Valentis - Qualifying Readiness Standards

Readiness Standards

All Valentis personnel assigned to client sites are required to qualify on Valentis Qualifying Readiness Standards (QRS). The standards set are pass or fail in every category . Personnel who fail are offered one opportunity to retake the specific course, which may also include remedial training, if necessary. If the security officer fails a second time, then they are removed from the company’s roster. The QRS modules listed below apply only to regular duty security officers and are not followed by more specialized personnel such as the Valentis Protective Security Team.

Impact Weapon & Firearms
Expandable Baton	Personnel are qualified annually on the expandable baton. The certification course requires proficient use of the expandable baton against one or multiple targets and written examination.
Duty Pistol	The pistol qualification standard is 100% accuracy on target, and 75% score. The qualification course consists of 50 rounds at distances of 3-25 yards. All 50 rounds must impact the target is the scoring zone. Any individual who misses the target with even a single round during the qualification course is deemed to have failed the qualification and must re-shoot the entire course of fire and achieve 100% accuracy to pass. Duty pistol qualifications are required annually in addition to any state requirements.
Shotgun	The qualification standard is 100% accuracy on target, and 75% score at distances of 7-50 yards. Each stage is timed. All rounds/pellets must impact the target in the scoring zone. Standing, kneeling, barricade, and movement techniques are incorporated into the course of fire. Shotgun qualification is required annually.
Patrol Rifle	The rifle qualification standard is 100% accuracy on target, and 84% score at distances of 5-100 yards. Each stage is timed. All 50 rounds must impact the target in the scoring zone, Standing, kneeling, barricade, and movement techniques are incorporated into the course of fire. Patrol rifle qualification is required annually. Patrol rifle is limited to select armed security officers who achieve a minimum duty pistol qualification score.

Annual Firearms Training
1. All armed security officers are required to attend a minimum of eight (8) hours of ongoing firearms training every calendar year, in addition to the annual pistol qualification.
2. All armed security officers are required to meet the Valentis firearms qualification yearly, which the standards are significantly higher than required by state standards.
3. The firearms training and qualification is a requirement set by Valentis to work as an armed security officer; Not just a formality of law.
4. The Valentis firearm program can also be compared against law enforcement standards.

It has been proven that the Valentis firearms training and standards directly translate into increased safety, competence, and accountability while minimizing risk exposure to our clients, Valentis, and its employees.

**Less Lethal and Other Qualifying Standards**
Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) Pepper Spray	Security Officers qualify in the Fox Labs OC Pepper Spray certification course. Security Officers are required to receive exposure, once, during the initial certification. Certification is required annually.
Electronic Control Weapon	Security Officers, at their sole discretion, may qualify on the Electronic Control Weapon (ECW) using the Axon Network course. Security Officers are required to receive an ECW exposure, once, during the initial certification. Certification is required annually.
Defensive Tactics I	Subject control that includes pressure point control tactics, handcuffing, proper individual searches [male and female], and hand to hand defensive tactics.
Defensive Tactics II	Handcuffing uncooperative individual(s) as well as kneeling and prone handcuffing, firearm retention, weapon disarming, and advancing take-down skills. Also includes interactive real-world scenario-based learning.
Defensive Tactics III	Edged weapon defense skills and ground defense tactics.

Additional Training Standards
Driving Skills Qualification (DSQ)	Personnel that operate company owned vehicles must successfully pass a DSQ annually. The DSQ assesses driving through a serpentine course, operating a vehicle at elevated speeds, backing up, and parking.
CPR/First Aid/Stop the Bleed	All personnel are certified, biennial, in CPR, AED, First Aid, and Stop the Bleed. Personnel are also required to successfully pass the medical event scenarios facilitated during the course. This course exceeds the requirements for recruits graduating from the majority of city and municipal police academies. Medical based qualifying standards are required annually.
Field Based Training	Valentis compliments its training and orientation with robust and ongoing Field Training, tailored to the client to whom the Security Officer is assigned. Field Training will be based on an orientation to specific client RFP and/or site requirements. Front-line Supervisors are responsible for ensuring their staff is trained, within the greater context of the Professional Development Program, appropriately for their client and environment.

Academic Module
Orientation	This training module covers the introduction to Valentis Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), benefits, professional development training, and general operational overview.
Contractual and Legal Jurisdiction	Personnel are trained on the legal responsibilities they have in contracted security and understanding the limitations that may exist from time to time. The training module provides information on how interacting with law enforcement and emergency response agencies is vital to their success.
Use of Force Continuum	Personnel are trained on the authorized Valentis eight step use of force continuum. The training focuses to deescalate the scenario without the application of force. If force is required, then the adverse effects of misapplying are identified which may result in criminal prosecution and civil liability. Personnel are trained that there can be a personal financial impact when unlawfully and unjustifiably using force against another individual. The objective of this module is to ensure personnel fully understand that although the use of force is authorized in certain circumstances when there is a clear and present threat of bodily injury against themselves or another person that it is obligatory upon the Security Officer to apply such force within the legal boundaries set forth. Personnel are presented with real world incidents that have occurred involving contracted security personnel. Personnel review the lessons learned while examining legal concerns, if any, that each incident presented.
Valentis Reporting Process	The training module covers the specific set of requirements that must be followed when writing incident reports at Valentis. The training also covers awareness of our administrative review and dissemination to Clients and Stakeholders.
Situational Awareness	Personnel are trained on situational awareness, its meaning, and how to improve it as part of security operations.
Testifying in Court	Personnel are trained on testifying as part of the private sector representing contracted security personnel versus other prior experience. The training module covers preparation, appearance, and delivery of testimony during a hearing or trial.
Public Relations	The training module details sensitivity, enhancing communication with the public, and interacting with law enforcement and emergency response agencies.
Threat Awareness	Personnel receive threat awareness training that covers active shooter preparedness, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), improvised explosive devices, and terrorism.

Scenario-Based Qualification
Personnel qualify in annual scenario-based assessments that encompasses all prior learned stages of less lethal and lethal uses of force. The personnel are positioned into scenarios that they may encounter during their assigned shifts and are tested on the eight steps of the Valentis Use of Force Continuum, contact & cover, incident response, communications, notification to stakeholders, and report writing.