OK Security Guard flashcards

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Oklahoma Security Guard Act

Statute at 59 O.S. §§ 1750.1–1750.11 that governs licensing, registration, and regulation of security guards and private investigators in Oklahoma, administered by CLEET.

CLEET

Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, the Oklahoma state agency that licenses security guards, approves training curricula, and enforces the Security Guard Act.

Carry credential on duty

A licensed guard must carry the CLEET-issued identification while on duty and produce it on request of CLEET, law enforcement, or the employer.

Unarmed guard training hours

Unarmed security guard applicants must complete the CLEET-designated minimum training, commonly 40 hours, covering legal authority, use of force, and report writing before licensure.

Citizen's arrest authority

Under 22 O.S. § 202, a private person may arrest for a felony or public offense committed or attempted in the person's presence, then deliver the arrestee to a magistrate or officer without unnecessary delay.

Private actor doctrine

A security guard is not a state actor, so Fourth Amendment limits do not directly bind the guard unless the guard acts at police direction or as an agent of police.

Reasonable force to detain

Force to detain must be objectively reasonable and proportional to the threat, escalating from verbal commands to empty-hand control before intermediate or deadly force.

Consent search

A guard may search a person or bag only with voluntary, informed consent, incident to a lawful citizen's arrest, or under a clearly disclosed employer entry policy.

Deadly force limit

Deadly force may be used only to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to self or others, never solely to protect property.

Objective report narrative

A chronological, first-person, past-tense account of observed facts including time, location, description, statements, witnesses, and disposition, without conclusions or labels.

Chain of custody

A documented, unbroken record of every person who handled evidence, including description, time found, collector, storage location, and each transfer.

Patrol randomization

Varying route and timing of patrols so adversaries cannot predict guard presence, improving deterrence and detection of intrusion or safety issues.

Report addendum rule

Corrections to a completed report are made by dated, initialed addendum or strike-through, never erasure or overwriting, to preserve evidentiary integrity.

Life safety priority order

Emergency response priorities are life safety first, then incident stabilization, then property conservation.

ICS five functions

Incident Command System functional areas are Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, and Finance/Administration, scalable to the size of the incident.

Span of control

In Incident Command System, a supervisor should manage roughly three to seven subordinates, with five as the target.

RACE fire response

Fire response sequence: Rescue anyone in danger, Alarm activation, Contain or confine the fire, Evacuate or Extinguish if trained and safe.

Run-Hide-Fight

Active assailant response: evacuate if safe, barricade and silence devices if not, and fight only as a last resort.

Three A contact standard

Public contact method: Acknowledge the person, Ask what is needed, and Act or refer, ensuring every interaction reflects professional conduct.

Ethical decision test

Ask whether the action is legal, consistent with policy, publicly defensible, and fair to all parties; any no stops the action.

De-escalation elements

Calm tone, active listening, offering choices, maintaining exit space, and avoiding unnecessary physical contact to reduce the need for force.

Behavior-based decisions

Contact and enforcement decisions must rest on observed behavior and articulable facts, never race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or appearance.

Access control model

The four-step sequence of identify, authenticate, authorize, and audit every person and credential at each controlled entry point.

Tailgating prevention

Require one person per credential swipe, use mantrap or turnstile where installed, and politely challenge unknown persons, documenting the encounter.

CPTED principles

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: natural surveillance, natural access control, territorial reinforcement, and maintenance of the environment.

Key control

Log issuance, return, and loss of keys; rekey when a key is unreturned; never leave master keys unattended or in a vehicle.

Felony versus misdemeanor

A felony is punishable by death or penitentiary imprisonment, generally more than one year; a misdemeanor is punishable by fine or county jail.

Burglary versus robbery

Burglary is unlawful entry into a structure with intent to commit a crime inside; robbery is taking property from a person by force or fear.

Assault versus battery

Assault is an attempt or offer to do bodily harm; battery is the unlawful use of force or violence on another person.

Self-defense standard

Oklahoma permits force to defend against imminent unlawful force based on reasonable belief, with deadly force only against imminent death or great bodily harm.

Firearm safety rules

Treat every firearm as loaded, keep finger off the trigger until on target, never point at anything you are unwilling to destroy, and know the backstop.

Defensive tactics continuum

Force progression: presence, verbal direction, soft empty-hand control, hard empty-hand control, intermediate weapons, then deadly force as a last resort.