MODULE 8

• SECURITY GUARD - Is any natural person who offers or renders personal service to watch or guard residential or business premises or both, government and/or their premises for hire and compensation.
• SECURITY SUPERVISOR - Is charged with directing the work and observing the behavioral performance of the guard under his unit.
• TYPES OF SECURITY GUARD FORCE:

  1. Company Guard Force
  2. Security Agency Service
  3. Government Guard Force
• Company Guard Force – security force maintained and operated by any private company/corporation utilizing any of its employees to watch secure and guard its establishment.
• Security Agency service – security guard belonging to privately licensed agency (contractual basis)
• Government Guard Forces – security unit maintained and operated by any government entity other than military or police.
• POWER AND DUTIES OF SECURITY GUARD:

  1. Territorial Power
  2. Arrest by Security Guard
  3. Search without warrant
• Territorial Power – A security guard shall watch and secure the property of the person, firm or establishment with whom he or his agency has a contract for security services. Such services shall not extend beyond the property or compound of said person, firm or establishment except when required by the latter in accordance with the terms of their contract, or in hot pursuit of criminal offenders.
• Arrest by Security Guard – A security guard or private detective is not a police officer and is not, therefore, clothed with police authority. However, he may arrest a person under the circumstances mentioned in Section 5, Rule 113, Revised Rules of Criminal Procedure.
• Search without Warrant – Any security guard may, incident to the arrest, search the person so arrested in the presence of at least two (2) witnesses.
• Search without warrant - He may search employees of the firm or establishment with which he or his agency has a contract, when such search is required by the very nature of the business of the person, firm or establishment.
• ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF SECURITY GUARD:

  1. Alertness
  2. Judgement
  3. Confidence
  4. Physical Fitness
  5. Tactfulness
  6. Self-Control
• Alertness – being watchful in spotting violator, a person, a vehicle or an incident.
• Judgment – sound and good judgment to arrive at wise and timely decisions.
• Confidence – faith in oneself and his abilities
• Physical Fitness – always in a condition to render effective service even under the most strenuous conditions.
• Tactfulness – ability to deal with others successfully without offending
• Self-Control – ability to take hold of oneself regardless of a provoking situation.
• MAY ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCY AND PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY - Any Filipino citizen or corporation, association, partnership, one hundred percent of which is owned and controlled by Filipino citizens.
• BASIC REQUIREMENT OF AN OPERATOR OR MANAGER OF SECURITY AGENCY

  1. Filipino citizen;
  2. Not be less than (25) years of age;
  3. College graduate and/or a commissioned officer in the inactive service or retired from the AFP or PNP;
  4. Has taken a course/seminar on Industrial Security Management and/or must have adequate training or experience in security business,
  5. Good moral character
  6. Having no previous record of conviction of crime or offense involving moral turpitude.
• QUALIFICATIONS OF SECURITY GUARD OR WATCHMAN

  1. Filipino citizen;
  2. High School graduate
  3. Physically and mentally fit
  4. At least (18) years of age but not more than (50) years old
  5. Has undergone Pre-Licensing course or its equivalent. Veterans and retired military/police personnel honorably discharge including graduates of ROTC advance (or its equivalent int he PNP) are exempted from the required Basic-Licensing Training.
• Republic Act 5487, as amended - The Private Security Agency Law, approved on June 13, 1969.
• PNPSOSIA – office under the Civil Security Group which is charged with the supervision, direction and control of all security agencies in the Republic.