Louisiana Security Guard Registration Card Information (Guard Card)
Sections
- Requirements to Become a Security Guard
- Security Guard License (Unarmed Security Officer)
- Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)
- Renewal and Continuing Education Requirements
- Fingerprinting/Background Check
Requirements to Become a Security Guard
The applicant:
- may be a U.S. citizen or resident alien;
- must be at least 18 years of age if registered unarmed, or if registered to carry a baton; and
- must be at least 21 years of age if registered armed.
Security Guard Registration Card (Unarmed Security Officer)
A security officer who works for more than one licensed security company must register with the board for each individual company.
A registration card is valid for two years based on date of hire.
Any security officer employed shall complete, within 30 days from his date of hire, eight hours' classroom training under a board-licensed classroom instructor.
Security officer shall have 60 days from date of first work assignment to complete an additional eight-hour classroom training program which has been approved by the board.
Upon completion of each of the eight-hour segments of the prescribed training, a 50-question examination shall be given to each security officer by the board-licensed instructor.
Registration card classifications are as follows:
- revolver
- straight baton
- revolver and shotgun
- 9mm semiautomatic and shotgun
- revolver and baton
- shotgun
- shotgun and PR-24 baton
- shotgun and baton
- PR-24 baton
- revolver and PR-24 baton
- 9mm semiautomatic
- 9mm semiautomatic and baton
- unarmed
- unarmed only
- 9mm and PR-24 baton
- 40 caliber semiautomatic
- 40 caliber semiautomatic and baton
- 45 caliber semiautomatic
- NOTE: The actual license is issued by the State of Louisiana, not the trainer.
Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)
An applicant who will be registered to carry a weapon must be trained in that weapon prior to carrying such on a job site and verification of training must be submitted by the licensee to the board at the time application is made.
Armed security officers in addition to the unarmed training requirements shall complete firearms training and range qualifications, as prescribed by the board, prior to armed work assignment.
- NOTE: A Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit does not qualify a security guard to carry armed.
Renewal and Continuing Education Requirements
Annual baton refresher training is due one year from the date of the last baton training recorded at the board office.
All armed security officers must complete an annual firearms retraining course, as prescribed by the board, which includes refresher courses on subjects previously specified, a written test of at least fifty questions, and retraining in firearms instructions, to include minimum marksmanship qualification of eighty percent on an approved silhouette target course approved by the board.
Fingerprinting/Background Check
Two (2) Fingerprint cards are required per applicant. The fingerprint cards must be FBI type cards, which can be obtained from the Board office and must be accompanied by the Louisiana State Police Authorization and Disclosure forms.
