CA Security Guard case studies
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Security Guard Registration is the credential the California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (BSIS), a bureau of the Department of Consumer Affairs, issues to individuals who work as security guards in the state. It is the entry-level credential for the field: applicants complete the required pre-registration training and the fingerprint and background review BSIS administers, then maintain the registration through the renewal process. The CA Security Guard case studies are 5 cases and about 3,671 words.
1The $78 Bottles and the Post Orders
You are a BSIS-licensed contract security officer posted at the entrance of a 24-hour grocery store. At 21:40 you watch a man place two bottles of liquor (retail $78) into a backpack, walk past all four open registers without paying, and stride toward the door, now 20 feet from where you stand.
752 words, about 4 min2The 250-Pound Problem at Last Call
You are one of two officers working a 1,200-capacity bar. At 00:45 a man about 6'2" and 250 pounds is swaying and slurring, and has just shoved a bartender in the chest hard enough to knock him back a step.
560 words, about 3 min3Three Hundred People, One Dead Scanner
You are the only officer posted at the single entry gate of an outdoor festival. The ticket scanner has been down for 12 minutes.
823 words, about 4 min4Fourteen Months Later
You worked a fight in a bar parking lot on a Saturday at 23:10 and wrote your report at 01:30 the next morning. You have handled roughly 60 incidents since, and you have not looked at the report until the morning of court.
777 words, about 4 min5Stairwell A, Third Floor
You are the lobby officer in a 6-story office building with about 300 occupants. At 14:20 the fire alarm sounds for the third floor and you smell smoke.
759 words, about 4 min