California 8-Hour Guard Card Training

This course 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 course  is comprised of two (2) Modules:

Module 1, Power to Arrest (4-Hours)

Objectives:

   Understand the training topics delineated in the Business and Professions Code section 7583.7, including and without limitation

a) Legal aspects

b) Techniques

c) Liability

d) Company requirements

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.

Module  2, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism Awareness (4-Hours)

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.