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7598.2. (a) The course of training in the exercise of the power to arrest may be administered, tested, and certified by any licensee. The department may approve any person or school to teach the course in the exercise of the power to arrest. The course of training shall be approximately two hours in length and cover the following topics:

(1) Responsibilities and ethics in citizen arrest.

(2) Relationship with the public police in arrest.

(3) Limitations on security guard power to arrest.

(4) Restrictions on searches and seizures.

(5) Criminal and civil liabilities.

(A) Personal liability.

(B) Employer liability.

(b) The department shall make available a guidebook as a standard for teaching the course in the exercise of the power to arrest. The department shall encourage additional training and may provide a training guide recommending additional courses.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed.

(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 697, Sec. 29) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 287, Sec. 50. (AB 2515) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2023, by its own provisions. See later operative version as amended by Sec. 51 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 287.)