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16 CA ADC § 646 App.Barclays Official California Code of RegulationsEffective: November 30, 2023

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 16. Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 7. Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (Refs & Annos)
Article 9. Skills Training Course for Security Guards
Effective: November 30, 2023
16 CCR § 646 App.
Appendix
Currentness
I. Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Course Outline
Individuals required to take the Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Training shall take and pass an examination as provided in the Manual with a score of 100% in order to have successfully completed said training.
The Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Course consists of four (4) hours of training covering the following two (2) subjects:
A. Power to Arrest -- 2 Hour Minimum
Objective: To familiarize and instruct the individual on the training topics delineated at Business and Professions Code section 7598.2, including legal aspects, techniques, liability, and company requirements relating to the arrest of an individual.
1. Overview of Power to Arrest and Appropriate Use of Force Training Manual and subject matter.
2. Responsibilities and ethics in citizen arrest, and types of encounters.
3. Relationship between alarm agents and peace officers in making an arrest.
4. Limitations on security personnel power to arrest, and security personnel's role including:
a. Contractual obligations
b. Company policies
5. Restrictions on searches and seizures.
6. Criminal and civil liabilities, including both of the following:
a. Personal liability
b. Employer liability
7. Trespass law
B. Appropriate Use of Force -- 2 Hour Minimum
Objective: To introduce, instruct, and familiarize the individual on the appropriate use of force subject matter delineated in section 7598.2 of the Business and Professions Code. The Appropriate Use of Force topics shall be conducted through traditional classroom instruction as defined in Section 7598.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
1. Legal standards for use of force
a. Statutes
b. Licensee and client contractual obligations
c. Civil and criminal liability
2. Use of objectively reasonable force -- (In person)
a. Objectively reasonable standard
b. Restraint techniques and their implications
c. Force options
d. Real-life scenarios including potential consequences
3. Duty to intercede
4. Supervisory responsibilities
a. Incident reporting requirements pursuant to 7599.42 of the Business and Professions Code.
5. Use of force review and analysis
a. Real-life scenarios
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 as defined in Section 631
a. Define and explain:
1. Implicit bias
2. Explicit bias
3. Cultural Competency
b. Strategies for effective communication within a diverse community
c. Real-life scenarios
8. Skills, including de-escalation techniques, to effectively, safely, and respectfully interact with people with disabilities or behavioral health issues
a. Strategies for identifying and effectively communicating and de-escalating a situation with an individual with a disability or behavioral health issue
b. Real-life scenarios
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
a. Factors that can affect an individual's response when threatened with danger
b. Factors to consider before using force
c. Real-life scenarios
10. Mental health and policing, including bias and stigma
a. Categories of mental illness as defined in Section 631
b. Biases and stigmas surrounding mental illness
c. Real-life scenarios
11. Active shooter situations
a. Recognizing an active shooter situation
b. Roles and responsibilities of an alarm agent
c. Real-life scenarios

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History
1. New appendix filed 11-30-2023; operative 11-30-2023 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2023, No. 48).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 16, § 646 App., 16 CA ADC § 646 App.
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