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Private Security Management

Code: 101871 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Prevention and Integral Safety and Security OT 4

Contact

Name:
José Luis Franco Eza
Email:
joseluis.franco@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

This subject does not have any pre-requirements


Objectives and Contextualisation

The subject objectives are to aim at a reflection of some of the primary objectives of the degree. Students must apply their knowledge, conceptual and normative, to the management of the so-called Private Security Sector, security companies and private security personnel, knowing and distinguishing the different types of services that can be presented to users , public or private, and the functions and limits of the professional attributions attributed to the different professional categories.

This will form the basis from which the student will have the adequate baggage to formulate proposals for quality of service within private security, always taking into account the regulatory framework and the needs of private security consumers.

Know the concepts and regulatory framework of public safety and private security.

Understand the bases for the provision of private security services.

Familiarize oneself with private security legislation.

Distinguish the functions attributed to the Security Forces and Bodies, and the services and activities that, in a complementary and subordinate manner, can be provided by private security operators.

Achieve a competence level suitable for the theoretical and regulatory content that allows the professionals of the Degree, to relate and coordinate with technicians in this field.


Competences

  • Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
  • Apply the legal regulations governing the sector of prevention and integral security.
  • Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  • Carry out analyses of preventative measures in the area of security.
  • Efficiently manage human resources.
  • Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
  • Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
  • Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
  • Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Take account of social, economic and environmental impacts when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
  • Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse the situation and identify the points that are best.
  2. Apply the rules of professional practice for private security and private research.
  3. Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  4. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
  5. Diagnose the situation of integral security in companies and organisations.
  6. Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
  7. Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
  8. Plan and manage prevention and security in accordance with the prevailing legislation applicable in the sector.
  9. Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
  10. Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.
  11. Propose viable projects and actions that promote social, economic and environmental benefits.
  12. Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  13. Select the minimum resources for efficient risk management.
  14. Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  15. Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  16. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  17. Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  18. Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  19. Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
  20. Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.

Content

1. The Department of Security
1.1. Fit within the organization
1.2. Creation of the Security Department
1.3. Duties of the Security Director
1.3.1 Objectives
1.3.2 Internal organization chart
1.3.3 The Security Manager
2. Management of the security department
2.1 Economic Management
2.2 Operational management
3. The Security Master Plan (PDS)
3.1 Content of the Safety Master Plan
3.2 Physical Security Plan
3.2.1 Human Resources
3.2.2 Technical means
3.2.3 Protocols and Procedures of the Comprehensive Security Plan
4. The Private Security company
4.1 The hiring
4.2 Quality of service
4.3 Document management
4.4 Organization of the security company
4.5 The Security Guards
5. Leadership and team management
5.1 Leadership: The leader
5.2 The hierarchy: The command
5.3 Team Management
6. Superior Regulation
6.1 National Security Law
6.2 Civil Protection Law
6.3 Law for the Protection of Critical Infrastructures
7. Operational intelligence
7.1 Cycle of Operational Intelligence
7.2 Planning and Direction
7.3. Harvest
7.4. Analysis and Production
7.5. Diffusion
8. Collaboration with the Security Forces and Bodies
8.1 Normative regulation
8.2 Public Security cooperation programs
8.3 RED AZUL Program of the National Police
8.4 COOPERA Program of the Civil Guard
8.5 Cooperation program of the Mossos d 'Escuadra
8.6 Ertzaintza cooperation program

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Evaluation 4 0.16 18, 16, 14, 15
Theoretical and practical classes with the participation of students 40 1.6 3, 12, 6, 7, 18, 16, 14, 15, 20
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials with the students 12 0.48 3, 12, 6, 7, 20
Type: Autonomous      
Resolution of practical cases. Realization of works. Personal study. 94 3.76 3, 12, 6, 7, 20

Teaching language: Spanish

Considering that the modality of the class is Online, with the aim of achieving the learning objectives described in this Guide, we will develop a methodology that combines the individual study from the Manual, and the readings that will be presented in each topic.

In the classes, we work on the student to acquire a critical and real vision of the day-to-day life of a security department, acquiring a vision of the daily work rhythm and promoting recognition of the profession on their part.

The tutorials with the teaching staff will be arranged by email.

Parallel to the theoretical classes, the student will have to do practical work, which expands the knowledge of the profession. The instructions per fer i com fer-ho are included in Moodle.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Delivery of the work done individually or in groups (indicated in class) 50% 0 0 3, 12, 6, 7, 18, 16, 14, 15, 20
Written and / or oral tests that allow to value the knowledge acquired by the student 50% 0 0 3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 17, 16, 14, 15, 13, 20, 19

The theoretical tests, which account for 50% of the final grade obtained, take the form of a written and / or oral exam.

