Baton
This 8-hour training course is designed to give students the basic level of proficiency to carry and use a baton while on duty as a professional security officer. This training will teach you the use of force, when it may be used and civil liabilities, the areas of the body to be avoided, and every detail of the different types of baton as well as 35 different techniques for Side-Handle, PR-24, and Straight Batons, including the ASP.
The baton training course is designed to give students the minimum level of proficiency to carry and use a baton while on duty as private security guards. Individuals required to obtain a baton permit must be taught in the format described in Section 7585.9(a) of the Business and Professions Code. The Baton Training Manual provides that format.
Under existing law, the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services (the “Bureau”) only has authority to issue “a baton permit” or a “baton instructor certificate. The Bureau shall issue only a single “generic” type of baton permit and baton instructor certificate.
All licensees holding a baton permit may carry any type of baton on the job regardless of the type specified on the baton permit so long as he or she is proficient in the use of the device.
In summary, the Bureau has the authority to require an applicant to undergo baton training in order to receive a baton permit and for an applicant to meet a set of specific criteria to receive a baton instructor permit. However, once a permit or certificate is issued, the holder may carry or teach any type of baton.