Fingerpints can also be taken by local and State Police, or sheriffs and chiefs of police. Guards must renew their registration by the expiration date of their current registration or they cannot work as a security guard . No additional fee is required. If security guard is applying independently, the Notice of Employment section need not be completed. Fingerprinting may be performed at the office of the licensee or at another licensed Private Investigator or Watch, Guard or Patrol agency by the person who qualifies as the licensee or by a designated person who is employed by the entity and who has been previously fingerprinted.
Procedure is available for making official designation.
A qualifier complies with statutory requirements. A separate registration as a security guard is not needed. The qualifier of a Watch, Guard or Patrol Agency does not need a separate registration as a security guard. That individual can do what the law permits his or her category of license to do. Our rules provide that peace officers performing security guard duties in the course of their peace officer status are exempt from the registration requirements.