PRIVATE PATROL OPERATOR STUDY MATERIAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
What is the fine for operating a security guard business without a PPO
license - correct answer Guilty of a MISDEMEANOR
$10,000 fine
Imprisonment in county jail, not more than ONE YEAR
If a PPO makes an illegal arrest can it be a crime and some criminal
liability (GET ARRESTED)? - correct answer YES
Can it be a tort and there be some civil liability (GET SUED)? - correct
answer YES
What is an INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE of an employee? - correct answer
Company's decision to:
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1. TERMINATE an employee
2. FIRING/LAYING OFF an employee
3. FIRE employee
What is the VOLUNTARY DISCHARGE of an employee? - correct answer 1.
Employee decides to LEAVE or QUIT job
2. Employee QUITS job
If a community college is looking to hire a PPO to provide school
security services, what special training is required? - correct answer Any
private security who works more than 20 hours per week performing
school security must first complete a special 24 hours training course.
The course was developed by BSIS in consultation with POST known as
SB 1626 TRAINING; BPC 7583.6
Who must be trained? - correct answer School SECURITY GAURD employed
by school district more than 20 HOURS PER WEEK.
What is ENTRAPMENT? - correct answer Entrapment is a law-enforcement
agent INDUCING a person to COMMIT AN OFFENSE that the person
would otherwise have been UNLIKELY to commit.
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What training is required by SB1626 and when was it be completed by?
- correct answer The develop curriculum consist of a 24 hour training
course.
How can I obtain a copy of the approved training curriculum? - correct
answer The curriculum can be obtained via the Internet at
www.bsis.ca.go/industries/syllabus.shtml
Who is authorized to teach the required course? - correct answer SB 1626
does not establish criteria for instructors of course
Can school districts teach the course? - correct answer YES Any person
designated by the local education agency may teach the course
What regulatory authority does the California Department of Consumer
Affairs BSIS and the California Department of Education have with
respect to SB 1626? - correct answer Both agencies have the security guard
or officer who works more than 20 hours per week performing the
function of school security
What administrative records if any must be kept by school districts in
order to comply with SB 1626? - correct answer SB 1626 does not mandate
what records must be kept. We recommend that local education
agency's keep a record in which employees complete the course, the
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course date, the name of the instructor, and that a record of course
completion be given to the attendees.
Are school districts required to issue certificates to district security
personnel who take and complete the training? - correct answer NO
Does SB 1626 provide funding for districts to train the personnel? -
correct answer NO
What funds are available to school districts to pay for SB 1626 training,
since the bill does not provide funds to pay for? - correct answer 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? - correct answer The matter would have to be
decided by the Commission in such matters are considered on a case by
case basis