This chapter may be cited as the Private Security Services Act....
As used in this chapter, director means the Director of Consumer Affairs, unless the context indicates otherwise....
The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter....
As used in this chapter, person includes any individual, firm, company, association, organization, partnership, and corporation....
As used in this chapter, bureau means the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services....
As used in this chapter, chief means the Chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services....
As used in this chapter, licensee means a person licensed under this chapter and includes, but is not limited to, private patrol operator and armored contract carrier....
As used in this chapter, manager means the individual under whose direction, control, charge, or management the business of a licensee is operated....
As used in this chapter, employer means a person who employs an individual for wages or salary, lists the individual on the employer's payroll records, and withholds all legally...
As used in this chapter, employee means an individual who works for an employer, is listed on the employer's payroll records, and is under the employer's direction and control....
As used in this chapter, employer-employee relationship means a relationship in which an individual works for another, the individual's name appears on the payroll records of the...
As used in this chapter, firearm permit includes firearms permit, firearms qualification card, firearms qualification, and firearms qualification permit....
Every power and duty granted to or imposed upon the director may be exercised by any other officer or employee of the Department of Consumer Affairs authorized by the director, but...
The director may, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act and subject to the provisions of Section 159.5, appoint and fix the compensation of inspectors, investigators, and...
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as entitling any person to practice law in this state unless he or she is an active member of the State Bar of California....
The director may adopt and enforce reasonable rules, as follows: (a) Classifying licensees according to the type of business regulated by this chapter in which they are engaged,...
The Governor shall appoint two private security disciplinary review committees, and may remove any member of a disciplinary review committee for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty....
Each disciplinary review committee shall perform the following functions as they pertain to private patrol operators, security guards, firearm qualification cardholders,...
A private patrol operator, qualified manager of a private patrol operator, security guard, firearm qualification cardholder, firearm training facility, firearm training instructor,...
Except in cases where licensees are required to comply with the provisions of Section 7581.3, where a hearing is held under this chapter to determine whether an application for a license...
The director shall furnish, at least once every two years, one copy of the current licensing law, rules, and regulations to every licensed business governed under this chapter, without...
No person shall engage in a business regulated by this chapter; act or assume to act as, or represent himself or herself to be, a licensee unless he or she is licensed under this chapter;...
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person engaging in a business as a private patrol operator who violates Section 7582 is guilty of an infraction subject to...
(a) A private patrol operator, or operator of a private patrol service, within the meaning of this chapter is a person, other than an armored contract carrier, who, for...
This chapter does not apply to: (a) A person employed exclusively and regularly by any employer who does not provide contract security services for other entities or persons, in connection...
(a) Unless specifically exempted by Section 7582.2, no person shall engage in the business of private patrol operator, as defined in Section 7582.1, unless that person has applied for...
(a) The superior court in and for the county in which any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act which constitutes a violation of Section 7582.3 may, upon a petition filed...
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent the local authorities of any city, county, or city and county, by ordinance and within the exercise of the police power of the city, county,...
An application for a license under this chapter shall be on a form prescribed by the director and accompanied by the application fee provided by this chapter....
An application shall be verified and shall include: (a) The full name and business address of the applicant. (b) The name under which the applicant intends to do business. (c) A...
Before an application for a license or registration is granted, the applicant for a license or his or her manager or the applicant for a security guard registration shall meet all...
Before an application for a license or registration is granted, the applicant for a license or his or her manager or the applicant for a security guard registration shall meet all of the following: ...
The director may require an applicant or his or her manager, to demonstrate his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or a combination of both....
The director may require an applicant or his or her manager, to demonstrate his or her qualifications by a written or oral examination, or a combination of both....
Payment of the application fee prescribed by this chapter entitles an applicant or his or her manager to one examination without further charge. If the person fails to pass the examination, he...
The chief shall issue a license, the form and content of which shall be determined by the chief in accordance with Section 164. In addition, the chief shall issue a Certificate of...
(a) The license shall at all times be posted in a conspicuous place in the principal place of business of the licensee....
Upon the issuance of a license, a pocket card of the size, design, and content determined by the director shall be issued to each licensee, if an individual, or if the licensee is a...
A license issued under this chapter is not assignable....
A licensee shall at all times be legally responsible for the good conduct in the business of each of his or her employees or agents, including his or her manager....
Each licensee shall maintain a record containing information relative to his or her employees as may be prescribed by the director....
