All applicants for a Class A or D license must complete the following training requirements if they do not meet the experience of a manager as outlined in Arkansas Code § 17-40-306:
- (1) Fifteen (15) hours of basic doctrines of private security (orientation), including history, ethics, organization, and functions of private security;
- (2) Fifteen (15) hours of purposes of security;
- (3) Twenty-five (25) hours of criminal law;
- (4) Twenty-five (25) hours of civil law;
- (5) Five (5) hours of legal powers and limitations;
(6) Forty (40) hours of security functions, including:
- (A) Report writing;
- (B) Patrol;
- (C) Interviewing and interrogation;
- (D) Investigations;
- (E) Surveillance;
- (F) Evidence;
- (G) Public relations; and
- (H) Safety;
- (7) Five (5) hours of the Polygraph Examiners Licensing Act, Arkansas Code § 17-39-101 et seq., and the Private Security Agency, Private Investigator, and School Security Licensing and Credentialing Act, Arkansas Code § 17-40-101 et seq.;
(8) Sixty (60) hours of security supervision management, including:
- (A) Administrative responsibilities;
- (B) Investigative responsibilities;
- (C) Managerial responsibilities; and
- (D) Business communications;
- (9) Ten (10) hours of emergencies and disaster control; and
- (10) Ten (10) hours of self-defense (armed and unarmed).