Power to Arrest; Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Awareness (Guard Card Class)

8-Hours Pre-assignment Guard Card Training Class

This course supports mobile devices.

This 8-hours program is completely online. All lecture, knowledge checks and final examinations are completed online, at the student's pace. When the student takes a break and exits the program, the system remembers the position and returns the student to the location where he or she left off.

Part 1 familiarizes and instructs the student on the training topics delineated by Business and Professions Code section 7583.7, legal aspects, techniques, liability, and company requirements relating to the arrest of an individual.

This section must be completed before the guard is assigned to duty.

Part 1 is comprised of two (2) lessons.

Price: $17.99

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You may stand post after an eight-hour course and receiving your Guard Card from the State of California. Afterwards, you have 30-days to complete your first sixteen hours of training and then another six months to complete the remaining sixteen hours (for a total of forty hours of training). You may elect to take all forty-hours of Security Guard Card training at one time.

Online Course Completion

• Certificates and forms packet:
  • "Application for Security Guard or Patrolperson"
  • "Request for Live Scan Service" forms.
  • Certificate of Completion, Part 1.
  • Application instruction sheet.
• Available after successful completion of entire Part 1 course (Lessons 1 and 2).
• Certificate of Completion.
  Downloadable from the Transcripts page.

BSIS Guard Card License Fees

Additional Fees

In addition to the course costs, the student must pay application fees to the BSIS and Live Scan (fingerprint/background check) fees to the DOJ/FBI. These fees ARE NOT COLLECTED by the trainer. These fees are paid directly to the appropriate agency. Please see the table below.

BSIS Application Fees

Guard Card Live Scan (Background Check) Fees

Applicants for a BSIS Security Guard Registration must undergo a criminal history background check through the FBI and DOJ. Applicants should use the Security Guard Request for Live Scan Form available on the Bureau's website as it contains the correct coding needed to ensure the Bureau receives the information in a timely manner. Applicants are responsible for paying all Live Scan, DOJ and FBI processing fees at the time of fingerprinting. Live Scan locations can be found on the Bureau's website.

Applicants must submit fingerprints electronically using Live Scan. Fees are paid to the Live Scan operator.

Lesson 1, Power to Arrest

Objectives:

• Understand the training topics delineated in the Business and Professions Code section 7583.7, including and without limitation
  • Legal aspects
  • Techniques
  • Liability
  • Company requirements
  relating to the arrest of an individual.
• Define arrest
• Understand the implications of an arrest relating the subject, the guard and the company.
• Understand escalation and de-escalation techniques in the use of force.
• Understand the use of restraint techniques and their implications.
• Understand trespass laws and the implications of enforcement.
• Complete the Power to Arrest Test with a 100% score in accordance with the Manual's Administering Instructions.

Lesson 2, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Awareness

This module familiarizes and instructs the student on the subject matter and observation skills required to identify and report precursor activities to a terrorist event, react appropriately, report the occurrence of a terrorist event, and remain safe while helping control the scene after a terrorist event. The training utilizes the Department of Consumer Affairs' Weapons of Mass Destruction & Terrorism Awareness for Security Professionals course consisting of lectures, videos and Student Workbook.

Objectives:

• Understand the role of a Security Officer in preventing an incident
• Understand the nature of terrorism.
• Understand weapons of mass destruction.
• Be able to coordinate critical information.
• Complete the Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Awareness Test with a 100% score in accordance with the Manual's Administering Instructions.