SB 652 — Security Guard Training

Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, prohibits a licensed private patrol operator from allowing an employee to perform the functions of a security guard without confirming that the employee holds a current and valid security guard registration. Existing law further requires each applicant for a security guard registration to complete training on the power to arrest and the appropriate use of force.

SB 652 now requires that this training be administered and certified by a single course provider and that it be completed within six (6) months prior to submission of the application to the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. SB 652 also provides that a licensed private patrol operator may only administer, test, and certify this training for its own applicants or employees.

(SB 652 amends Sections 7583.6 and 7583.10 of the Business and Professions Code.)