At Property Security Services, Inc we offer 8 hours of initial training, You may start working as a security officer after an eight hour course and receiving your guard card. You will have 30 days to complete your first sixteen hours of training and then within six months after getting your Security Guard card to complete the remaining sixteen hours for a total of forty. Prior to renewal of your S
ecurity Guard card after January 1, 2005 you must complete an eight hour refresher course four(4) hours of which will be a mandated course set by the state and a four (4) hours of an elective. Security guards are employed by licensed private patrol operators to protect persons or property and prevent theft, they have to be registered by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services as a security guard. To be eligible to apply for a security guard registration, you must:
Be at least 18 years old
Undergo a criminal history background check through the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and
Complete a 40-hour course of required training. The training and exam may be administered by any private patrol operator or by a certified training facility. The 40-Hour Security Guard Training breaks down as follows:
1. Before submitting your security guard application, you must complete an eight (8) hour "Power to Arrest" training course and pass an examination.
2. Complete 16 hours of required security guard training within the first 30 days of the issuance of your security guard registration.
3. Complete an additional 16 hours of required security guard training within the first six (6) months of the issuance of the security guard registration.
