Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) In order to be
eligible for the issuance or renewal of a private security professional
certification, all private security professional applicants must:
(a) Be in compliance with the minimum
standards for certification as listed in OAR 259-060-0020;
(b) Successfully complete all required
training; and
(c) Submit an
application for certification in accordance with OAR 259-060-0025.
(2) Alarm Monitor Private Security
Professional.
(a) Basic training for an alarm
monitor private security professional certification consists of successful
completion of eight hours of alarm monitor basic classroom instruction and exam
and a four-hour alarm monitor assessment.
(b) To renew alarm monitor private security
professional certification, alarm monitor private security professionals must
successfully complete the four-hour alarm monitor renewal course and
exam.
(3) Unarmed
Private Security Professional.
(a) Basic
training for an unarmed private security professional certification consists of
successful completion of 14 hours of unarmed basic classroom instruction, exam
and assessments.
(b) To renew
unarmed private security professional certification, unarmed private security
professionals must successfully complete the four-hour unarmed renewal course
and exam.
(4) Event and
Entertainment Private Security Professional.
(a) Basic training for an event and
entertainment private security professional certification consists of
successful completion of the online event and entertainment private security
professional basic course and exam.
(b) To renew event and entertainment private
security professional certification, event and entertainment private security
professionals must successfully complete the online event and entertainment
private security professional refresher course and exam.
(5) Armed Private Security Professional.
(a) Basic training for an armed private
security professional certification consists of successful completion of:
(A) Fourteen hours of unarmed basic classroom
instruction, exam and assessments; and
(B) Basic firearms course as defined in OAR
259-060-0060 which consists of a minimum 24 hours of basic armed instruction, a
written examination, safe gun handling test and marksmanship
qualification.
(b)
Certified armed private security professionals must complete the firearms
marksmanship qualification and armed refresher course annually.
(A) The due date for this qualification and
training requirement is determined by the Department by using the last day of
the month one year from the date of the last successfully completed basic
firearms course accepted by the Department or the last successfully completed
firearms marksmanship qualification and armed refresher course accepted by the
Department.
(B) This qualification
and training requirement must be successfully completed, submitted to the
Department on a Form PS-6 and accepted by the Department by the due
date.
(C) Failure to meet this
qualification and training requirement subjects the private security
professional's armed private security certification to emergency suspension and
refusal to renew under section (8) of this rule.
(D) An armed private security professional
who fails to meet this qualification and training requirement is prohibited
from performing armed private security services until the required training is
successfully completed and a Form PS-6 is received and accepted by the
Department. After the due date, an armed private security professional may
satisfy the annual firearms training requirement by:
(i) Successfully completing the firearms
marksmanship qualification and armed refresher course within the 90 days
following the due date identified above; or
(ii) Successfully completing the entire basic
firearms course.
(c) To renew armed private security
professional certification, armed private security professionals must
successfully complete the biennial unarmed renewal course and must be in
compliance with the annual firearms qualification and training requirements
found in subsection (b) above.
(6) Department-accredited courses may satisfy
the training requirements listed above.
(7) Failure to complete any training
requirements as prescribed by this rule may result in denial, suspension,
refusal to renew or revocation of private security certification or licensure
as prescribed in OAR 259-060-0300, OAR 259-060-0310 and OAR 259-060-0320, and
civil penalties as prescribed in OAR 259-060-0450.
(8) Emergency Suspension of Armed Private
Security Professional Certification. The Board has determined, based on the
principles of diminishing skills, that a serious risk to public health and
safety is created by certifying individuals to possess or have access to a
firearm while providing private security services when those individuals do not
demonstrate and provide proof of their current knowledge, skills and abilities
with a firearm by meeting the firearms qualification and training requirements
defined in these rules. Therefore, the Department may immediately suspend and
may refuse to renew armed certifications as follows:
(a) When an armed private security
professional does not successfully complete and submit proof of successful
completion of the annual firearms marksmanship requalification and refresher
course by the annual training due date as defined in subsection (5)(b) of this
rule, the Department may immediately suspend and may refuse to renew the armed
private security professional certification.
(b) When an armed private security
professional fails a firearms qualification or training course as defined in
OAR 259-060-0060, the Department may immediately suspend and may refuse to
renew the armed private security professional and private security firearms
instructor certifications. Firearms qualifications and training courses include
the basic firearms course, the firearms marksmanship qualification and armed
refresher course, the private security firearms instructor marksmanship
qualification, and the private security firearms instructor course.
(c) Once the Department has received and
accepted proof of satisfactory completion for the training requirements, the
Department will withdraw the Emergency Suspension Order.
(d) Emergency suspensions and refusals to
renew under this rule will be administered in accordance with OAR
259-060-0380.
Forms referenced are available from the
agency.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
181A.870
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
181A.870
