (more...)
06/06/2004 S2 Instructor Chris Neidrich Killed in Iraq
We are sad to announce that one of the instructors aiding in the development of our new High Risk Executive Protection Course, Christopher Neidrich, was killed in an ambush near (more...)
01/04/2004 S2 Executive Director Appointed to Florida Training Commission
Tim O'Rourke will join with others next month to review the training programs under the Division of Licensing. The focus is to identify updates and anti-terrorism awareness into (more...)
01/02/2004 S2 Provides 245 Hours of Custom Anti-Terrorism Training