DC Security Officer Exam – Municipal Regulations & Certification Study Guide
Security officer - (answer)Any person privately employed to do :
1. Prevent theft, misappropriation, or concealment of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stock
certificates, or other valuable documents, papers, articles.
2. Prevent damage to real or personal property
3. Prevent assaults, gate crashing, or other disorders at meetings, events, or performances.
4. Prevent similar illegal occurrences.
Security officer (part 2) - (answer)Uniformed individuals employed by a security agency or other
employer for any of the purposes. Are employed as guards, watch persons, patrol service personnel for
the specified property, security technicians, security officers, and other similar positions.
Not a security officer - (answer)Special police officers, persons working in their official capacity as
employees of the federal government, members of the Metropolitan Police Department or the public
police force, armored car guards, or campus police officers.
certificate - (answer)Lasts up to 2 years, 90 days of training,
Duty of security agency or employer - (answer)1. Cannot make its own determination of an applicant's
suitability for employment.
2. Any attempt at a contractural limitation of liability shall be null and void.
3. Liability of the agency shall be limited to those times when the employee is on duty.
Eligibility requirements-General - (answer)1. Application for a certificate shall be made to the Mayor
2. Shall submit to the mayor under oath
3. Be at least 18, US citizen or valid immigration and Naturalization Service work permit, and be able to
read, write, and speak English.
Eligibility Requirements- Health - (answer)1. Not presently addicted to drugs or alcohol
2. Not suffering from any debilitating mental defect or disorder
3. Not suffering from serious heart disease, severe epilepsy, or other physical defect.
Security officer - (answer)Any person privately employed to do :
1. Prevent theft, misappropriation, or concealment of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stock
certificates, or other valuable documents, papers, articles.
2. Prevent damage to real or personal property
3. Prevent assaults, gate crashing, or other disorders at meetings, events, or performances.
4. Prevent similar illegal occurrences.
Security officer (part 2) - (answer)Uniformed individuals employed by a security agency or other
employer for any of the purposes. Are employed as guards, watch persons, patrol service personnel for
the specified property, security technicians, security officers, and other similar positions.
Not a security officer - (answer)Special police officers, persons working in their official capacity as
employees of the federal government, members of the Metropolitan Police Department or the public
police force, armored car guards, or campus police officers.
certificate - (answer)Lasts up to 2 years, 90 days of training,
Duty of security agency or employer - (answer)1. Cannot make its own determination of an applicant's
suitability for employment.
2. Any attempt at a contractural limitation of liability shall be null and void.
3. Liability of the agency shall be limited to those times when the employee is on duty.
Eligibility requirements-General - (answer)1. Application for a certificate shall be made to the Mayor
2. Shall submit to the mayor under oath
3. Be at least 18, US citizen or valid immigration and Naturalization Service work permit, and be able to
read, write, and speak English.
Eligibility Requirements- Health - (answer)1. Not presently addicted to drugs or alcohol
2. Not suffering from any debilitating mental defect or disorder
3. Not suffering from serious heart disease, severe epilepsy, or other physical defect.
