Washington- Private Security Officer Qualifications and Selection Criteria

Washington- Private Security Officer Qualifications and Selection Criteria

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Security personnel whether armed or unarmed must be selected carefully Priceless lives and countless millions in property are entrusted to them daily . This is the reason why the International Association of Chiefs of Police Private Security Liaison Committee came together to come up with minimum criteria for their selection . Each State was then given the freedom to add to these requirements making more stringent should it choose to do so . This looks into the

requirements for the State of Washington , and makes a comparison of the same with those laid out by the aforementioned committee

There are two categories of private security officers and these are armed and unarmed . The armed guards must meet the requirements set forth for the unarmed guards with a little extra . According to the set requirements set forth by the committee , any person desiring to join up with any private security firm must first of all be either a US citizen or have legal alien status . This requirement is matched by the State of Washington (Revised Code of Washington , 2009 . Each one should also be at least eighteen years of age unless they are applying for the armed position , for which they must have attained 21 years of age . This is also the same in Washington State

Whereas the committee makes the possession of a driver 's license optional , the requirements for the State of Washington do not mention...