Learning Activity

Thought-Provoking Discussion

As noted in the assigned chapter and the lesson herein, improving the standards for private security professionals has, over the years, led to a variety of approaches to raising standards. Consequently, just about every state has enacted some guidelines for private security guards. To familiarize yourself with the requirements in your jurisdiction, do the following:

Find out if there exists any laws that speak to security guards in your state;

Discuss the particular approach being used by your state;

If there is currently no laws, discuss whether there has been any legislative debate on the topic; and if so, summarize that debate; and

Based on what you've learned thus far, critique your state's policy on security guards.

Post the results of your search to the Lesson 2: My State's Security Guard Legislation discussion forum under the Lessons tab.