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Angelo Demuerte · February 24, 2014, 07:54 PM

Here in MN there are specific requirements such as being background checked and having a fingerprint card filed with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. And other such knick knacks and nuances.

Found under MN STAT 626.88
"The term "security guard" does not include: (i) auditors, accountants, and accounting personnel performing audits or accounting functions; (ii) employees of a firm licensed pursuant to section 326.3381 whose duties are primarily administrative or clerical in nature; (iii) unarmed security personnel; (iv) personnel temporarily employed pursuant to statute or ordinance by political subdivisions to provide protective services at social functions; (v) employees of air or rail carriers."

MN STAT 326.3361 TRAINING:
(1) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm, training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising from the use of, firearms;
for those individuals who are armed with a weapon, training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising from the use of, weapons other than firearms, including, but not limited to, bludgeons, nightsticks, batons, chemical weapons, and electronic incapacitation devices, and restraint or immobilization techniques...
for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training in first aid and alternatives to the use of force, including advantages to not using force and specifically when force should not be used...
for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training in the legal limitations on the justifiable use of force and deadly force as specified in sections 609.06 and 609.065...
preassignment or on-the-job training, or its equivalent, required before applicants may be certified as having completed training...
continuing training for license holders, qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, employees, individuals armed with a firearm, and individuals armed with a weapon.

That's not the entire statute, but it is the gist of it.

February 24, 2014, 07:54 PM	#35
Angelo Demuerte Member Join Date: February 5, 2009 Posts: 31	Here in MN there are specific requirements such as being background checked and having a fingerprint card filed with the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. And other such knick knacks and nuances. Found under MN STAT 626.88 "The term "security guard" does not include: (i) auditors, accountants, and accounting personnel performing audits or accounting functions; (ii) employees of a firm licensed pursuant to section 326.3381 whose duties are primarily administrative or clerical in nature; (iii) unarmed security personnel; (iv) personnel temporarily employed pursuant to statute or ordinance by political subdivisions to provide protective services at social functions; (v) employees of air or rail carriers." MN STAT 326.3361 TRAINING: (1) for those individuals who are armed with a firearm, training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising from the use of, firearms; for those individuals who are armed with a weapon, training in the proper use of, and the risks and dangers arising from the use of, weapons other than firearms, including, but not limited to, bludgeons, nightsticks, batons, chemical weapons, and electronic incapacitation devices, and restraint or immobilization techniques... for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training in first aid and alternatives to the use of force, including advantages to not using force and specifically when force should not be used... for those individuals who are armed with a firearm or armed with a weapon, training in the legal limitations on the justifiable use of force and deadly force as specified in sections 609.06 and 609.065... preassignment or on-the-job training, or its equivalent, required before applicants may be certified as having completed training... continuing training for license holders, qualified representatives, Minnesota managers, partners, employees, individuals armed with a firearm, and individuals armed with a weapon. That's not the entire statute, but it is the gist of it.