Alaska Security Guard License Information (Guard Card)
Sections
- Security Guard License (Unarmed)
- Requirements to Become a Security Guard
- Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)
- Renewal and Continuing Education Requirements
- Fingerprinting/Background Check
- Emergency Guard
Security Guard License (Unarmed Security Officer)
All security guard applicants, before issuance of a temporary permit or submission of an application to the department, must have received at least eight (8) hours of general preassignment training relating to their duties and responsibilities as a guard.
All security guards are required to complete satisfactorily at least 40 hours of inservice training within 180 days after employment.
- NOTE: The actual license is issued by the State of Alaska, not the trainer.
Requirements to Become a Security Guard
In order to be eligible to receive a license, each applicant must:
- a United States citizen or resident alien with a work permit;
- at least 18 years of age;
- neither addicted to nor dependent on alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs;
- an individual without a conviction, within 10 years before the date of application, for any crime classified as a felony in this state or another jurisdiction at the time the crime was committed, unless a full pardon has been granted; and
- not suffering from any psychopathic condition or mental illness impairing the powers of memory, reason, judgment, or perception.
Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)
An applicant for an armed security guard license must:
- affirm that the applicant has not been and is not now disqualified from possessing a firearm, including as a condition of probation or parole;
- have obtained, from an instructor certified as required under 13 AAC 60.110(f), at least eight (8) hours of pre-assignment training in
- the use of firearms in compliance with state and federal statutes and regulations;
- handling firearms; and
- the safety and maintenance of firearms; and
- demonstrate competence with any firearm that may be issued to the applicant; if a licensee fails to maintain competence with that firearm during an annual practice firing review, that individual's license as an armed security guard is subject to revocation.
- NOTE: A Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit does not qualify a security guard to carry armed.
Renewal and Continuing Education Requirements
All security guards must pass an annual refresher course of at least eight hours. Failure to pass the refresher course may be grounds for revocation of a security guard license.
Fingerprinting/Background Check
The DPS conducts State and FBI criminal history background checks.
The application must include a classifiable set of the applicant's own fingerprints.
Emergency Guard
"Emergency guard" means a person hired by a law enforcement agency on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for not more than 30 consecutive days for the purpose of guarding prisoners.
In order to be hired as an emergency employee as a prisoner guard for the Department of Public Safety as authorized by AS 39.25.120(c)(18), the person must be:
- a United States citizen or resident alien with valid work permit;
- a resident of this state;
- at least 19 years of age;
- neither addicted to nor dependent upon alcohol, narcotics, or other drugs;
- free from a psychopathic condition, or mental illness impairing the powers of memory, reason, judgment, or perception; and
- free from any conviction of a felony, any crime involving moral turpitude, or any crime preventing ownership or possession of a firearm within 10 years of hire, unless a full pardon has been granted by the appropriate authority.
