BILL NUMBER: SB 666 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 721
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 14, 2007
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 14, 2007
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2007
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 11, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 28, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 1, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 9, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Senator Maldonado
FEBRUARY 23, 2007
An act to add Sections 7574.5 and 7574.7 to the Business and
Professions Code, relating to security services.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 666, Maldonado. Proprietary security services.
Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, requires a
person who meets the definition of a proprietary private security
officer to register with the Department of Consumer Affairs.
This bill would require a proprietary private security officer to
complete training in security officer skills within a specified
period of time. The bill would require the department to develop and
approve a standard course and curriculum for the skills training, to
be administered by an employer, an organization, or a school approved
by the department. For that purpose, the bill would require the
department to convene an advisory committee composed of specified
parties in order to develop a curriculum that features certain
skills, courses, and hours of instruction. The bill would exempt
peace officers meeting certain criteria from this requirement. The
bill would make these provisions applicable on and after July 1,
2009, to any person hired as a proprietary private security officer
on and after January 1, 2009, and for a person hired before January
1, 2009, these provisions would become applicable on and after
January 1, 2010. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2009,
require proprietary private security officer employers to provide
annual review or practice training and to maintain records thereof,
as specified.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 7574.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
7574.5. (a) Except for a person who has completed the course of
training required by Section 7583.45, a person registered pursuant to
this chapter shall complete training in security officer skills
within six months from the date upon which evidence of registration
is issued, or within six months of his or her employment with a
proprietary private security officer employer.
(b) A course provider shall issue a certificate to a proprietary
private security officer upon satisfactory completion of a required
course, conducted in accordance with the department's requirements.
An employer of a proprietary private security officer may provide
training programs and courses in addition to the training required in
this section.
(c) The department shall develop and approve by regulation a
standard course and curriculum for the skills training required by
subdivision (a) to promote and protect the safety of persons and the
security of property. For this purpose, the department shall, before
June 30, 2008, convene an advisory committee consisting of security
directors at proprietary facilities, including, but not limited to,
sports or entertainment complex owners, retailers, and restaurants,
labor organizations representing security officers, law enforcement
representatives, representatives of the Commission on Peace Officer
Standards and Training, subject matter experts, and other interested
parties in order to develop a curriculum for the training of
proprietary security officers that features skills, courses, and a
minimum number of hours of instruction appropriate to a proprietary
private security officer's worksite or industry. The advisory
committee shall not include any representation from private patrol
operators, or any trade association representing private patrol
operators or security guards or officers.
(d) The course of training required by subdivision (a) may be
administered, tested, and certified by any proprietary private
security officer employer, organization, or school approved by the
department. The department may approve any proprietary private
security officer employer, organization, or school to teach the
course.
(e) (1) On and after January 1, 2009, a proprietary private
security officer employer shall annually provide each employee
registered pursuant to this chapter with specifically dedicated
review or practice of security officer skills prescribed in the
course required in this section. The minimum number of hours shall be
established by regulation pursuant to the recommendations of the
advisory committee.
(2) A proprietary private security officer employer shall
maintain at the principal place of business or branch office a record
verifying completion of the review or practice training for a period
of not less than two years. The records shall be available for
inspection by the department upon request.
(f) This section does not apply to a peace officer as defined in
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the
Penal Code who has successfully completed a course of study in the
exercise of the power to arrest approved by the Commission on Peace
Officer Standards and Training. This section does not apply to
armored vehicle guards.
SEC. 2. Section 7574.7 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
7574.7. 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.