Please note that in San Diego we only offer a Full 40-hour Guard Card Package. The package includes the 8-hour classroom based Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force course with both Part A and Part B together in the classroom. It also includes an online course package with the 32-Hours of BSIS required CE training courses. Together these complete the full 40-Hour CA State BSIS first year security guard training requirement.

The 8-Hour classroom based Power to Arrest and AUOF course is provided in San Diego by Six Maritime, Inc. under their training license, TFF-1581, and the 32-Hours of online CE courses are provided by TwoProtect Training Instite under license TFF-1266.

To apply for a guard card, students will still need to pay the CA state guard card registration fee of $60, and the Live Scan Fingerprint Fees of about $85.

40-Hours Including 8-Hour Classroom-based PTA Course
(PK-101SD) - $185.00

The certificate for the 8-hour Power to Arrest and AUOF course is used to apply for a CA state guard card. The certificates for the 32 hours CE part of this course package are never turned into the BSIS. Once you complete the 32-hours of online courses, the BSIS requires you to turn them into your employer to keep on file. The BSIS requires all security employers in CA to keep the certificates for all continuing education (CE) courses on file for all employees, at all times.

Meets CA State BSIS Continuing Education (CE) Requirement: This package contains the 32-hours of security guard training that is mandated by the CA State BSIS for all first year security guards. This package also includes the 8-hours of security guard annual training that is mandated by the CA State BSIS for all security guards and PSOs after their first year.

Please see the CA State BSIS Security Guard Training Requirements document on the BSIS website for details on exact training requirements.

Power to Arrest - PART A & Appropriate Use of Force - PART B

This two part 8-hour course is required to be completed before applying for a guard card.

Part A and Part B

The two part training course is approximately eight hours in length. Part A, the Power to Arrest (PTA) covers the first 3 hours. Part B, the Appropriate Use of Force (AUOF) is 5-hours. Both parts of the PTA course are taken in-person at the training location in .

After purchasing the 40-hour package, students then sign up and take the 8-hour in-person 2-Part Power to Arrest and AUOF training at the location on any availble date.

Part A (3-hours), the BSIS PTA section, covers the following topics:

1. Responsibilities and ethics in citizen arrest.
2. Relationship between a security guard and a peace officer in making an arrest.
3. Limitations on security guard power to arrest.
4. Restrictions on searches and seizures.
5. Criminal and civil liabilities, including both of the following:
   a) Personal liability.
   b) Employer liability.
6. Trespass law.
7. Ethics and communications.
8. Emergency situation response, including response to medical emergencies.
9. Security officer safety.

Part B (5-hours), the BSIS AUOF section, covers the following topics:

1. Legal standards for use of force.

2. Duty to intercede.
3. The use of objectively reasonable force.
4. Supervisory responsibilities.
5. Use of force review and analysis.
6. De-escalation and interpersonal communication training, including tactical methods that use time, distance, cover, and concealment, to avoid escalating situations that lead to violence.
7. Implicit and explicit bias and cultural competency.
8. Skills, including de-escalation techniques, to effectively, safely, and respectfully interact with people with disabilities or behavioral health issues.
9. Use of force scenario training, including simulations of low-frequency, high-risk situations and calls for service, shoot-or-don't-shoot situations, and real-time force option decision making.
10. Mental health and policing, including bias and stigma.
11. Active shooter situations.

The two parts above, Part A and Part B, are followed by a final exam at the end of the 8-hour in-person class.

California Code of Regulations 643: Skills Training Course for Security Guards and PSOs lists the required license training, including some required in-person training, before applying for a guard card or PSO license.

The online courses are available 24x7, allowing students to work at your their pace, logging in and out as often as needed.
This online training system works on all types of computers, tablets, and smart phones.

32-Hour Package Contents

The 32-hour course package includes the following 32 hours of BSIS Certified security guard training courses:

CA State BSIS Security Guard Training Requirements

The following CA State security guard training requirements are taken from the the CA State BSIS Security Guard Training Requirements.

• The Power to Arrest - Part A and Appropriate use of Force - Part B training must be completed prior to the issuance of a Security Guard License (guard card) or PSO license (BPC Sections 7583.6 and 7583.8).

• The thirty-two (32) hours of training in the Department of Consumer Affairs' Skills Training Course for Security Guards and Proprietary Private Security Officers must be completed within the first six (6) months of licensure.

• * Eight (8) hours of continuing training must be completed annually (BPC 7583.6 and CCR 643).

• The training may be administered by the guard's employing private patrol operator or by a Bureau-certified course provider, such as an instructor with a TFF license. The training may be administered by the PPSO’s employing PSE or a Bureau-certified course provider, such as an instructor with a TFF license.

* Included in this package