Security Guard Training Class
What two things must exist for a crime to take place? - ANS Desire and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security guard? - ANS Manage personal safety, and
observe legal obligations of a security guard.
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What are the legal obligations of a security guard? - ANS Observe, Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? - ANS Complacency
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What are the three functions of a security guard? - ANS Informational, Personal, and Physical security
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Define Law. - ANS Rules and regulations that govern society
What two types of law concern a security guard? - ANS Criminal and Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? - ANS Society
YC
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? - ANS Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? - ANS Arrest, trial, corrections
What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal offender? - ANS Arrest, indictment, trial,
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sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? - ANS misdemeanor, and felony
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How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized? - ANS Felony if the action being
committed will result in a prison sentence of a year, or more.
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How do you know if crime against property is a felony? - ANS damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" - ANS When a felony is witnessed, but the
person making the arrest MUST be the direct witness of the crime.
What are the two types of detention a security guard is allowed to use? - ANS voluntary and involuntary
How long is a voluntary detention legally allowed to last? - ANS 20 minutes
What two things must exist for a crime to take place? - ANS Desire and opportunity
What are the two most important considerations as a security guard? - ANS Manage personal safety, and
observe legal obligations of a security guard.
K
What are the legal obligations of a security guard? - ANS Observe, Deter, Report
What is a security guard's greatest enemy? - ANS Complacency
C
What are the three functions of a security guard? - ANS Informational, Personal, and Physical security
LO
Define Law. - ANS Rules and regulations that govern society
What two types of law concern a security guard? - ANS Criminal and Civil law
Who is the victim in a criminal law violation? - ANS Society
YC
Who is the victim in a civil law violation? - ANS Individual
What are the three steps to the system of criminal justice? - ANS Arrest, trial, corrections
What are the 5 steps involved in the processing of a criminal offender? - ANS Arrest, indictment, trial,
D
sentencing, release
What are two types of categories of crime? - ANS misdemeanor, and felony
U
How can we quickly determine where a crime may be categorized? - ANS Felony if the action being
committed will result in a prison sentence of a year, or more.
ST
How do you know if crime against property is a felony? - ANS damages greater than $300
When can a person perform the act of a "citizens arrest?" - ANS When a felony is witnessed, but the
person making the arrest MUST be the direct witness of the crime.
What are the two types of detention a security guard is allowed to use? - ANS voluntary and involuntary
How long is a voluntary detention legally allowed to last? - ANS 20 minutes
