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BSIS moves from online-only to hybrid training under AB 229 regulations; online trainers warned of enforcement risk
Summary
BSIS staff said regulations implementing Assembly Bill 229 require guard training to be 50% in person and 50% online, effective after Office of Administrative Law approval in December; bureau is in an education phase and warned online-only providers that certificates may be rejected.
Bureau of Security and Investigative Services staff told the advisory committee that regulations implementing Assembly Bill 229 are now effective and that the bureau is shifting from an education phase to enforcement for training compliance.
Lynn (bureau chief) said the AB 229 regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative Law in early December and are "live." She said the bureau began with an educational approach and "we will shortly be moving into the enforcement portion of it."
Public commenters and training providers raised concerns that many online-only courses remain available and that some providers had not transitioned to the hybrid model. The bureau advised providers that the regulation requires a 50/50 split of in-person and online instruction and that continuing to issue online-only certificates risks those certificates being rejected by the bureau's enforcement analysts.
Alex Haddix of Security Training Center told the committee he believed the penal code already prohibited projectile chemical agents and urged clarity on allowable equipment. The bureau reiterated that pepper-ball-style devices that resemble firearms present safety risks and that certificates from online-only programs may not be accepted; bureau staff said they are pursuing complaints and educating noncompliant providers.
The bureau encouraged training providers to update curricula and warned that certificates from noncompliant online-only programs "run the risk of their certificates not being accepted by our enforcement analysts," a bureau official said.
Ending: The bureau said it will continue outreach to training providers and move toward enforcement of the AB 229 training standard; no specific enforcement deadline beyond the ongoing education-to-enforcement transition was provided.
