Why California PPO Owners Should Monitor BSIS Requirements Instead of Waiting for a Deadline
Compliance problems often begin long before a deadline is missed.
They begin when information isn’t being monitored.
California’s private security industry operates within a regulatory environment involving guard registrations, training requirements, company licensing requirements, certificates, employee documentation, and rules governing security operations.
BSIS provides licensing information, laws and regulations, training manuals, security guard training information, proposed regulations, forms, and other resources for the industry.
For a PPO owner, however, knowing where regulations are published is different from incorporating those requirements into everyday company operations.
Consider training.
Current BSIS information states that security guards must complete Power to Arrest training associated with registration, complete the required 32 hours of security officer skills training within the prescribed period, and complete eight hours of continuing training annually.
Those requirements affect individual employees, which means a growing PPO may be managing many separate training records simultaneously.
Regulatory developments can create another challenge.
A proposed change doesn’t necessarily mean that companies should immediately change their operations. Proposed legislation, pending regulations, enacted requirements, and currently effective requirements are different things.
That distinction is especially important when information spreads quickly through social media and industry conversations.
Security Central’s new compliance-focused direction is intended to help separate those functions.
BSIS Updates can explain important regulatory information.
Compliance Resources can provide practical tools and guides.
Training Guidance can explain training requirements.
And the Compliance Management system can help PPOs manage information relating to their actual guard workforce.
Together, those resources create something more useful than a traditional industry blog.
They create an information-and-management platform.
PPO owners should still verify requirements with the appropriate government agency and obtain professional guidance when necessary. Security Central should not attempt to replace BSIS or legal counsel.
Its role can instead be practical:
Help security companies understand requirements, organize their compliance information, monitor their workforce, and identify issues requiring attention.
That is the direction behind the new Security Central:
Understand the requirement. Track the employee. Document the training. Stay ready.