Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 97 - PRIVATE DETECTIVES AND GUARDS
Subchapter 3 - VALIDATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 16-97-35 - Experience requirements
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-97-35
Current through August, 2024
(a) Applicants for a private detective license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time investigational work.
(1) The board shall require training and
experience in the following areas:
(A) Case
investigation and documentation;
(B) Laws and rules;
(C) Ethics;
(D) Privacy issues;
(E) Review of criminal and civil history
records;
(F) Interview
techniques;
(G) Collection and
handling of evidence;
(H) Court
testimony;
(I) Use of force options
(chapter 703, HRS);
(J) CPR/first
aid; and
(K) Surveillance
techniques and activities.
(2) The board may accept the following types
of experience for persons applying to be private detectives, employment:
(A) Under the supervision of a licensed
private detective;
(B) As a police
officer with a police department of a state or political subdivision thereof
with at least one year of full-time investigative work;
(C) As an investigator with any federal,
state, county, or municipal government agency; or
(D) As an investigator employed by an
attorney-at-law or law firm.
(b) Applicants for a guard license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time guard work.
(1) The board shall require training
and experience in the following areas:
(A)
Laws and rules;
(B) Fire
procedures;
(C) Evacuation
procedures;
(D) Arrest and evidence
procedures;
(E) Patrol
techniques;
(F) Incident
investigation;
(G) Incident
documentation;
(H) Court
testimony;
(I) Screening of
individuals entering the premise; and
(J) Use of force options (chapter 703,
HRS).
(2) The board may
accept the following types of experience for persons applying to be guards,
employment:
(A) Under the supervision of a
licensed guard;
(B) As a guard by a
private employer;
(C) As a police
officer with a police department of a state of political subdivision thereof;
or
(D) As a guard with any federal,
state, county, or municipal government agency.
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