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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