PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Does SB 1626 provide funding for districts to train the personnel? - ✔✔NO
✔✔What funds are available to school districts to pay for SB 1626 training, since the bill
does not provide funds to pay for? - ✔✔AB 1113 SCHOOL SAFETY BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS
and
TITLE 4 SAFE and DRUG FREE SCHOOLS and COMMUNITIES ACT FUNDS
✔✔Is compliance with SB 1626 requirements a mandated cost that can be recovered by
districts via petitioning the Commission on State Mandates for payment? - ✔✔The
matter would have to be decided by the Commission in such matters are considered on
a case by case basis
✔✔Our school district security personnel who provide school security required by SB
1626 to meet the same training requirements as guards provide school security and are
employed by PPOs? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Does SB 1626 identify a state agency responsible to assure compliance? - ✔✔NO
✔✔Does SB 1626 provide sanctions for noncompliance? - ✔✔NO. Failure to comply me
subject the district to increased liability should a student be harmed
✔✔Is there an approved training course outline that must be used in order for the
training to meet SB 1626 requirements? If so, how can it be accessed? - ✔✔YES.
www.bsis.ca.gov/industries/syllabus.shtml.
,✔✔Are school districts required to use the SB 1626 training curriculum to provide the
training course? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Does SB 1626 require special training facilities be used to conduct the training -
✔✔NO
✔✔Who are state level contact persons for those requiring additional information on the
SB 1626 requirements? - ✔✔The Department of Education
Stephanie Pappas (916)445-8441
and
BSIS contact
Noreene DeKoning
(916)575-7054
✔✔Are SB 1626 training requirements for school security officers in addition to
fingerprint and background check requirements that all school employees must satisfy
prior to employment by school districts? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Is there an approved state certified training vendor that school districts may hire to
provide required SB 1626 training? - ✔✔NO. LEA's have total responsibility and
authority to determine who teaches the course
✔✔Does SB 1626 apply to County Offices of Education? - ✔✔County Offices of
Education who employ security officers working more than 20 hours per week on their
campuses as defined in Education Code Section 38001.5(c) must meet the training
requirements for security officers stated in SB 1626 7583.6(a & b) & 7583.45)
✔✔What must appear in or on any advertisement by a BSIS license - ✔✔Business
NAME, ADDRESS, or TELEPHONE NUMBER
and
LICENSE NUMBER
✔✔Which of these should be found in a guard's personnel file? - ✔✔W-4 YES
FORM I-9 NO (NEVER)
✔✔When should a PPO verify that a person's guard card is current? - ✔✔At time of
application
,At time of hiring
Before assigning to guard job
While anytime using as a guard
✔✔If a guard's registration (guard card) is suspended or revoked, does BSIS notify the
PPO? - ✔✔NO
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔Who is responsible to make sure that the guard registration of a PPO's working
guard is current? - ✔✔The PPO is ultimately responsible
Both the guard and the PPO should monitor the card's status
The PPO is required to only use currently registered guards
✔✔What should a PPO do if he/she suspects that a security officer's guard card is
fake? - ✔✔Contact BSIS
✔✔If you are a PPO, and one of the guards you employ has tried to STEAL away a
client from you, what is important to know? - ✔✔1. No PPO license
Guard committing misdemeanor crime
Offering services in California without a license
2. A "guard card" is NOT a "license" it is a REGISTRATION CARD
a guard cannot sell or directly provide security services to a client
3. The guard works for the person who is allowed to sell/provide security services (a
PPO)
4. A client can be fined THOUSANDS of dollars for using an unlicensed guard service
✔✔Can a California PI, PPO, or security guard wear a bulletproof vest? - ✔✔YES
✔✔I keep all the paperwork for my employee in his own personnel file. So why am I told
to NEVER put his I-9 form in there? - ✔✔Because the FED's say so. They say to not put
, his I-9 form in his personnel file because: some persons who might have access to his
personnel file do NOT have the right to know his confidential immigration status.
✔✔What is an FBN? - ✔✔FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Required by banks if you want to open a checking account in a business name.
✔✔If a security officer shoots his/her firearm while on-duty, what THREE notifications
MUST the guard make? - ✔✔Within 24 HOURS: Notify the PPO
Within 7 HOURS: Notify BSIS
Within 7 HOURS: Notify the POLICE
✔✔If a person is NOT a REGISTERED process server in California, what is the
maximum amount of services he/she can make in a calendar year? - ✔✔10 services of
process within this state during ONE calendar year
✔✔A security guard registration card shall have the following - ✔✔1. Name & address
of license Issuing Bureau
2. Bureau telephone number
3. Type of license
4. Name and address of licensee
5. License and registration number
6. License expiration date
7. To carry a firearm, licensee must possess a permit for an exposed firearm
8. Signature of licensee
✔✔7582.1(e) B&P - ✔✔Security guard protection and property
✔✔7583.9(a) B&P - ✔✔Valid guard card registration
✔✔7583.3(b) B&P - ✔✔Baton permit
✔✔7583.3(a) B&P - ✔✔Exposed firearm permit
✔✔7583.17(b) B&P - ✔✔Security guard verification printout
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Does SB 1626 provide funding for districts to train the personnel? - ✔✔NO
✔✔What funds are available to school districts to pay for SB 1626 training, since the bill
does not provide funds to pay for? - ✔✔AB 1113 SCHOOL SAFETY BLOCK GRANT
FUNDS
and
TITLE 4 SAFE and DRUG FREE SCHOOLS and COMMUNITIES ACT FUNDS
✔✔Is compliance with SB 1626 requirements a mandated cost that can be recovered by
districts via petitioning the Commission on State Mandates for payment? - ✔✔The
matter would have to be decided by the Commission in such matters are considered on
a case by case basis
✔✔Our school district security personnel who provide school security required by SB
1626 to meet the same training requirements as guards provide school security and are
employed by PPOs? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Does SB 1626 identify a state agency responsible to assure compliance? - ✔✔NO
✔✔Does SB 1626 provide sanctions for noncompliance? - ✔✔NO. Failure to comply me
subject the district to increased liability should a student be harmed
✔✔Is there an approved training course outline that must be used in order for the
training to meet SB 1626 requirements? If so, how can it be accessed? - ✔✔YES.
