Security Guides: California Licensing, Law and Field Documentation
Reference pages we wrote because clients and officers kept asking the same questions. No gated downloads, no sales pitch inside the answer — the licence lookup, the trespass posting rules, a real daily activity report sample, fire watch intervals, the training hours, and the legal limits on what an officer may do.
Guard Card Lookup
Free guard card lookup for California: search DCA/BSIS by name or licence number, read the status codes, check expiration, and find your own guard card number if you lost the card.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
No Trespassing Signs
California rules for posting no trespassing signs: required wording, letter size, spacing along the boundary, Penal Code 602 vs 602.8, and the 602(k) letter of authority that lets police remove trespassers.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
Daily Activity Report
What belongs in a security guard daily activity report, a full DAR sample you can copy, the difference between a DAR and an incident report, and the entries that hold up if the log is ever subpoenaed.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
Fire Watch Requirements
What fire watch means, when the fire marshal orders it, required patrol frequency and log entries, hot work fire watch duration, and how to staff a compliant fire watch fast in the Sacramento region.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
Guard Card Training
California security guard training explained: the 8-hour Power to Arrest and WMD modules, 16 hours in six months, 16 more in the first year, the guard card test, renewal CE, and what it costs in Sacramento.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
Guard Authority & Use of Force
What California security guards can and cannot do: touching, detention, citizen's arrest under PC 837, merchant's privilege for shoplifting, handcuffs, searches, and when force crosses into liability.
Read the guideBy city: Sacramento · Rocklin · Lodi · Auburn · Oakland · Stockton
Verify a BSIS licence or PPO
How to check a security company's PPO licence and an officer's guard card before you sign a contract.
Need officers, not just answers?
Sacramento-region patrol, standing posts, fire watch and event coverage under California PPO #122730.