The practical works on the topics worked in the classroom represent 50% of the final grade and will be presented in writing.They will consist of two Continuous evaluation tests of 25% weight each. The grades of the assignments will not add up, if the student does not appear in the final exam.

To be able to compute as a continuous evaluation, a minimum score of 3.5 must be obtained, in each exercise or test.

In case of not passing the subject according to the aforementioned criteria (continuous evaluation), a recovery test may be done on the scheduled date to the schedule, and it will cover the entire contents of the program.

To participate in the recovery the students must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities, the weight of which equals a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject. However, the grade that will be included in the student's file is a maximum of 5-Pass.

Students who need to change an evaluation date must present the request by filling in the document that you will find in the moodle space of Tutorial EPSI.

The tests / exams may be written and / or oral at the discretion of the teaching staff.

 

Not Assessable:
 
 
If you have not been evaluated in these two thirds of all the tests for not having presented yourself or handed in the work, you will obtain a grade of NOT ASSESSABLE as established in the EPSI Evaluation Regulations, without having the possibility to present - to the final recuperation exam.
 
Single Assessment:
 
Students who opt for the single assessment, will take the exam of all the content of the subject (50%) the same as the rest of the students and will have to deliver a work of the subject of the entire syllabus (50%).
 
The date for this test and the delivery of the course work will be the same scheduled in the schedule for the last continuous assessment exam. The work must be submitted via Moodle on the same day of the exam, closing at the end of the exam schedule.
 
The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.
 
Review
 
At the time of carrying out each assessment activity, the teaching staff will inform the students of the mechanisms for reviewing the qualifications.
 
For single assessment students, the review process will be the same.
 
Plagiarism:
 
Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures that are deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the event that the student makes any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an evaluation act, it will be graded with a 0." this evaluation act, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instituted. In the event that several irregularities occur in the evaluation acts of the same subject, the final grade for this subject will be 0."
 
If during the correction there are indications that an activity or work has been carried out with responses assisted by artificial intelligence, the teacher may complement the activity with a personal interview to corroborate the authorship of the text.
 
Useof Artificial Intelligence
 
Restricted use: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated with this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
 
If, during the correction of a work submitted by the student, the teacher has indications of the use of AI tools for its completion, the teacher may conduct an interview with the student in order to resolve the indications and demonstrate to the student the original work created with their ability to validate the competencies that are required to be obtained through practical work mandated by the teacher. This interview may vary the final grade.
 
Due to unforeseen circumstances that prevent the normal development of the subject, the teaching staff may modify both the methodology and the evaluation system of the subject.

Bibliography

Basic Bibliografy

Code of Private Security Legislation  (BOE, Ed. 2024) (Códigos electrónicos).

https://www.boe.es/biblioteca_juridica/codigos/codigo.php?id=058_Codigo_de_Seguridad_Privada&tipo=C&modo=2

Further reading:

Seguridad Pública-Seguridad Privada (¿Dilema o Concurrencia?). Fundación Policía Española (2009). Colección Estudios de Seguridad Dykinson.

Izquierdo Carrasco, Manuel (2004). La seguridad privada: régimen jurídico administrativo. Valladolid. Lex Nova.

Gómez-Bravo Palacios (2006). Seguridad Privada: Consultas e informes sobre normativa vigente. Madrid. Ministerio Interior-Dykinson.

Vicenç Aguad Cudolá (2007). Derecho de la Seguridad Pública y Privada. Thomson Aranzadi.

Marchal Escalona, Nicolás A. (2008). Seguridad Privada. Aranzadi.

Sánchez Manzano, J.J. (2001). Seguridad Privada: Apuntes y reflexiones. Madrid. Diles S.L.

Web links:

POLICIA NACIONAL https://sede.policia.gob.es/portalCiudadano/sede/proc_seg_priv.html  

GUARDIA CIVIL https://www.guardiacivil.es/es/servicios/seguridadprivada/index.html

DEPARTAMENT D' INTERIOR GENERALITAT CATALUNYA: https://interior.gencat.cat/ca/arees_dactuacio/seguretat/seguretat_privada/

DEPARTAMENTO DE SEGURIDAD NACIONAL: https://www.dsn.gob.es

CENTRO NACIONAL DE PROTECCIÓN DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS CRITICAS: https://www.cnpic.es

PROTECCIÓ CIVIL CATALUNYA: https://interior.gencat.cat/ca/arees_dactuacio/proteccio_civil

 

The bibliography will be complemented in the moodle space of the subject.

 


Software

This course will use the basic package of the Office 365 package.


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish first semester afternoon