Bureau Security and Investigation Service
Armed Security Officer Expose Firearms Qualification Course.
We offer the initial and renewal expose firearms qualifications course.
https://www.bsis.ca.gov/forms_pubs/fire_fact.shtml
Cost List:
Training and documentation:
Initial expose firearms permit course fee $ 275.00 documentation included. State fees are additional please check the BSIS website for updates.
Our renewal and documentation fee $ 80.00, state fees are additional.
Guard Card
Our Initial fee $50.00, state fee $55.00
Biannual renewal fee $40.00
Security guards are employed by licensed Private Patrol Operators or private security employers to protect persons or property or prevent theft as defined in Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 7582.1. To be eligible to apply for a security guard registration through the Bureau of Security and Investigative Service (BSIS or Bureau), you must:
Be at least 18 years old (BPC Section 7582.8)
Undergo a criminal history background check through the California Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (BPC Sections 7581 and 7583.9) and
Complete the Power to Arrest training
https://www.bsis.ca.gov/forms_pubs/guard_fact.shtml
Firearms Permit Assessment
Why is the assessment required?
A new law went into effect on July 1, 2018 that requires a BSIS security guard registrant seeking to associate a BSIS Firearms Permit to the guard registration to complete an assessment to demonstrate that they are capable, at the time the assessment is completed, of demonstrating appropriate judgment, restraint and self-control for the purposes of carrying and using a firearm when performing security guard duties. (Business and Professions Code Section 7583.23 and 7583.47).
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2022, the assessment must be completed prior to submitting an Application for an Initial Firearms Permit. This is a significant change. Prior practice was to take the assessment AFTER you applied; as of January 1, 2022, you must take it PRIOR to applying for a firearms permit. Fee 65.00
https://bsis.ca.gov/firearmsassessment/
I am available for questions.