www.bsis.ca.gov/industries/syllabus.shtml.
,✔✔Are school districts required to use the SB 1626 training curriculum to provide the
training course? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Does SB 1626 require special training facilities be used to conduct the training -
✔✔NO
✔✔Who are state level contact persons for those requiring additional information on the
SB 1626 requirements? - ✔✔The Department of Education
Stephanie Pappas (916)445-8441
and
BSIS contact
Noreene DeKoning
(916)575-7054
✔✔Are SB 1626 training requirements for school security officers in addition to
fingerprint and background check requirements that all school employees must satisfy
prior to employment by school districts? - ✔✔YES
✔✔Is there an approved state certified training vendor that school districts may hire to
provide required SB 1626 training? - ✔✔NO. LEA's have total responsibility and
authority to determine who teaches the course
✔✔Does SB 1626 apply to County Offices of Education? - ✔✔County Offices of
Education who employ security officers working more than 20 hours per week on their
campuses as defined in Education Code Section 38001.5(c) must meet the training
requirements for security officers stated in SB 1626 7583.6(a & b) & 7583.45)
✔✔What must appear in or on any advertisement by a BSIS license - ✔✔Business
NAME, ADDRESS, or TELEPHONE NUMBER
and
LICENSE NUMBER
✔✔Which of these should be found in a guard's personnel file? - ✔✔W-4 YES
FORM I-9 NO (NEVER)
✔✔When should a PPO verify that a person's guard card is current? - ✔✔At time of
application
,At time of hiring
Before assigning to guard job
While anytime using as a guard
✔✔If a guard's registration (guard card) is suspended or revoked, does BSIS notify the
PPO? - ✔✔NO
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔ - ✔✔
✔✔Who is responsible to make sure that the guard registration of a PPO's working
guard is current? - ✔✔The PPO is ultimately responsible
Both the guard and the PPO should monitor the card's status
The PPO is required to only use currently registered guards
✔✔What should a PPO do if he/she suspects that a security officer's guard card is
fake? - ✔✔Contact BSIS
✔✔If you are a PPO, and one of the guards you employ has tried to STEAL away a
client from you, what is important to know? - ✔✔1. No PPO license
Guard committing misdemeanor crime
Offering services in California without a license
2. A "guard card" is NOT a "license" it is a REGISTRATION CARD
a guard cannot sell or directly provide security services to a client
3. The guard works for the person who is allowed to sell/provide security services (a
PPO)
4. A client can be fined THOUSANDS of dollars for using an unlicensed guard service
✔✔Can a California PI, PPO, or security guard wear a bulletproof vest? - ✔✔YES
✔✔I keep all the paperwork for my employee in his own personnel file. So why am I told
to NEVER put his I-9 form in there? - ✔✔Because the FED's say so. They say to not put
, his I-9 form in his personnel file because: some persons who might have access to his
personnel file do NOT have the right to know his confidential immigration status.
✔✔What is an FBN? - ✔✔FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Required by banks if you want to open a checking account in a business name.
✔✔If a security officer shoots his/her firearm while on-duty, what THREE notifications
MUST the guard make? - ✔✔Within 24 HOURS: Notify the PPO
Within 7 HOURS: Notify BSIS
Within 7 HOURS: Notify the POLICE
✔✔If a person is NOT a REGISTERED process server in California, what is the
maximum amount of services he/she can make in a calendar year? - ✔✔10 services of
process within this state during ONE calendar year
✔✔A security guard registration card shall have the following - ✔✔1. Name & address
of license Issuing Bureau
2. Bureau telephone number
3. Type of license
4. Name and address of licensee
5. License and registration number
6. License expiration date
7. To carry a firearm, licensee must possess a permit for an exposed firearm
8. Signature of licensee
✔✔7582.1(e) B&P - ✔✔Security guard protection and property
✔✔7583.9(a) B&P - ✔✔Valid guard card registration
✔✔7583.3(b) B&P - ✔✔Baton permit
✔✔7583.3(a) B&P - ✔✔Exposed firearm permit
✔✔7583.17(b) B&P - ✔✔Security guard verification printout