No licensee shall conduct a business under a fictitious or other business name unless and until he or she has obtained the written authorization of the bureau to do so. The bureau shall...
Each licensee shall file with the bureau the complete address of his or her principal place of business including the name and number of the street, or, if the street where the business...
(a) A licensee shall notify the bureau within 30 days of any change in its corporate officers or of any addition of a new partner. (b) Applications, on forms prescribed by the director,...
(a) Every advertisement by a licensee soliciting or advertising business shall contain his or her name, address and license number as they appear in the records of the bureau. For the purpose...
(a) A licensee shall not advertise or conduct business from any location other than that shown on the records of the bureau as his or her principal place of business unless he or she...
(a) The business of each licensee shall be operated under the active direction, control, charge, or management, in this state, of the licensee, if he or she is qualified, or the person...
(a) In case of the death of a person licensed as an individual, a member of the immediate family of the deceased licensee shall be entitled to continue the business under the same license for...
After a hearing the director may deny a license unless the applicant makes a showing satisfactory to the director that the applicant, if an individual, has not, or if the applicant is...
The director may refuse to issue any license provided for in this chapter to any person: (a) Who has had any license revoked, or whose license is under suspension, or has failed to renew his...
(a) Any licensee or officer, director, partner, or manager of a licensee may divulge to any law enforcement officer or district attorney, or his or her representative, any information he...
(a) Any person referred to in subdivision (i) of Section 7582.26 who uses or wears a baton or exposed firearm as authorized pursuant to this chapter shall wear a patch on each arm...
(a) Any badge or cap insignia worn by a person who is a licensee, officer, director, partner, manager, or employee of a licensee shall be of a design approved by the director, and shall bear...
For purposes of this article, licensee means a licensed private patrol operator....
(a) An applicant, or his or her manager, for a license as a private patrol operator shall have had at least one year of experience as a patrolperson, guard or watchman, or the...
No person licensed as a private patrol operator shall do any of the following: (a) Fail to properly maintain an accurate and current record of all firearms or other deadly weapons that are in...
No person required to be registered as a security guard pursuant to this chapter shall do any of the following: (a) Fail to carry on his or her person, while on duty, a valid and current...
Any person registered as a security guard or patrolperson shall deliver to the director a written report describing fully the circumstances surrounding any incident involving the discharge...
(a) Every licensee and any person employed and compensated by a licensee, other lawful business or public agency as a security guard or patrolperson, and who in the course of that...
(a) A person entering the employ of a licensee to perform the functions of a security guard or a security patrolperson shall complete a course in the exercise of the power to arrest prior...
(a) A person entering the employ of a licensee to perform the functions of a security guard or a security patrolperson shall complete a course in the exercise of the power to arrest prior...
(a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee or by any organization or school approved by the department....
(a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee or by any organization or school approved by the department....
No employee of a licensee who performs the function of a security guard or security patrolperson shall be issued a registration card until there is proper certification by the instructor that...
(a) Upon accepting employment by a private patrol operator, any employee who performs the function of a security guard or security patrolperson who is not currently registered with...
The application shall be verified and shall include all of the following: (a) The full name, residence address, telephone number, and date of birth of the employee. (b) The name,...
(a) No employee of a licensee shall carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession both of the following: (1) A valid guard registration card issued pursuant...
(a) The bureau, upon receipt of a criminal offense record or record of a subsequent arrest from the Department of Justice, shall make an immediate determination of fitness of (1)...
(a) If the chief determines that an applicant's criminal history contains open arrest information, the chief shall issue a notice to the applicant allowing 45 days for the applicant...
If the director determines that continued employment of an applicant, firearms qualification cardholder, or registrant, in his or her current capacity, may present an undue hazard to...
(a) The director may refuse to register any employee, or may suspend or revoke a previously issued registration, if the individual has committed any action which, if committed by a licensee,...
(a) Upon approval of an application for registration, the chief shall cause to be issued to the applicant at his or her last known residential address a registration card in a form approved...
A qualified manager who complies with Section 7582.22 is not required to register under this article....
A licensee shall at all times be responsible for ascertaining that those of his or her employees who are subject to registration are currently registered or have made proper...
(a) A registration issued under this chapter expires two years following the date of issuance or on the assigned renewal date. Every security guard issued a registration under this...
The registration of a security guard shall be automatically suspended if the guard is convicted of any crime which is substantially related to the functions, duties, and responsibilities of...
