# Guard card lead time

A term used when buying security guard.

In California, state approval is the gate to work; the plastic guard card follows later.

The gate is approval and not the card, and the difference decides whether a won contract is a hiring plan or a payroll problem. California forbids a licensee from putting an unregistered person on a post, and then provides that a person may work pending receipt of the card once the bureau has approved them, carrying a printout of that approval and photo identification. There is a faster lane again for a currently employed peace officer or a level one or two reserve, who may work immediately on a submitted application, fees and fingerprints. The bureau publishes the dates it is currently working through and updates them weekly. Ask how the company recruits, because a book staffed from off-duty officers waits for nothing.

Part of: Buying a Security Guard Business (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-security-guard-business)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-security-guard-business/terms/guard-card-lead-time
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