Belgian Security Guard General Attest key terms

Belgian statute regulating private security companies and guards, setting licensing conditions, permitted activities, training requirements and supervision by the Ministry of Interior.

Official licence granted to a security company allowing it to offer guarding services legally; without it, contracts and deployments are unlawful and punishable.

Photo identification card issued to a registered guard, showing the licence number and validity, which must be carried and shown during every assignment.

Person employed by a licensed security company to perform guarding tasks such as access control, patrols and observation, after screening and mandatory training.

Legally defined assignment a guard may carry out, such as static guarding, mobile patrol, event security or shop surveillance, always within the limits of the licence.

Guarding performed at a fixed post, such as a building entrance or reception desk, where the guard controls access and observes activity without patrolling.

Duty to keep information learned during work, such as client schedules, alarm codes or personal data, secret and never share it with outsiders.

Legal obligation for guards to refrain from disclosing confidential facts entrusted to them, with exceptions only where the law requires reporting to authorities.

Professional duty to act and speak with restraint, avoiding gossip or public comment about incidents, clients or persons observed during duty.

Set of professional conduct rules for guards covering integrity, neutrality, respect, correct use of authority and reporting obligations toward clients and authorities.

Personal and professional honesty reflected in refusing bribes, not abusing access rights, and reporting one's own mistakes or conflicts of interest.

Duty to treat all persons equally regardless of origin, religion, gender or personal sympathy, and to avoid taking sides in disputes.

Legal prohibition on treating people less favourably because of protected characteristics such as race, sex, age, disability, religion or sexual orientation.

Basic rights protected by the Constitution and international treaties, including liberty, privacy, property and freedom of expression, which guards must respect.

Principle that every action by a guard must have a legal basis and stay within the powers granted by law, contract or the client's instructions.

Requirement that the means used match the seriousness of the situation, so a guard never applies more force or restriction than strictly necessary.

Principle that a guard chooses the least intrusive effective measure first, such as talking before restraining, and escalates only when needed.

Criminal-law justification allowing force in response to an unlawful attack on oneself or another, provided the response is necessary and proportionate.

Dutch-language criminal-law concept of self-defence: force used at the moment of an unlawful attack, without provocation, and limited to what is required.

Situation in which a person commits an otherwise unlawful act to avert a greater imminent danger that cannot be avoided by other means.

Civil obligation to compensate damage caused by one's fault, including damage caused by a guard or employer under respondeat superior rules.

Civil-law fault: a breach of a duty of care or of reasonable conduct that causes damage to another person and triggers liability.

Money paid to repair harm suffered by a victim, covering material loss and, where the law allows, moral or physical damage.

Civil wrong consisting of an act or omission that infringes a legal right or duty and causes damage, obliging the wrongdoer to compensate.

Unlawfully depriving a person of liberty, for example by locking someone up or blocking exit; a guard may only detain under strict legal conditions.

Detaining a person caught in the act of a crime and handing them to police, a power limited by law and requiring immediate notification to authorities.

Situation where a person is found in the act of committing a crime or immediately afterwards, which is the legal condition for citizen arrest.

Searching a person's clothing or belongings; a guard may only do so with consent or under specific legal authority, never as routine force.

Procedure of verifying identity, authorisation or badges before allowing someone onto a site, carried out politely, consistently and within legal limits.

Recording of visitors' names, times, host and purpose, kept accurate and confidential, and used to trace who was present in an emergency.

Use of video surveillance for security purposes, subject to legal rules on notice, proportionality, data protection and retention of recordings.

Right to respect for private life, limiting what a guard may observe, record or share, and requiring careful handling of personal data.

Recorded images from cameras or phones; must be handled as evidence, kept secure, not edited, and handed to police or the client according to procedure.

Official written report of facts observed by a guard, written objectively in chronological order and usable as evidence in later proceedings.

Reporting only facts that were directly seen or heard, separating them from assumptions, opinions or conclusions about guilt.

Systematic, attentive watching of people, places or situations to detect anomalies, record relevant details and report accurately without interference.

Structured passing of information to supervisors, client or police, covering what, when, where, who and what action was taken, concisely and factually.

Technique of lowering tension through calm speech, distance, listening and offering choices, aiming to resolve conflict without physical intervention.

Recognising warning signs of aggression and responding safely with verbal techniques, positioning, backup and, only as last resort, proportionate physical measures.

Listening technique using paraphrasing, open questions and confirmation to show understanding and to calm an upset person during conflict.

First aid: immediate basic care for injury or illness before professional help arrives, including checking safety, alerting services and stabilising the victim.

Technique for moving a victim quickly and safely by gripping the forearms and clothing, used when danger requires evacuation before further treatment.

State in which a person does not respond and cannot protect their airway; requires checking breathing and placing in recovery position if breathing.

Organised movement of people out of a building in an emergency along marked routes to assembly points, guided calmly and without using lifts.

Portable fire-extinguishing device used only on small, contained fires, with correct technique and always keeping an escape route behind you.

Measures preventing fire and limiting its spread, such as keeping exits clear, controlling ignition sources and checking extinguishers and alarms.