Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department encourages bidders to consider providing bilingual Security Officers, and any bilingual Security Officers should be assigned to locations where additional speaking language will meet location needs.; All Security Officers must have passed a medical physical examination administered by a licensed physician no more than six (6) months prior to the officer's assignment to a City site.; All Security Officers must have completed High School and possess a High School Diploma or possess a General Education Diploma (GED).; All Security Guards must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; must be an American citizen or legal United States resident who has obtained Green Card status; must have the ability to communicate in English at a level sufficient to be able to perform their duties, must have excellent public relations skills and experience it working and have a work attendance record which reflects a reliable and punctual performance history.; All Security Officers assigned to City of Chicago sites must have had at least three (3) years prior work experience as a Security Officer in good standing and/or served in a branch of the United States military, or a combination of both.; All Security Guards who are required to drive a vehicle must possess a valid driver's license with no unsettled traffic violations.; Additional requirements are found under Section 5.9.1, Hiring New Recruits, New Supervisors, and New Remote Supervisors section.; Security services for each site include the protection of all physical contents within a site's entire property boundaries, including all buildings, lots, and open or fenced-off areas, and will also include: a. The prevention and detection of: intrusion, unlawful entry, theft, vandalism, abuse, fire, placing of illicit hazardous material, or trespassing.; b. The prevention, observation, or detection of any unauthorized activity.; c. The protection of all persons on site.; d. The prevention of the misappropriation or concealment of City property or illegal goods.; e. Monitoring of vehicles and pedestrian traffic (restricting access to only authorized vehicles and personnel when stationed at a gate entranceway or secured area; or, while positioned at a fixedpoint position perform "monitoring" in the sense of reacting if suspicious behavior or unusual vehicular activity warrant some investigation on the part of the security officer).; f. Performing foot patrols, when applicable, of a building's hallways and stairways on all floors, and basements when necessary, as well as exterior property boundaries.; g. The prompt reporting to the Chicago Police Department of any criminal activity.; h. The accurate documentation of all incidents. Prompt reporting to the authorized representatives from both the User Department and the Department of Assets, Information and Services, by telephone, as soon as is practical, when an injury to a person or damage to property' occurs on City property.
