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- Unarmed professional certification
- Oregon DPSST credential allowing a person to perform private security duties without a firearm; requires criminal history check, fingerprinting, and completion of required training before assignment.
- Citizen's arrest authority
- A private guard may arrest for an offense committed in the guard's presence, or a felony with reasonable grounds and immediate pursuit, and must deliver the person to police without unnecessary delay.
- Reasonable force limit
- Private security may use only the physical force a private citizen could use to prevent imminent harm or defend persons; deadly force is limited to defense against imminent death or serious injury.
- Post orders precedence
- Client and post instructions may restrict but never expand legal authority; when they conflict with law, the officer follows law and documents the conflict for the supervisor.
- Objective report language
- Reports state observed facts (who, what, when, where, how) rather than conclusions; labels like angry or suspicious need the specific behavior that supports them.
- Log correction method
- Errors on a security log are corrected with a single line through the entry plus initials and date; erasing, correction fluid, or rewriting the original entry is prohibited.
- Emergency priority order
- Response sequence is life safety first, then incident stabilization, then property protection; a 911 call precedes internal notification unless post orders say otherwise.
- Visitor access control
- Every non-resident is identity-checked against an approved list, issued a badge, and logged with name, time in, destination, and time out; badges are retrieved on exit.
- Signal priority order
- Fire, duress, panic, and medical signals are handled before burglary and supervisory signals because they may involve immediate threat to life.
- Two-call verification
- For burglary alarms, the operator attempts site contact and a second contact per policy before dispatch; panic and duress signals bypass verification entirely.
- Passcode challenge
- Operator asks the on-site responder for the account password or code phrase; failure to provide it means the alarm stays unverified and the duress procedure applies.
- Zone identification report
- Dispatch message states account, exact zone number, zone description, and alarm type so responders know where and how to enter safely.
- Alarm handling sequence
- Receive signal, identify account and zone, verify per policy, notify responders and call list, log each action time, then close the event with a disposition code.
- Common false-alarm causes
- Open doors or windows, pets on motion sensors, drafts or HVAC on glass-break detectors, low batteries, and construction dust account for many activations and are checked before dispatch.
- Account on test status
- Placing an account on test suppresses dispatch during planned work; test status must be removed immediately afterward or a real alarm will not be answered.
- Open and close exceptions
- Operators compare actual arm and disarm times with the scheduled list and flag early, late, or unscheduled activity to the keyholder as an exception report.
- Operator audit trail
- Each event record includes operator ID, exact time, signal code, and action taken; earlier entries are never altered, only corrected by a new entry.
- Crowd density limit
- Standing crowd density should stay at or below about two persons per square meter (one per 0.5 square meters); higher density causes surge pressure that prevents self-extraction.
- Occupancy load counting
- The posted occupancy load is a legal maximum; staff count entrants minus exits continuously and stop entry when the count reaches the limit.
- Ingress screening steps
- Every entry point runs bag checks against a prohibited-item list, wand or pat-down per posted policy, and a separate re-entry procedure to stop tailgating.
- Crowd management vs control
- Management uses stewarding, signage, wide routes, and staged queues to prevent crowding; control applies force only after communication and positioning have failed.
- Fire lane clearance
- Marked exits, exit routes, and fire lanes stay unobstructed at all times; barricades, merchandise, and vehicles may never block them even briefly.
- Front-of-stage pit safety
- Maintain a pit barrier, watch for crowd surfing and compression at the rail, and use a pre-agreed signal to pause the show for a medical or crush emergency.
- Event credential tiers
- Artist, crew, press, VIP, and general credentials are distinguished by color and access zone; anyone entering a zone without the matching credential is challenged.
- Event radio discipline
- Use the assigned channel and call signs, keep transmissions short, and speak plain language; code words are used only when defined in the event operations plan.
- Supervisory manager license
- DPSST credential for directing security personnel at a site or shift; it sits above unarmed certification and carries its own application, training, and renewal requirements.
- Executive manager license
- DPSST credential for company-level authority over security operations, contracts, and compliance; it is distinct from the supervisory manager license and requires separate qualification.
- License renewal cycle
- Licenses must be renewed with required continuing training; a lapsed license bars the holder from performing licensed duties until the license is reinstated.
- Supervisor accountability
- The supervisor ensures post orders are current, training records exist, and corrective action is written; undocumented instruction is treated as never given.
- Post-incident review
- Supervisor-led review of timeline, policy compliance, use of force, and report quality, with findings routed to the client and licensing authority as required.
- Assignment eligibility check
- No officer is assigned to a post requiring a credential or equipment the officer lacks; license status is verified before every assignment.
- Escalation chain
- Officer to shift supervisor to account manager to executive manager for operational issues; life-safety events go directly to 911 regardless of the chain of command.