• No criminal convictions that directly
  relate to your capacity to perform the duties of a
  private security guard and/or hinders public safety.
  
  
• A physical location of the business within Washington.
  
  
• A valid business license with the Department of Revenue.
  
  
  

• All topics in the security guard preassignment training course:
  
  Preassignment training study guide
  
  
• Washington State laws and rules regarding security guard licensing and regulations:
  
  RCW 18.170: Security guards
  
  RCW 18.235 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
  
  RCW 9.41: Firearms and dangerous weapons
  
  RCW 9A: Washington criminal code
  
  WAC 308-18: Private security guard companies and private security guards
  
  
  
• Legal and liability issues related to the security guard industry:
  
  Protection Officers Training Manual (International Foundation for Protection Officers)
  
  Use of Force Continuum (Criminal Justice Training Commission)
  
  
• General security management:
  
  Washington Access to Criminal History (WATCH) (Washington State Patrol)
  
  Start a business (Business Licensing Service, Department of Revenue)
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  
  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  
  Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) (Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated)
  
  
  

• RCW—Revised Code of Washington (Washington State laws)
• WAC—Washington Administrative Code (Washington State agency regulations)

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