(a) A licensee, qualified manager of a licensee, or security guard who, in the course of his or her employment, may be required to carry a firearm shall, prior to carrying a firearm, do both...
The bureau shall issue a firearms permit when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The applicant is a licensee, a qualified manager of a licensee, or a registered...
(a) The bureau shall not issue a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to Section 12021 or 12021.1 of the Penal Code...
(a) The bureau shall not renew a firearm permit if the applicant is prohibited from possessing, receiving, purchasing, or owning a firearm pursuant to Section 12021 or 12021.1 of the Penal Code...
(a) The Department of Justice may charge the bureau a fee sufficient to reimburse the department's costs for furnishing firearm eligibility information upon submission of the...
A firearm permit shall be automatically revoked if at any time the Department of Justice notifies the bureau that the holder of the firearm permit is prohibited from possessing,...
If an applicant fails to complete his or her application within one year after it has been filed, the application shall be considered to be abandoned. An application submitted subsequent...
If a firearms permit is denied, the denial of the permit shall be in writing and shall describe the basis for the denial. The denial shall inform the applicant that if he or she desires...
The firearms qualification card, if issued, shall be mailed to the applicant at the address which appears on the application. In the event of the loss or destruction of the card, the...
A firearms qualification card does not authorize the holder thereof to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in a concealed manner...
(a) A firearms qualification card expires two years from the date of issuance, if not renewed. A person who wishes to renew a firearms qualification card shall file an application for...
(a) Any licensee, qualified manager, or a registered uniformed security guard who wishes to carry a baton in the performance of his or her duties, shall qualify to carry the weapon pursuant...
A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry a baton prior to ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the use of the weapon. Evidence of proficiency shall include a certificate...
Every licensee, qualified manager, or a registered uniformed security guard, who in the course of his or her employment carries tear gas or any other nonlethal chemical agent, shall complete...
A licensee shall not permit any employee to carry tear gas or any other nonlethal chemical agent prior to ascertaining that the employee is proficient in the use of tear gas or...
The director may assess fines as enumerated in Article 7 (commencing with Section 7587). Assessment of administrative fines shall be independent of any other action by the bureau or...
A city, county, or city and county may regulate the uniforms and insignias worn by uniformed employees of a private patrol operator and vehicles used by a private patrol operator to make...
No private patrol operator who employs a security guard who carries a firearm as part of his or her duties shall engage in any of the practices for which he or she is required to be...
Insurance policy, as used in this article, means a contract of liability insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to transact business in this state which provides minimum limits...
Proof that a licensee maintains an insurance policy as required by this article shall be provided by the licensee to the bureau upon demand....
The failure of a private patrol operator to maintain an insurance policy as required by this article shall constitute grounds for the suspension of the private patrol operator's license....
(a) After July 1, 2000, every security guard working on the property of a public K-12 school district or community college district pursuant to a contract with a private licensed...
(a) (1) It shall be a violation of Section 1102.5 of the Labor Code for a private patrol operator to discharge, demote, threaten, or in any manner discriminate against an employee in the terms...
The course of training in the carrying and usage of firearms, the satisfactory completion of which shall be required of applicants who wish to obtain a firearms qualification card, shall be...
For purposes of this article, firearms course means the firearms training course as outlined in Section 7585....
The firearms requalification course shall consist of the successful completion of a firearms requalification course approved by the bureau....
(a) Any institution, firm, or individual wishing the approval of the bureau to offer the firearms course shall complete an application for certification as a firearms training facility....
Upon approval by the bureau of a firearms training facility, the chief shall issue to the facility a Firearms Training Facility Certificate. The certificate is valid only when...
(a) Any individual who desires certification by the bureau to instruct a firearms course shall complete an application for a firearms training instructor certificate. An application shall...
(a) All firearms course material provided to the certificate holder in the Firearms Training Manual issued by the bureau shall be covered in each class session. Any course textbook or...
(a) Each firearms training facility shall be required to retain for two years the following information regarding each student: (1) The student's name. (2) The date of course completion. ...
(a) Each firearm training facility shall, prior to allowing any person to participate in the course of training in the carrying and usage of firearms, verify and certify on...
(a) The course of training in the carrying and usage of the baton, the satisfactory completion of which shall be required of applicants who wish to obtain a baton permit, shall be in...
For purposes of this article a baton course means the baton training course as outlined in Section 7585.9....
(a) Any institution, firm, or individual wishing approval of the bureau to offer the baton course shall complete an application for certification as a baton training facility....
