Belgian Security Guard General Attest flashcards

31 cards. Read the term and the definition here. The deck at the top of this page is optional.

Private security licence

An authorisation granted by the Belgian Minister of Interior to a security firm allowing it to perform regulated guarding or surveillance activities; operating without it is a criminal offence.

Guard identity card

A personal document issued to a screened guard after criminal-record and administrative checks, proving the holder may lawfully perform private security duties in Belgium.

Citizen's arrest

The limited power of any person, including a guard, to detain a suspect caught in the act of a serious offence and hand them over to police without delay.

Professional secrecy

The duty of a guard not to disclose confidential client or personal information learned through work, except where the law requires disclosure to authorities.

Conflict of interest

A situation where a guard's personal interest could improperly influence professional decisions; it must be avoided or declared to the hierarchy.

Impartiality duty

The obligation to treat all persons equally and without discrimination based on origin, sex, religion, or other protected characteristics during security work.

Legality principle

The criminal-law rule that no act is punishable unless a legal text defined it as an offence before it was committed, and no heavier penalty applies retroactively.

Mens rea

The moral or mental element of an offence, meaning the intention or negligence required by the legal definition of the crime.

Legitimate defence

A justification removing liability when force is used to repel an actual, unlawful, and imminent attack, provided the response is necessary and proportionate.

Presumption of innocence

The principle that every person accused of an offence is considered innocent until proven guilty by a competent court, binding police and private actors alike.

Vicarious liability

The civil rule making an employer liable for damage caused by an employee in the course of employment, with possible recourse against the employee afterwards.

Causal link

The required connection between a fault and the resulting damage in civil liability; without it, no compensation can be claimed.

Contributory negligence

The victim's own fault contributing to the damage, which can reduce or extinguish the liability of the guard or security firm.

Proportionality of force

The requirement that force used be no more than necessary in relation to the threat, after less harmful means have been considered or failed.

Subsidiarity of force

The rule that force is a last resort, used only when verbal and non-physical means cannot achieve the legitimate security objective.

Prone restraint risk

Positioning a person face down can restrict breathing and cause sudden death; it should be avoided or ended quickly with continuous monitoring.

Contemporaneous logbook

A register in which incidents and observations are recorded at the time they occur, legibly and factually, to preserve evidentiary value.

Fact versus opinion

A reporting rule requiring description of directly observed actions, times, and places, while excluding assumptions and conclusions from the written record.

Chain of evidence

A documented record of who handled an object, when, and where, preserving its integrity from discovery to handover to police.

De-escalation ladder

A graded approach from calm presence and verbal contact to clear warnings, using physical intervention only when lower steps have failed.

Safe distance stance

Maintaining roughly two arm lengths from an agitated person, at a slight angle with an exit route, to reduce risk of sudden assault.

Escalation signals

Observable behavioural cues such as raised voice, clenched fists, pacing, or fixed staring that indicate a rising risk of aggression.

Fire triangle

The three elements needed for combustion: fuel, oxygen, and heat; removing any one of them extinguishes the fire.

PASS technique

The extinguisher sequence: pull the pin, aim at the base of the fire, squeeze the handle, and sweep the nozzle side to side.

Emergency numbers Belgium

112 reaches fire and medical emergency services, while 101 reaches police; both are free and available around the clock.

BLS compression rate

Chest compressions in basic life support are delivered at 100 to 120 per minute with a depth of 5 to 6 centimetres in adults.

Recovery position

A lateral lying position with the head tilted back, used for an unconscious person who is breathing normally, to keep the airway open.

Choking response

Encourage coughing first; if ineffective, alternate up to five back blows and five abdominal thrusts while calling emergency services.

Access control cycle

The sequence of identifying a person, verifying identity, checking authorisation, and recording the entry or refusal in the access system.

CCTV proportionality

The requirement that camera surveillance be lawful, transparent through signage, limited to the security purpose, and retained only as long as necessary.

Patrol round record

A factual log of the prescribed route, checkpoint times, anomalies observed, and actions taken during a security patrol.