Private security services: security guards: training.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the cost of trainings or the number of course providers available.

Training Requirements for Security Guards

The law changes the requirements for security guard training, specifying it must be administered and certified by a single course provider within six months before applying.

What This Bill Does

• Requires that all security guard trainings are given by one course provider.
• Makes sure the training is completed within six months before applying to work as a security guard.
• Allows companies hiring security guards to give their own training, but only for their employees and job applicants.

Who It Names or Affects

• Security guard companies
• People who want to become security guards

Terms To Know

Licensee

A company that hires and trains security guards.

Course provider

An organization that gives training courses for security guard jobs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify the cost of new training requirements.
• It is unclear if there are enough course providers to handle all trainings.

Official Summary Text

SB 652, Richardson.
Private security services: security guards: training.
Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private patrol operators by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, and makes violations of its provisions a crime. Existing law prohibits a licensee from allowing an employee to perform the functions of a security guard without confirming that the person holds a current and valid security guard registration. Existing law requires an applicant for a security guard registration to complete a course in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force as a condition for the issuance of the registration, as provided.
Existing law authorizes a licensee, among others, to administer, test, and certify those trainings. Existing law requires the application to be verified and include specified information, including a statement that the applicant has completed the training course in the exercise of the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force.
This bill would require the training to be administered and certified by a single course provider, as provided, and to be completed within 6 months preceding the date the application is submitted to the bureau. The bill would also authorize a licensee to administer, test, and certify those trainings, provided that the licensee is required to provide the training only to their applicants for employment and direct employees. The bill would also require the above-described statement on completion
of the training course to include that it was completed within 6 months preceding the date the application is submitted to the bureau. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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