Sworn private security guard - Ministerial Decree 269/2010

The initial course for sworn private security guards (Guardia Particolare Giurata, GPG) under Ministerial Decree 269/2010 is a mandatory 40-hour training programme required for recruitment and for the issue of the appointment decree (decreto di nomina). The course prepares candidates to enter the private security sector, providing the regulatory, operational and behavioural knowledge needed to take part in recruitment processes at private security companies and to carry out the duties of a sworn private security guard.

Who it is for: The course is aimed at prospective sworn private security guards who meet the following requirements (Article 138 of the Consolidated Law on Public Security, TULPS):

• Of legal age
• European citizenship
• Lower secondary school certificate
• Psychological and physical fitness
• No criminal convictions and no preventive measures

Refresher course: The initial course is complemented by an 8-hour periodic refresher course, which is also mandatory under Ministerial Decree 269/2010.

Certificate: At the end of the course, a certificate of attendance is issued, which is required for the issue of the appointment decree by the locally competent Prefect (Prefetto).

• Rules governing private security activities and the duties of sworn private security guards, as well as those on health and safety at work;
• Operational techniques for carrying out services;
• TULPS provisions on private security;
• Instructions and operational techniques for carrying out services;
• Operational techniques for the use, handling, care and safekeeping of weapons;
• How to use two-way radio equipment and any other technological equipment supplied;
• The implementing regulation and related decrees, as well as orders issued by the public security authority;
• Basic criminal law and criminal procedure, with a focus on the rules on the lawful use of weapons and on carrying, transporting, using, safekeeping and possession of weapons;
• Behavioural psychology;
• Verbal and non-verbal communication techniques;
• Basic constitutional law;
• Sector collective bargaining;
• Employment legislation;

To provide newly recruited sworn security guards with theoretical and practical training that enables them to acquire the basic knowledge and professional skills needed for the issue of the appointment decree by the locally competent Prefect, which is a mandatory condition for taking up service.