A Statutory Analysis of State Regulation of Security Guard Training Requirements$d

Security guards outnumber police by almost three to one, and they perform many of the same functions as police officers and many even carry a firearm, but to what extent do states regulate the private security industry? Prior research has examined state statutes regulating security guard hiring requ...

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Main Author: Klein, Michael S. (Author)
Contributors: Hemmens, Craig 1960- (Author) ; Ruiz, Leah
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Criminal justice policy review
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 339-356
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Security guard
Security officer
Private security
Statute
Training
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Summary:Security guards outnumber police by almost three to one, and they perform many of the same functions as police officers and many even carry a firearm, but to what extent do states regulate the private security industry? Prior research has examined state statutes regulating security guard hiring requirements; this article builds on this research by examining state statutes regulating security guard training requirements. This article compares the change in state regulation of security guard training since 1999. We are interested in determining what threshold requirements the states have seen fit to establish for training in the security industry and whether these threshold requirements provide adequate protection for the public.
ISSN:1552-3586
DOI:10.1177/0887403416669566