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Security guard training questioned

Industry experts are calling for extended security guard training with a stronger focus on de-escalation. That as two violent ...
Security

Security Guards' Training Boosted in Anti-Terror Effort

SACRAMENTO (AP) - More than 80 percent of California's buildings, power facilities and other vital structures are in private hands, watched over most closely by security guards on the lookout mainly ...
Phys.org

Low wages, poor training put security guards—and the public—at risk, study finds

Tens of thousands of private security guards in California play a critical role in public safety, but poverty-level wages and poor training put both the guards and the public at risk, according to a ...
WKRN

New law mandating more training for security guards could have unintended consequences

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – New legislation called Dallas’ Law, enacted in January 2023 mandating more training for security officers, may have unintended consequences. According to the CEO of a ...
KQED

They Carry Weapons. So Why Don't Security Guards Have to Get Use-of-Force Training?

In 2004, when California first started regulating security-guard licenses more extensively, the nation was at war and the memory of 9/11 was fresh. It made sense, then, that state leaders decided to ...