AZ Security Guard flashcards

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Arizona security guard registration

A card issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety that authorizes an employee of a licensed agency to perform security guard duties in the state.

Regulating statute for guards

Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32, Chapter 26, which governs private investigators and security guards and is administered by the Department of Public Safety.

Minimum guard age

An applicant for an Arizona security guard registration card must be at least eighteen years of age at the time of application.

Fingerprint requirement

Arizona guard applicants must submit fingerprints so the Department of Public Safety can complete a criminal history background check.

Agency affiliation rule

A guard registration is tied to the employing licensed agency, and a change of employer must be reported so the record stays current.

Expired registration

Performing guard duties while a registration card is expired or lapsed is a violation that can subject the guard and agency to discipline.

License discipline authority

The Department of Public Safety may deny, suspend, or revoke a guard registration for disqualifying conduct, fraud, or failure to meet statutory standards.

Scope of guard authority

A guard may perform only the duties authorized by the license and client contract; investigative work requires separate licensure.

Private citizen arrest authority

A security guard holds no special police powers; arrest authority is the same as any private person under Arizona law.

Felony in presence

A private person may arrest for a felony only when the felony is actually committed in that person's presence, not on suspicion alone.

Breach of peace arrest

A private person may arrest for a misdemeanor only when it amounts to a breach of the peace committed in the person's presence.

Physical force definition

Under A.R.S. 13-403, physical force means any means of bodily impact used against another person, including restraint and striking.

Deadly force definition

Under A.R.S. 13-403, deadly force is force that is likely to cause death or serious physical injury to another person.

Self-defense standard

A.R.S. 13-404 permits force only when reasonably believed immediately necessary to protect against unlawful force, and never to provoke or continue a fight.

Deadly force by private person

A.R.S. 13-405 allows deadly force only against an imminent threat of death or serious physical injury, never to protect property alone.

Defense of premises

A.R.S. 13-407 justifies force against unlawful entry or trespass on premises, limited to the force reasonably necessary under the circumstances.

Unlawful detention risk

Stopping or holding a person without lawful arrest or consent is a false imprisonment exposure for the guard and the employing agency.

Duty to stop force

Force must end the moment the threat ends; continuing force after the danger passes is unlawful and creates criminal and civil liability.

Objective report writing

Reports should record observable facts such as actions, words, times, and descriptions rather than opinions, conclusions, or labels.

Contemporaneous notes

Notes taken during or immediately after an event, written in ink, time-stamped, and preserved because they may be subpoenaed later.

Report correction method

Errors in a log or report are corrected with a single line, initials, and date; never erase, white out, or rewrite the original entry.

Chain of custody

A written record of every person who handled an item of evidence, with the date, time, and purpose of each transfer.

Access control logging

Verifying identification and recording entry and exit of persons, vehicles, and deliveries, and refusing entry to those not authorized.

Patrol checkpoint documentation

Recording each post check with time, location, and conditions found, creating a verifiable record that the patrol actually occurred.

Incident report elements

Who, what, when, where, how, and how many, written in plain sequence and limited to facts the guard personally observed.

Emergency priority order

Life safety first, then incident stabilization, then property protection; this order governs every emergency decision a guard makes.

Guard emergency role

Notify, evacuate, contain, and document; police, fire, and EMS perform the response functions reserved to them by law.

Fire response steps

Activate the alarm, call 911, evacuate occupants to the assembly area, and never re-enter a burning structure.

Evacuation planning

Identify primary and secondary exit routes, a designated assembly area, and a method to account for occupants after evacuation.

Medical emergency action

Call 911, give only aid within training, and do not move an injured person unless immediate danger requires it.

Suspicious package response

Do not touch or move the item; isolate the area, notify authorities, and keep people away until responders arrive.