Private security services: security guards: training.

Senator Richardson's legislation modifies California's security guard training requirements by centralizing certification and establishing new completion deadlines. The bill requires all security guard training in arrest powers and use of force to be administered by a single approved provider and completed within six months before application submission to the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services.

The measure establishes a 32-hour training requirement in security officer skills for new registrants, with 16 hours mandated within the first 30 days of registration. Registrants must also complete eight hours of annual skills review. The bill outlines three categories of authorized training providers: licensed security companies, certified training facilities, and bureau-approved organizations or schools. Both security guards and their employers must maintain detailed training records, with guards keeping certificates until registration expiration and employers documenting completion throughout employment.

The application process now requires verification of training completion timing, detailed course provider information, and instructor identification. Peace officers with Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training certification and federal law enforcement officers remain exempt from these requirements. The bureau must develop standardized curricula for the required training programs in consultation with the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.