J. D. Fenrir - Become a Security Officer in Arizona

BECOME A

SECURITY OFFICER

IN ARIZONA

By JD Fenrir

Copyright 2014 J D Fenrir

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Chapter 1: It is easy to become a security dude!

I know that there are a lot of people out there looking for work. This is not the best time to be without a job, and if you are looking for something in your field, the best advice I could give you is to create a brilliant resume, and convince yourself that you are the best in your field, so that you can convince the interviewer of that and ace the process.

If you have exhausted your possibilities in your field, and if you have decided that you just need a job, and you live in the State of Arizona, I have a few thoughts for you! If you have a few key requirements needed for the job, and you are looking for a job that is constantly in demand, you could be a contract Security Officer.

I should explain the two major kinds of Security Officer that exists in the State of Arizona. The first type is called In-House Security, which is a fancy way of saying that you are an employ of the same business where you are providing security services. There are no special licensing requirements to be an In-House Security Officer. From your standpoint, you are the same as any other employee of the business.

The second type of security officer is the one that we want to focus on. They call them contract security officers, which means that you are employed by a security company, who then secures contract with local businesses to provide them with security services. Although you work at Business A, you are not employed by them, but rather you are employed by Security Agency B.

This is the focus of our little booklet.

Chapter 2: The requirements to be a Security Officer.

I n order to secure a job as a contract security officer in Arizona, you only need to pass a background check and pay a $72 dollar fee for the unarmed security officer licensing process. You may see a little more about the details of the process on the website:

http://licensing.azdps.gov/

You are licensed through the Department of Public Safety, and you complete the application and a fingerprint card. Once the DPS receives the materials, they will conduct an extensive background check on you to determine if the State is willing to leave you in charge of other peoples stuff.

If you have a few childhood misdemeanors, or the occasional speeding ticket, dont worry about it. If you accidently axe-murdered your next door neighbor last year, you might want to consider another line of work, because the DPS Officers all have badges, and they will notice that you are holding a bloody axe.

Assuming that you have the right stuff, meaning that you will try to keep others and their stuff safe, and you are not the thing that you have to keep them safe from, then you should receive your license to practice security in two to four weeks after applying.

You do not get the application directly from DPS anymore. You will get an eight hour course detailing the nature of security work from the company that has agreed to take you on as an employee or from a school that teaches the course and helps you to start the application process.

If you decide that you want to be an armed guard instead of unarmed, it will cost you another eight hours listening to more stuff you already know, and cost you more money. I will discuss the pros and cons of going armed later on in this book.

Once you have successfully navigated the process of getting your license in your greedy little hand, it is now time to start your official patrolling as a newly minted Security Officer!

Chapter 4: Security is Not Army and Not Cop

Now that you are properly licensed, it is time for you to get into the swing of things as a Security dude. The first rule is: Dont get hyper. You arent a cop, and you arent an Army Ranger. It is time to let you know what you aint, and what you is.

As they will have told you in a thousand not so subtle ways during your eight hour orientation, your job is the observe and report. You are not to risk your life if you see a bad guy, you are not a cop, and will get fired if you try to detain the bad guy. If you use force in a situation where you have any other alternative, you will get fired. If you can you your presence, tone of voice or your magical bullshit power to make the bad things stop, by all means do so, but you need to cultivate the soul of an avowed coward in order to make sure that you do not get into trouble for doing too much.

You are a pair of eyes that happens to be attached to a body wearing a uniform. If you see anything untoward happening, you are to safely discourage it, and document it in your SAR (Shift Activity Report), and an incident report, if the activity exceeds certain limits of unusualness that will be detailed in the set of instructions that you will find at your post, known as Post Orders.

You are supposed to wear the uniform and deter bad activities by being obviously in the area. If you see any suspicious activities, you should discourage it safely while following the instructions in your Post Orders. If you are endangered, you are to remove yourself from the danger, and summon the appropriate assistance.

As Security, you are less free to use force, arrest or detainment than the normal citizen. You may only use that level of force necessary to keep yourself or another from harm. You may conduct a citizens arrest, but you will almost certainly lose your job for doing so. You are required to assist a peace officer, if and only if you are in uniform, and ordered to do so by the officer.

If you can safely walk, run, crawl or drive away from danger, it is your obligation to do so. The reports that you write to detail the components of a possibly criminal activity that you observed need to be useful for submission into a court case as evidence, as is the quality of your testimony of your observations.

I think that you may be getting the idea about the proper philosophy to cultivate to be a successful Security Officer. Less is more in most activities you engage in as security, except that it is wise to actually walk the patrols that you are required to complete.