Certified Security Officer/Guard

A new state law—called SORA for Security Officer Registration Act—mandates that all private security guards and officers in New Jersey be licensed. The law requires completion of a New Jersey State Police-approved training course and the successful passing of an examination.

Brookdale’s 24-hour Certified Security Officer/Guard training fulfills this requirement. It covers homeland security, the legal aspects of use of force, ethics, report writing, emergency response, public relations, street gang awareness, first aid awareness, weapon awareness and suspicious packages and people. 

In addition to receiving the New Jersey State Police-issued Security Officer card (a two-year certification) participants also come away with certification in Red Cross CPR (adult, child and infant) and Red Cross First Aid certification. 8 SESSIONS 

Mandatory Requirements:

  • Participants must have access to the Internet. At the first class meeting with the instructor’s guidance, participants register online with the New Jersey State Police by filing a security officer registration form. The non-refundable fee for this is $75 payable by Visa or MasterCard.

  •  Also at the first class meeting with instructor guidance, participants submit online to a criminal background check by Sagem Morpho Inc., a subcontractor of the state. The fee for this is $70.25 payable by Visa or MasterCard.

  •  The criminal background check fee includes the processing of fingerprinting that participants complete outside of class time before the last class date.

  • 100% attendance required.

  • 70% score on a 50-question examination. 

Instructor: John Niesz, MAS, NJ State Police Certified Security Officer Instructor 

Information: mwaclawik@brookdalecc.edu

View current course offerings, schedules and course fees in a printable version.

 

 

 

Brookdale, The County College of Monmouth

765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738-1543
An equal opportunity/affirmative action institution