Firearm Qualification Information

Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 181A.906 requires that a private security entity that employs armed private security professionals must ensure that training requirements imposed by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training involving a firearm required for certification are successfully completed with a firearm that matches the make, model and caliber of the firearm that will be possessed by or available to the armed private security professional while performing private security services.

Oregon Adminstrative Rule (OAR) 259-059-0140:

(1) Private security entities employing armed private security professionals must ensure that each armed private security professional successfully completes a firearms qualification for each firearm make, model, and caliber that thearmed private security professional will possess or have access to while performing private security services.

(2) The firearms qualifications required to comply with this rule must be completed before the armed private security professional can provide armed private security services where they would possess or have access to the corresponding make, model, and caliber of firearm.

(3) Firearms Qualifications Courses.

(a) Handgun qualifications for the make, model, and caliber of the handgun that the armed private security professional will possess or have access to while performing private security services must be conducted by a Department-certified private security firearms instructor using the qualification standards and targets found in the Department’s Basic Firearms Course for armed private security professionals.

(b) Rifle, shotgun, or other long gun qualifications must be conducted using an applicable qualification course for the make, model, and caliber of the rifle, shotgun, or long gun that the armed private security professional will possess or have access to while performing private security services and must be conducted by a qualified firearms instructor, as determined by the private security entity.

(4) Private security entities must maintain records, for at least three years, that demonstrate compliance with this rule such as the name of the armed private security professional, the make, model, and caliber of each firearm that the armed private security professional possesses or has access to while performing private security services, and the dates and records of the firearms qualifications. The records must be provided to the Department upon request.

(5) Private security entities must notify the Department in writing within 48 hours of knowledge that a certified armed private security professional or private security firearms instructor employed by the private security entity becomesineligible to purchase, own, or possess a firearm. The notification must list all facts known of the circumstances causing the ineligibility and must identify a person whom the Department may contact for additional information.

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