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California Code of Regulations 643: Skills Training Course for Security Guards and PSOs lists the required license training, including some required in-person training, before applying for a guard card or PSO license.
Course Details:
This 3-hour online course provides Part A, the Power to Arrest topic from the current BSIS
POWERS TO ARREST AND APPROPRIATE USE OF FORCE TRAINING MANUAL - July 2023. Part A, the 3-hour Power to Arrest (PTA) topic is taken online on our website. Part B,
the 5-hour Appropriate Use of Force (AUOF) topic required by the BSIS to be taken in a classroom
location.
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IMPORTANT: Part B, the BSIS 5-hour AUOF topic is NOT included with Part A.
To complete the guard card or PSO application training requirements, students must complete Part A online, then purchase and complete Part B at a classroom location.
After
completing Part A online, students are shown the list of classroom training locations for where they can find a close location to take the
5-hour in-person Part B Appropriate Use of Force (AUOF) training. The map to the right shows classroom locations where the in-person 5-hour Part B AUOF training can be taken.
The 3-hour Part A topic and 5-hour Part topic together
meet the BSIS 8-hour training requirement to apply for CA State BSIS guard card or PSO license.
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After completing both Parts A and B of the training, security guard candidates still need to complete steps 2 and 3 of the guard card/PSO license process.
The application and often also the Live Scan are completed during the 5-hour in-person Part B training.
(3-Hour BSIS Power to Arrest - Part A) -
$17.00
Power to Arrest & Appropriate Use of Force
Part A and Part B
This 3-hour online course is Part A only.
The two part training course is approximately
eight hours in length. Part A, the Power to Arrest (PTA) is taken online and covers the first 3 hours. Part B, the Appropriate Use of Force (AUOF) is 5-hours and has to be taken at an in-person training location.
Part B is only available to our students after they complete part A. After completing
Part A online, students are shown the list of classroom training locations for where they can find a location to take the 5-hour in-person Part B Appropriate Use of Force (AUOF) training.
Part A
(3-hours online), the BSIS PTA section, covers the following topics:
- Responsibilities and ethics in citizen arrest.
- Relationship between a security guard and a peace officer in making an arrest.
- Limitations on security guard power to arrest.
- Restrictions on searches and seizures.
- Criminal and civil liabilities, including both of the following:
a) Personal liability.
b) Employer liability.
- Trespass law.
- Ethics and communications.
- Emergency situation response, including response to medical emergencies.
- Security officer safety.
Part B
(5-hours in-person), the BSIS AUOF section, covers the following topics:
- Legal standards for use of force.
- Duty to intercede.
- The use of objectively reasonable force.
- Supervisory responsibilities.
- Use of force review and analysis.
- De-escalation and interpersonal communication training, including tactical
methods that use time, distance, cover, and concealment, to avoid
escalating situations that lead to violence.
- Implicit and explicit bias and cultural competency.
- Skills, including de-escalation techniques, to effectively, safely, and
respectfully interact with people with disabilities or behavioral health
issues.
- Use of force scenario training, including simulations of low-frequency,
high-risk situations and calls for service, shoot-or-don't-shoot situations,
and real-time force option decision making.
- Mental health and policing, including bias and stigma.
- Active shooter situations.
The two parts above, Part A and Part B, are followed by a final exam which is provided in-person at the Part B training location.
The course is certified by the CA State BSIS through our Firearm Training Facility License for TwoProtect Training Institute - TFF1266.
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