HAR §16-97-35. §16-97-35 Experience requirements

(a) Applicants for a private detective license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time investigational work. (1) The board shall require training and experience in the following areas: (A) Case investigation and documentation; (B) Laws and rules; (C) Ethics; (D) Privacy issues; (E) Review of criminal and civil history records; (F) Interview techniques; (G) Collection and handling of evidence; (H) Court testimony; (I) Use of force options (chapter 703, HRS); (J) CPR/first aid; and (K) Surveillance techniques and activities. (2) The board may accept the following types of experience for persons applying to be private detectives, employment: (A) Under the supervision of a licensed private detective; (B) As a police officer with a police department of a state or political subdivision thereof with at least one year of full-time investigative work; (C) As an investigator with any federal, state, county, or municipal government agency; or (D) As an investigator employed by an attorney-at-law or law firm. (b) Applicants for a guard license shall have had experience reasonably equivalent to at least four years of full-time guard work. (1) The board shall require training and experience in the following areas: (A) Laws and rules; (B) Fire procedures; (C) Evacuation procedures; (D) Arrest and evidence procedures; (E) Patrol techniques; (F) Incident investigation; (G) Incident documentation; (H) Court testimony; (I) Screening of individuals entering the premise; and (J) Use of force options (chapter 703, HRS). 97-20 §16-97-37 (2) The board may accept the following types of experience for persons applying to be guards, employment: (A) Under the supervision of a licensed guard; (B) As a guard by a private employer; (C) As a police officer with a police department of a state of political subdivision thereof; or (D) As a guard with any federal, state, county, or municipal government agency. [Eff 3/9/64; am and ren §16-97-35, 7/30/81; am and comp 2/18/86; comp 8/25/88; comp 10/23/00; am and comp 3/14/11] (Auth: HRS §463-3) (Imp: HRS §§463-3, 463-6, 463-8)