Match the ways private security operates in each state. No state-wide guidelines: Kentucky
State-wide guidelines: California
State-wide guidelines: New York
No state-wide guidelines: Massachusetts
:: Unarmed security professionals need no license; each locality forms its own guidelines; takes responsibility for all its forces.
:: Pre-assignment training, basic topics of security work, additional 47 hours of firearm training; require fees for firearm licenses.
:: Skill training in powers to arrest, restraint techniques, WMD, share information routinely, mandatory classes in communication and public relations, ethics.
No requirement for license; training includes knowledge of legal limitations and authority of security officers; fire prevention and control; first aid; defensive
tactics