Officers cleared for every post
Onboarding, e-signatures, training and license files in one place, for armed, unarmed and patrol officers.
- Guard cards and firearms permits flagged when they expire
- See who still has to sign each site's post orders
- Use-of-force policy and training signed, with the date
Every officer's papers, on their own clock
About 157,200 security guard openings come up every year, most of them to replace people who leave.* Clients write licenses and training into the contract. Proving them means texts, photos and a binder.
*Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ready before the first post
Three things to have in a new officer's file before they stand a post alone, and how each one gets there.
- 1SignedThe offer, the use of force policy, the site post orders and the handbook go out for signature; the field supervisor countersigns the post orders.
- 2Done on siteTheir guard card goes on file, then a shadow shift and a walk of every patrol route.
- 3TrainedThey watch your site video, finish workplace violence prevention and emergency response training, and sign each one.
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Clients, the state and lawyers ask. The answers are in each file.
Guard cards with their dates, your provider's certificates, signed policies with their certificate pages. Each one sits in the officer's file.
Check who needs attention before you staff tonight's posts
Each card and permit sits in its officer's file with its date. The day one lapses, the officer is flagged, so you catch it before you send anyone out.
The use of force policy, provable
If a use of force is ever questioned, the policy the officer signed is in their file with its certificate page, dated and impossible to delete.
Your officers' paperwork, all in one place
Your own training courses, a background check status before the first post, and where each new officer stands.
Your own training courses
Film de-escalation and report writing at your sites. Officers sign at the end, so you see who's done.
Background checks, before the first post
Record where each officer's check stands before their first post.
Where each new officer stands
See what each new officer still has to do, and what's late.
An officer's first weeks, set up once
An example plan for a security officer, built from your own policies, post orders and videos. Save it once, and the next officer starts from it.
FirstHR fits every guard, patrol and post
Find your kind of security work below, and the rules it has to keep for every officer you put on a post.
Site security, armed posts, patrol and supervisors
Every team runs on one setup. What changes is the plan, what people sign and which cards sit in their file.
Which California rules reach your officers and your company
See which rule reaches whom.
- A power to arrest course before registeringUnarmed officersArmed officers
- 32 hours of skills within 6 months, 16 of them in the first 30 daysUnarmed officersArmed officers
- 8 hours of review every yearUnarmed officersArmed officers
- A firearms permit for 2 years, renewed at least 60 days aheadArmed officers
- Each officer's training record kept while they work for youYour company
These are California's rules; other states set their own training hours and card terms.
What the rules ask of a security company
The situation, the rule it brings, and how FirstHR keeps the proof.
- An officer's guard card is close to expiringRenew it in time: where states license guards, nobody can work a post on a lapsed cardCard on file with its date
- An armed officer's permit comes up for renewalRenew it before it lapses, or they can't work an armed postPermit on file with its date
- Your state requires a workplace violence planTrain everyone on it and keep the training recordsA course they sign
Card terms, training hours and plan rules vary by state.
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Your officers work different sites and shifts, and you rarely see them all in one place. Each one carries a guard card, maybe a firearms permit, and signed post orders for every site, all with different dates. When a client asks for proof, or an officer works a shift on an expired card, it lands on you. I want you to catch that before the shift starts. In FirstHR every card sits in the officer's file with its date. You see who's expired and who hasn't signed the new post orders.
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