PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
You are investigating losses at a store. Growing evidence points toward
the store manager being the main suspect.
A: where should you store the evidence?
B: Where should you not store the evidence? - ANSWERS-A: keep
evidence in a location under your exclusive control, maintaining a
document it chain of evidence.
B: Do not keep the evidence at the store.
When can a security officer frisk a person? - ANSWERS-After arresting
the person, and only for weapons.
Can a PPO work as a guard for another PPOs card company? -
ANSWERS-No, unless the PPO looking for work has a current guard
card and is hired as a W-2 guard employee
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, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
When should a guard renew his guard card? - ANSWERS-60 to 90 days
before the expiration
What is very likely to be found in an employee's personnel file? -
ANSWERS-Employees W-4 form
How many hours is a baton course? - ANSWERS-8 hours
What should a PPO do if he suspects that the security officers guard card
is a fake? - ANSWERS-Contact BSIS
What is the rule on bullet capacity for semi automatic pistols in
California? - ANSWERS-Since some law changes in 1999, capacity of
pistol magazines has been limited to no more than 10 bullets for regular
citizens including guards, PPOs and PI's. But OK for them to use higher
capacity magazines it owned before 1999
If a business wants to employ their own security officer instead of hiring
a PPO to supply guard, that business must register as a PSE proprietary
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, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
private security employer. What is the cost of this registration? -
ANSWERS-$75
Who is in charge of the PPOs primary office? - ANSWERS-The
qualified manager
Who is in charge of appeals branch office? - ANSWERS-A manager,
usually not the qualified manager
I think our shoots a gun while on duty, regardless notify the PPO within
blank and notify BSIS within blank - ANSWERS-24 hours, 7 days
What is never to be found in an employee's personnel file? -
ANSWERS-Employees I-9 form
What document with the bank require you to give them if you want a
checking account in the name of your PPO company? - ANSWERS-An
FBN, Fictitious Business Name filing, which is also known as a DBA,
Doing Business As filing
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, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
If you want to open a second office for your PPO license and it is less
than 1 mile from your first location, do you need a branch office license
for it? - ANSWERS-Yes. Mileage doesn't matter; you need it for any
additional location
If a PPO contracts with a K-12 school district or a California community
college District, and a guard placed there works more than blank hours
per week, that guard has a special training requirement. - ANSWERS-20
hours per week
To carry teargas, how many hours of training is required? - ANSWERS-
2 hours of training
Which state of California entities are involved in the guards carrying of
teargas? - ANSWERS-BSIS and DOJ
What deductions are typically taken from an employee's paycheck? -
ANSWERS-Federal withholding, social security, Medicare, state
disability insurance, and state withholding
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OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
You are investigating losses at a store. Growing evidence points toward
the store manager being the main suspect.
A: where should you store the evidence?
B: Where should you not store the evidence? - ANSWERS-A: keep
evidence in a location under your exclusive control, maintaining a
document it chain of evidence.
B: Do not keep the evidence at the store.
When can a security officer frisk a person? - ANSWERS-After arresting
the person, and only for weapons.
Can a PPO work as a guard for another PPOs card company? -
ANSWERS-No, unless the PPO looking for work has a current guard
card and is hired as a W-2 guard employee
END OF
PAGE
1
, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
When should a guard renew his guard card? - ANSWERS-60 to 90 days
before the expiration
What is very likely to be found in an employee's personnel file? -
ANSWERS-Employees W-4 form
How many hours is a baton course? - ANSWERS-8 hours
What should a PPO do if he suspects that the security officers guard card
is a fake? - ANSWERS-Contact BSIS
What is the rule on bullet capacity for semi automatic pistols in
California? - ANSWERS-Since some law changes in 1999, capacity of
pistol magazines has been limited to no more than 10 bullets for regular
citizens including guards, PPOs and PI's. But OK for them to use higher
capacity magazines it owned before 1999
If a business wants to employ their own security officer instead of hiring
a PPO to supply guard, that business must register as a PSE proprietary
END OF
PAGE
2
, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
private security employer. What is the cost of this registration? -
ANSWERS-$75
Who is in charge of the PPOs primary office? - ANSWERS-The
qualified manager
Who is in charge of appeals branch office? - ANSWERS-A manager,
usually not the qualified manager
I think our shoots a gun while on duty, regardless notify the PPO within
blank and notify BSIS within blank - ANSWERS-24 hours, 7 days
What is never to be found in an employee's personnel file? -
ANSWERS-Employees I-9 form
What document with the bank require you to give them if you want a
checking account in the name of your PPO company? - ANSWERS-An
FBN, Fictitious Business Name filing, which is also known as a DBA,
Doing Business As filing
END OF
PAGE
3
, PRIVATE PATROL LATEST
OPERATOR STUDY
MATERIAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 - 2027
If you want to open a second office for your PPO license and it is less
than 1 mile from your first location, do you need a branch office license
for it? - ANSWERS-Yes. Mileage doesn't matter; you need it for any
additional location
If a PPO contracts with a K-12 school district or a California community
college District, and a guard placed there works more than blank hours
per week, that guard has a special training requirement. - ANSWERS-20
hours per week
To carry teargas, how many hours of training is required? - ANSWERS-
2 hours of training
Which state of California entities are involved in the guards carrying of
teargas? - ANSWERS-BSIS and DOJ
What deductions are typically taken from an employee's paycheck? -
ANSWERS-Federal withholding, social security, Medicare, state
disability insurance, and state withholding
END OF
PAGE
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