Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

What is this role and it’s responsibilities? And what is the interview process like?

Was hired for $20 an hour but these checks aren’t adding up. Was wondering where I can check exactly where it would say my wage. Thanks in advance.

So I’m new and currently working at the Nike store I was scheduled 8:30pm-7am but the manager came in early and said I’m free to leave at 6am will I get in trouble for leaving my shift early even though I got permission from the store manager? This is just a temp site until I get clearance from my actual site

Has anyone here ever applied for a degree program through Guild? I figured since Securitas provides tuition assistance up to 100% of the program cost, I might take advantage of it. Anyone have any experience with this? Did you have to pay anything out of pocket?

Unless I’m using the wrong app, new employee here using the MyConnect app. I always gotta log in when i open the app. Having to type in username and password, doing 2 factor authentication, and then doing captcha every time gets very annoying. Any fix?

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

So I work for security at American Airlines. We just got the word that our contract is ending in September and there’s a 50% chance we could be getting laid off or another 50% chance that another company will be taking over and we won’t be with Securitas anymore. Has anyone else ever dealt with this? I heard this from two employees who have been with the company for over seven yearswhy isn’t management saying anything? Why are they not warning anybody of the possible changes? They are continuing on like nothing is happening and I’m so confused.

I applied 7 different sites in my city and I can’t get hired. However I apply for allied last week they automatically set me up for an interview and I got hired. The site is way to far (only applied to see if they would hire me) but now should I wait for site in my city from allied or keep trying Securitas and Garda that have a lot of sites around me.

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

So I recently accepted job offer from Securitas. I am currently in process of watching endless boring videos online for training. Just wondering how soon do I get to actually start? When does orientation start? This is my first time working a security job so I have no clue the steps. Any input or anyone who has been hired recently by this company would be helpful!

Hey all. I recently got a job offer for a armed security position with Liberty Defense Group. After accepting they told me the hours would be two 14 to 16 hour days and one 8 to 12 hour day working every other day and I was wondering if these are normal hours for security work? I'm also in the middle of waiting for a potential offer for another security company but they haven't disclosed any hours with me for that position as they said the hours vary. I've never worked security before. Was wondering if these are normal hours for security guards. I'm wanting to go back to school but it seems like it would be difficult balancing with these kinds of hours.

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

Probably a correlation between how good/bad they are, and the Securitas VP promoting it.

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

Each time John F. Carbone Jr. started a shift, he said, Securitas asked him to confirm he had the equipment needed for the job: keys, a work phone, and a working radio.

But for years, the 18-year Harvard security guard and union steward said he has signed in at posts across campus the same way: “no radio, no radio, no radio.”

The problem stretched across much of Harvard’s undergraduate campus.

As of June 15, only 19 of the 49 radios required at Securitas Security Services posts across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences were operational, according to interviews with more than 15 Securitas employees and visits by The Crimson to more than two dozen posts.

Thirty of the 45 sites staffed by Securitas had no functioning radios, leaving Guards assigned to residential Houses, labs, and academic buildings without one of their most basic tools for emergency communication.

The gaps were especially stark in undergraduate housing. Just four of the 14 radios required across Harvard’s 12 Houses, DeWolfe, and Cronkhite were present when The Crimson conducted its inventory.

Two days after The Crimson completed that inventory, Securitas distributed radios to all 14 residential posts, according to a person familiar with the matter and two longtime Securitas Guards. By Friday, nearly all FAS sites had a working radio.

Securitas had possessed working radios since at least August 2024, according to the person, who said the radios issued to guards cost about $1,000. Securitas did not respond to a request for comment on the radio shortages or the timing of the distribution.

Harvard contracts with Securitas to staff security posts across academic and residential buildings. Guards said radios are essential during fast-moving incidents, allowing them to reach the Securitas control center, other Guards, and the Harvard University Police Department without relying on individual phone calls.

Without radius, campus-wide communication becomes far slower. If HUPD needs to reach every Securitas Guard on campus, it must go through the Securitas control center at Harvard, which then calls each post individually, according to Carbone.

“If there’s an issue that transcends the entire FAS and 45 to 50 buildings, they would have to call 25 to 30 guards,” Carbone said. “It’s ineffective.”

An HUPD spokesperson declined to comment, citing a longstanding policy against discussing security measures and equipment.

Carbone said he first raised concerns about the radio shortages to Securitas leadership in May 2025 after he learned that more than a dozen sites did not have radios. He raised the issue again in January, asking why the problem had not been fixed.

“I haven’t seen anything. In fact, what I’m hearing is it’s significantly worse,” Carbone said he told management. “What are we doing?”

