Abstract: Apparatus and methods reduce a likelihood of incidence of a lapse in proper discharge of a routine, repetitive security procedure performed by a security guard (14) monitoring an access-controlled location (28). A hand-mounted identification acquisition device (12) worn by the security guard obtains identification information (34) from a person seeking access (32). A transmitter (44) is operatively associated with the device and configured to transmit the identification information to an access-control system (16). A transmission from the access-control system of authorization information indicates whether the identification information corresponds to stored authorization data associated with one of the authorized persons. A display screen (68) presents visual authorization information (70) so that the security guard can compare the physical characteristics of the person seeking access to physical characteristics of the one of the authorized persons shown in an image (72) appearing on the display screen.