Any individual who desires certification by the bureau to instruct the baton course shall complete an application for a baton training instructor certificate. An application shall be made...
All baton course material provided to the certificate holder in the Baton Training Manual issued by the bureau shall be covered in each class session. In no event shall the...
(a) A baton training facility shall issue a bureau-developed baton permit to any person who successfully completes a baton training course as described in Section 7585.9 and possesses a...
(a) Each baton training facility shall be required to retain for two years the following information regarding each student: (1) The student's name. (2) The date of course completion. ...
In the event of the loss, theft, or destruction of a baton permit, a permitholder may request the bureau to issue a replacement permit. The request shall be in writing, shall...
Each firearms training facility or baton training facility shall notify the bureau within five working days whenever any training instructor certified by the bureau is employed or ceases...
Each firearms training facility, firearms training instructor, baton training facility, or baton training instructor shall report to the bureau the name of any person who, while taking the...
(a) The chief may refuse to issue or may cancel a previously issued firearms training facility certificate, firearms training instructor certificate, baton training facility certificate, or...
(a) A firearms training facility certificate, a firearms training instructor certificate, a baton training facility certificate, or a baton training instructor certificate which expires on...
A private patrol operator license, branch office certificate, and pocket card issued under this chapter expires two years following the date of issuance or on the assigned renewal...
(a) To renew an unexpired license or certificate, the licensee shall, on or before the date on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the director, and pay...
Except as otherwise provided in this article, an expired license or branch office certificate may be renewed at any time within three years after its expiration on filing of...
A suspended license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this article, but renewal of the license does not entitle the licensee,...
A revoked license or branch office certificate is subject to expiration as provided in this article, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the licensee,...
A license or branch office certificate which is not renewed within three years after its expiration may not be renewed, restored, reinstated, or reissued thereafter. The holder of the...
Except as otherwise required to comply with the provisions of Section 7581.3 or Article 6 (commencing with Section 7586), the proceedings under this article shall be conducted in...
Notwithstanding Section 477, a firearm qualification card and a baton permit shall be considered a license subject to the terms of this section. Notwithstanding the assessment or payment...
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may assess a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation against any licensee for a failure to comply with subdivision...
Any person who knowingly makes a false statement in his or her application for a license or registration as a security guard is guilty of a misdemeanor....
The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person...
The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter if he or she determines that the licensee or his or her manager, if an individual, or if the licensee is a person...
The record of conviction, or a certified copy thereof, shall be conclusive evidence of the conviction as that term is used in this article, Section 7582.24, or Section 480. A plea or verdict...
The director, in lieu of suspending or revoking a license issued under this chapter for violations of Sections 7587.1, 7587.3, and 7587.4, may impose a civil penalty not to exceed...
If, upon investigation, the director determines a licensee, including a corporation, or registrant is in violation of Section 7583.2, 7583.3, 7583.37, 7585.19, 7587.2, or 7587.14, the...
The director may assess fines for the following acts pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 7583) only as follows:...
The director may assess fines for the following acts pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 7583) only as follows:...
The director may assess fines for the following acts pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 7583) only as follows:...
The director may assess fines for the following acts only as follows: (a) Violations of paragraph (1), (2), (11), or (12) of subdivision (a) of Section 7585.19; one hundred dollars ($100)...
Any person who knowingly falsifies the fingerprints or photographs submitted pursuant to any provision of this chapter is guilty of a felony. Any person who violates any of the...
The director may assess administrative fines against any licensee, registrant, or firearms qualification cardholder for failure to notify the bureau within 30 days of any change of residence...
The fees prescribed by this chapter are as follows: (a) The application and examination fee for an original license for a private patrol operator may not exceed five hundred dollars ($500). ...
The fee for processing fingerprints for all registrations and licenses is that amount charged the bureau by the Department of Justice....
The Department of Consumer Affairs shall receive and account for all money derived from the operation of this chapter and, at the end of each month, shall report such money to the...
(a) A peace officer of this state or a political subdivision thereof who engages in off-duty employment solely and exclusively as a security guard or security officer, and who is required to...
All money derived from the licensing and regulation of persons licensed under this chapter shall be expended exclusively on the licensing and regulation of these persons. If, at the end...
Application or license fees shall not be refunded except in accordance with Section 158....
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of Consumer Affairs is authorized to temporarily reduce fees required by either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (h) of Section...