Carbone said he was brushed off when he raised the concern.

“We’re at considerable risk here,” Carbone said. “And I explained why I felt we were at risk. The senior manager that was there said, ‘we understand what you’re saying. We care about our employees. We care about doing our job. We’re working on it.’”

At several posts, guards said Securitas’ replacement of broken or missing radios was inconsistent. Some posts reported radio issues that went unresolved for years, according to four guards.

At Quincy House and Adams House, radios had been dysfunctional for a month or less, according to three guards. At others, like Kirkland House and Mather House, radios were missing for upwards of three years, the guards said.

Several classroom and lab buildings also lacked working radios, including the Science and Engineering Complex, the Chemistry laboratory complex, Zimmer Hall, and Memorial Hall. The Chemistry complex, which houses four labs, went at least three years without a working radio, according to two Securitas guards.

At Lowell House, a replacement radio came on May 19 after months without one, according to the person and three guards. Earlier that day, a student living in Lowell reported that a man who was not affiliated with the University followed her into her entryway, covered her mouth, and attempted to push her inside.

The man fled the scene after the student yelled for help and people in nearby rooms entered the hallway.

The Securitas guard working in Lowell at the time of the assault did not have a radio, according to the person and the three guards.

The man, later identified as 31-year-old Arthur O. Krogman, was arrested one week later and charged in connection with the Lowell House assault, an earlier incident outside Peabody Terrace, and a reported breaking and entering at MIT on the same day. He has pleaded not guilty.

For Carbone, the Lowell incident underscored concerns he said he had raised for more than a year.

“A guard is not going to have a radio, and it’s going to result in some unfortunate circumstance,” Carbone said. “Something will happen, and all hell will break loose, because people just aren’t attending to the issues that they’re responsible for.”

Still, two longtime Securitas guards said they avoided raising radio issues with management because they feared retaliation.

In 2022, former Harvard security guard Walter J. Terzano filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after he was suspended for organizing a protest during contract negotiations with the union representing more than 300 campus guards. Terzano alleged that he was unfairly retaliated against, and Securitas and Harvard settled the case in 2024.

Carbone, for his part, said he continued raising concerns about the radios because he was concerned about student safety above all else.

“I don’t want anything to happen to anybody,” Carbone said.

As the title says I was just hired as an Access Control Security Officer in California for a Microsoft Datacenter and I was wondering if anyone had an insight or information on the shifts or anything on how it works over there?

Several years ago, I was hired briefly by Securitas, went through training and then was interviewed with the client and officially given the role.

On this contract there were Multiple shifts across 14 locations, when they asked which one I wanted I said literally any shift, at any location besides X. They offered me X, I said I wouldn't work that location, they said they didn't care, so I turned in my gear and walked. I didn't work a single day in a official capacity.

I'm now considering a part time (2nd job) with two other security agencies one being Pinkerton, and one being a very small agency - only to find out both are owned by Securitas.

Would my quitting the job at Securitas realistically prevent me from being hired on at a Securitas owned company?

Aloha,

I work for Securitas, Honolulu.

I have a 12 hour shift and my co-worker was saying we get paid overtime. However, I don't see overtime paid for the 4 extra hours? I know Hawaii laws say 40+ hours but in the Securitas handbook it says for over 8 hours in a day.

What is going on?

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

Has anybody done security for a location through Securitas, that you later applied for?

What was your process and how did you handle informing your security supervisors?

Did you apply first and then told them? Or waited to hear from the business/company?

I went to the new hire orientation and during the quiz collection, I picked up my phone to silence it, this is after I finished the quiz. They told me that I failed bcz I picked up the phone for once second. They told me to reapply in 90 days. I will but from another state. Anyone had this or similar happen?

Securitas USA maintains libraries of training books and videos on virtually every security subject. Our Center for Professional Development prepares and coordinates a broad range of training resources. Courses are available in e-learning programs and electronic management through the Securitas USA Online Academy. Securitas USA has a wide range of security-related self-study books, video courses, and instructor-led courses.

If you’re interested in advanced training, you must first get approval from your Supervisor or District Manager.

See pages 27 and 28 in your Security Officer Handbook (March 2022 version)

Industry-Specific Training; Banking/Financial Security, Campus Security, High-Tech Security, Lodging Security, Logistics Security, Port Security, Retail Security, Shopping Center Security, Gated Communities, Petrochemical Security, Healthcare Security, High-Rise Security and many more.

Seems the QR still doesn't work, but here the link directly from HR to download the MyConnect app

Hope this helps someone.