Bill > SF2163

This bill expands training requirements for licensed security officers in Minnesota by significantly increasing mandatory training hours and adding several new required training topics. Currently, security officers must complete 12 hours of preassignment training, but the bill increases this to 40 hours within the first 21 days of employment. Additionally, the annual continuing training requirement will rise from 6 hours to 24 hours, with an extra 6 hours for armed officers. The new training curriculum must cover a wide range of topics including community health issues like drug addiction and homelessness, mental health crisis response, first aid (including CPR and AED use), conflict de-escalation strategies, industry reporting standards, interactions with public safety entities, building operations disruption response, and threat identification. The bill also clarifies that training certificates belong to employees and must be provided by employers upon request at no cost. Importantly, these expanded training requirements will become effective January 1, 2026, giving security companies and officers time to prepare for and implement the new standards. The goal appears to be enhancing the professionalism, preparedness, and safety capabilities of security personnel through more comprehensive and in-depth training.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF2163&ssn=0&y=2025