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Armed and Unarmed Security Guard Training in New York City

New York City’s high crime rate, affluence, and large population make it almost impossible for the police to protect all residents and their property. As a result, many companies and individuals rely on private unarmed security or armed security guard services to provide the protection they need. If you are interested in a lucrative and satisfying career as an unarmed or armed guard, International Security Services, Inc. (ISS) is here to provide the security guard training you need.

So, You Want to Be A Security Guard?

Security guards in New York City must undergo comprehensive security guard training before they are licensed to perform their duties. Under New York’s laws, all guards must complete a required curriculum of courses and properly register with the state’s Department of State.

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The Important Role of the Security Guard

Security guards do more than just stand watch. Competent, well-trained security personnel can provide a variety of critical services for their clients, including:

  • Personal protection to keep you and/or others safe from theft, violence, and other criminal acts
  • Observation and deterrence that protects property
  • Patrol services for neighborhoods, campuses, and other areas
  • Rapid response to security alarms and crisis situations
  • Guard services to protect cash and other hard assets

Unarmed Security Guard Training

To become an unarmed security guard, candidates must complete the following security guard training courses:

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8 Hour Pre-Assignment Training Course for Security Guards

This is a general security guard training course that introduces candidates to the rigors and duties of a security guard. It is a one-time course that offers a certificate of completion for candidates who complete it.

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Ready to Become a Security Guard?

We want to invite you to take the first step in becoming a security guard in New York State. Fill out the pre-qualification form to verify your eligibility.
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47 Hour Firearms Training

16 Hour On-the-Job-Training (OJT)

This course provides real-world on-the-job instruction that introduces candidates to guard duties and responsibilities in an actual work site. Candidates are required to complete the training no more than 90 days after securing a job as a security guard.

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8 Hour Annual Firearms Training

8 Hour Annual In-Service Training

In-service training is required to maintain security guard registration and must be completed once in each calendar year during each two-year registration period.

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Armed Security Guard Training

To become an armed security guard, candidates must complete all security guard training required for an unarmed guard, and the following additional instruction:

47 Hour Firearms Training

47 Hour Firearms Training

Candidates must obtain a legal New York Pistol Permit and be registered as a security guard to take this course. Once the course is completed, candidates receive a certificate that they submit when applying for an upgraded armed guard registration.

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8-Hour Annual Firearm Training

8 Hour Annual Firearms Training

Along with the required annual 8-hour in-service training, armed guards must complete an 8 Hour Annual Firearms Training course. It also must be competed once during each calendar year the guard maintains his two-year armed guard registration.

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Sergy DalakianiFire & Life Safety Director
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The Security Guard Training You Need for Your Career as a NYC Licensed Security Guard

Whether you need initial security guard training to become a security guard in New York City or a course that satisfies annual in-service or firearms training requirements, International Security Services, Inc. (ISS) can provide the reliable security guard training needed to help you in your career. Contact us today to learn more about our renowned security guard instruction programs.

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About Us

International Security Services, Inc. is New York City’s premier provider of executive protection and security guard services, personal and business investigations throughout New York and overseas, firearm permit consultations, background checks, and approved training for Fire Life Safety Directors and armed or unarmed security guards.

Corporate Office

  • 2720 86th Street
    Brooklyn, NY 11223
  • (718) 837-3910

(By appointment only)

Training Center

  • 2625 86th Street
    Brooklyn, NY 11223
  • (718) 812-6892

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August 10th, 2022

Property Security Evaluation Report

Your Individualized Property Evaluation Report

Your site’s individualized property evaluation report contains information and analysis that you need to properly manage your site’s security needs. That information includes detailed analysis of the crime rate in your area, site access and parking protocols, and existing security infrastructure. Interior inspection includes analysis of emergency exits, fire suppression capabilities, and alarm infrastructure for emergencies. Exterior inspection includes analysis of structural defects, property lighting, and potential vulnerabilities in building access.

In addition to those inspections, our analysis also considered environmental factors, potential risks from older trees, outside property maintenance, and nearby crime that may overflow to the area. We also examined emergency response planning, including fire evacuation protocols and information supplied to residents about proper evacuation process.

 

Pressing Suggestions


  • Install cameras in common areas and along driveway to the back parking lot as those areas are public spaces that anyone can access and there is no surveillance coverage.

We highly suggest a camera placement along this driveway, as the overhead cameras in the back parking lot may not capture all makes, models, and license plates of cars entering in and out based on the angle they are recording from. The best camera placement would be at the green circle closest to the sidewalk/street.
The common area is easily accessible, but based on the angle that cameras are set at the front lot, anyone can enter the basement common area concealing the side of their face that is facing the camera. This is not to say that the camera arrangement should be changed, but it is highly recommended to have coverage in this common area as the common area is on a lower floor not visible from the sidewalk.

  • Install a gate at the driveway leading to the back parking lot.

  • Make sure every tenant has a universal fire extinguisher and knows how to use it.

  • Develop a comprehensive evacuation plan and make sure that every tenant has received information regarding it. Condo Bylaw book is huge, tenants may easily overlook it.

  • Overall the building is not that big and has not had too many concerns regarding security breaches and/or home invasion throughout its 18-year existence. It is well kept and the fact that there is an active board monitoring and enforcing bylaws is a good sign. 



However, a few fundamental problems exist when it comes to access control of the back parking (a big territory). Even though only two issues have ever occurred there, the wide-open access point to that lot may need to be corrected sooner than later as there is a significant uptick in crime in the 62nd precinct.

Furthermore, there are two fundamental surveillance blind spots along the driveway leading to the back parking lot and every common area.

Lastly, however unlikely it may seem, tenants should have resources and a physical guide for situations that may require an evacuation. Whether it be a flood or fire, each tenant should know how to use a fire extinguisher and where to evacuate to during a flood regardless of their proximity to a shoreline.


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