The following is stolen from the CA BSIS website:
California Code of Regulations 645
The proprietary training regulations were made operative on December 12, 2009 by California Office of Administrative Law.
The adopted regulations will require that all proprietary security officers complete an initial training curriculum of 16 hours with an additional 2 hours of annual continuing education each year thereafter.
According to Business and Professions Code section 7574.1, a proprietary private security officer is an unarmed individual who is employed exclusively by any one employer whose primary duty is to provide security services for his or her employer, whose services are not contracted to any other entity or person, and who is not exempt pursuant to Section 7582.2, and who meets both of the following criteria:
- Is required to wear a distinctive uniform clearly identifying the individual as a security officer
- Is likely to interact with the public while performing his or her duties.
The Proprietary Security Services Act, passed in 2006, required a person who met the definition of a proprietary private security officer to register with the Department of Consumer Affairs. In 2007 the Proprietary Security Services Act was amended to require a proprietary private security officer to complete training in security officer skills within a specified period of time. (See Business and Professions Code section 7574.5). Section 7574.5 shall apply on and after July 1, 2009, to any person hired as a proprietary private security officer on and after January 1, 2009. For a person hired as a proprietary private security officer before January 1, 2009, that section shall apply on and after January 1, 2010 (7574.7 Applicability of Section 7574.5). This amendment required the department to develop and approve a standard course and curriculum for the skills training; therefore "Skills Training Course for Proprietary Private Security Officers" was established. (See Business and Professions Code section 7574.22).
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