California BSIS Powers to Arrest (Guard Card Lesson 1)

3-Hours Pre-assignment Guard Card Training Class

This 3-hours program is completely online. All lecture and review questions 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.

Powers to Arrest familiarizes and instructs the student on the training topics delineated by California Business and Professions Code § 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.

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NOTE

This is only the first lesson of a 2-lesson course. Lesson 2, Appropriate Use of Force, must be completed with live instruction in a licensed training facility.

Students must travel to a facility and complete the second half, Appropriate Use of Force, as an instructor-led course.

Dividing this course between online and facility lecture is due to a change in Business and Professions Code, § 7583.7, implemented on January 1, 2024.

Upon finishing this half of the course, present your certificate of completion to any training facility, pay the course fee, and complete the second half of the training at the training facility.

At the end of the Appropriate Use of Force coursework, the facility instructor will present the final examination, issue a replacement comprehensive certificate of completion, and all application paperwork.

STC Facilities

If you wish to complete Lesson 2 in one of our training facilities, we are based in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area:

• Burbank
• Huntington Beach
• San Jacinto
• San Leandro
• Upland

Overdue Courses

Students have 30-days to complete this 3-hours course. Once a course is marked "Overdue" access to the course is removed, no extensions are given, and no refunds apply.

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Guard Training Timelines

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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

• Completion Package
  • Certificate of Completion
  • Training continuation instruction sheet.
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, Powers 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.

Information provided on this site is for educational purposes. It is not legal advice.