Maine Security Guard License Information (Guard Card)

Sections

• Requirements to Become a Security Guard
• Security Guard License (Unarmed Security Officer)
• Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)
• Fingerprinting/Background Check

Information	Details
State Agency	Bureau of Maine State Police, Department of Public Safety
Website	https://www.maine.gov/dps/msp/licenses-permits/professional-investigator
Term of License	Term of employment.
Pre-Assignment Training Required?	At the employer's discretion.
Total Training Required	At the employer's discretion.
Online Training Approved?	At the employer's discretion.
Referesher Training Required?	At the employer's discretion.
Separate Firearms Training?	At the employer's discretion.
Separate Baton Training?	At the employer's discretion.
Separate Pepper Spray Training?	At the employer's discretion.
Average Hourly Wage	$14.52
Average Annual Salary	$30,200

Requirements to Become a Security Guard

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The applicant must:

• be 18 years of age or older
• be a citizen or resident alien of the United States
• not been dishonorably discharged from military service within the last 5 years
• not been convicted of a crime punishable by one year or more of imprisonment or, within the past 5 years, any crime enumerated in section 9412
• not been adjudicated to have committed a juvenile offense involving conduct which, if committed by an adult, is punishable by one year or more of imprisonment or, within the past 5 years, a juvenile offense involving conduct which, if committed by an adult, is a crime enumerated in section 9412
• not have 3 or more convictions for crimes punishable by less than one year of imprisonment within the past 5 years
• not be a fugitive from justice
• not be a fugitive from justice
• not be potentially dangerous to himself or others as the result of a mental disorder
• not have been adjudicated to be an incapacitated person pursuant to Title 18-A, article V, Parts 3 and 4, or if so adjudicated, has had that designation removed by an order under Title 18-A, section 5-307, subsection (b)

Security Guard License (Unarmed Security Officer)

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The State of Maine does not regulate individual security guards. Rather, the state regulates security guard companies. Training is at the discretion of the employer.

The security guard company must notify the commissioner of all employees who will perform security guard functions in the State before the date that the employee begins to perform security guard functions in the State.

Firearms Permits (Armed Security Officer)

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A person who acts as a security guard may, while he is in the performance of his duties in that capacity, carry a loaded weapon in a motor vehicle which is being used to provide armored car service or which is otherwise transporting things of value, provided that any weapon carried is not concealed.

Permission to carry an exposed firearm while on duty is at the employer's discretion.

• NOTE: A Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit does not qualify a security guard to carry armed.

Fingerprinting/Background Check

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All security guards must undergo a background investigation within 60-days of employment.