Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Commerce
Title R156 - Professional Licensing
Rule R156-63a - Security Personnel Licensing Act Contract Security Rule
Section R156-63a-604 - Content of Approved Basic Firearms Training Program for Armed Private Security Officers
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 156-63a-604
Current through Bulletin 2024-24, December 15, 2024
In accordance with Subsection 58-63-302(2)(h), an approved basic firearms training program for armed private security officers shall have the following components:
(1) at least six hours of classroom firearms instruction to include the following:
(a) the
firearm and its ammunition;
(b)
care and cleaning of the firearm;
(c) the prohibition against alterations of
the firearm's firing mechanism;
(d)
firearm inspection review procedures;
(e) firearm safety on duty;
(f) firearm safety at home;
(g) firearm safety on the range;
(h) legal and ethical restraints on firearms
use;
(i) explanation and discussion
of target environment;
(j) stop
failure drills;
(k) explanation and
discussion of stance, draw stroke, cover and concealment, and other firearm
fundamentals;
(l) armed patrol
techniques;
(m) use of deadly force
under Utah law and the provisions of Title 76, Chapter 2, Part 4, and a
discussion of
18 USC
44 Section
922; and
(n) instruction that an armed private
security officer shall not fire the officer's weapon unless there is an
imminent threat to life, and at no time shall the weapon be drawn as a threat
or means to force compliance with any verbal directive not involving imminent
threat to life;
(2) a final examination that demonstrates the competency of the participant on the subjects included in the six hours of classroom firearms instruction, with a passing score requirement of 80%; and
(3) at least six hours of firearms range instruction to include the following:
(a)
basic firearms fundamentals and marksmanship;
(b) demonstration and explanation of the
difference between sight picture, sight alignment, and trigger control;
and
(c) a recognized practical
pistol course on which the applicant achieves a minimum score of 80% using
regular and low light conditions.
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