Security personnel: firearm qualification cards.

Existing law, the Private Security Services Act, provides for the registration and regulation of private security personnel by the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Under existing law, a security guard or security patrolperson may not carry or use a firearm unless he or she has a valid registration card and a valid firearm qualification card issued by the bureau. Existing law authorizes a security guard or security patrolperson to perform his or her duties pending receipt of a permanent or replacement registration card as long as he or she carries a hard copy printout of the bureau's approval form from the bureau's Internet Web site and a valid picture identification. Existing law authorizes the bureau to charge a $10 certification fee to provide a replacement certification card. This bill would authorize a security guard or security patrolperson to carry and use a firearm pending receipt of a permanent or replacement firearm qualification card as long as he or she carries a hard copy printout of the bureau's approval from the bureau's Internet Web site and a valid picture identification. The bill would also authorize the bureau to charge a $10 certification fee to provide a replacement firearm qualification card.