BSIS Firearms Training Manual - October 2001 Edition

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(g) Whether a police investigation was conducted relating to the incident.

(h) The date and location of the incident. Any report may be investigated by the director to determine if any disciplinary action is necessary.

A copy of the report delivered to the director pursuant to this section shall also be delivered within seven days of the incident to the local police or sheriff's department, which has jurisdiction over the geographic area where the incident occurred. Instructor Explanation

The instructor will discuss that a registrant with a firearm permit must report in writing the discharge of a weapon. Failure to report the discharge may result in the Bureau imposing disciplinary action, such as a fine. (Business and Professions Code Sections 7587.9(d) and 7599.42)

7583.12 B&P Code. Carrying firearms; requirements

No employee of a licensee shall carry or use a firearm unless the employee has in his or her possession a valid guard registration card and a valid firearm permit issued pursuant to this chapter.

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(a) A licensee, qualified manager of a licensee, or security guard who in the course of his or her employment may be required to carry a firearm shall, prior to carrying a firearm, do both of the following:

(1) Complete a course of training in the carrying and use of firearms.

(2) Receive a firearms qualification card prior to carrying a firearm or be otherwise qualified to carry a firearm as provided in section 7583.12

(b) A licensee shall not permit an employee to carry or use a loaded or unloaded firearm, whether or not it is serviceable or operative, unless the employee possesses a valid and current firearms qualification and issued by the bureau or is so otherwise qualified to carry a firearm as provided in Section 7583.12

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Instructors will discuss that employers who allow their employees to carry a firearm without possessing a valid firearm permit are subject to disciplinary action, such as a fine, for each employee who carries a firearm without a permit. Security guards are also subject to disciplinary action, such as fines; and subject to criminal prosecution and