Colorado is one of the fastest growing states in the country. As such, there is an abundance of jobs in the contract security guard business. Precisely how many is hard to tell, as Colorado remains one of only nine states that do not regulate security guards or security companies on a statewide level.
According to a 2020 Denver Post report more than 6,500 licensed security guards work in the city – that’s more than four times the size of the Denver Police Department.
While bills have been introduced in the Colorado House to standardize the occupational and training requirements for unarmed security guards, and Colorado does require security officers to be licensed, applications are handled at the County level. That means training standards and licensing fees vary from one county and city to the next.
For example, the city of Denver mandates that new security guard applicants attend 16 hours of Denver Police Department-approved training, while the city of Colorado Springs requires only eight hours.
Both cities require eight hours of license renewal training each year. Some smaller cities and rural areas have no license requirements at all.
This can make the application process confusing and difficult, especially for people coming from other states or even moving in state.
So, the first and most important piece of advice here is to contact the City Clerk in the jurisdiction in which you seek employment as a security guard. They will have the specifics for obtaining a Guard Card in that Colorado city and county.
However, there are several requirements – and disqualifiers – that are common across the state of Colorado for unarmed security officers. Let’s take look at those:
A certificate of training completion is required to prove the applicant has completed the mandatory training. That certificate must be verified and included as part of your application.
Also, note that different jurisdictions will have different standards for passing exam grades. (Further, armed security officer licensing requires additional training for a concealed carry permit for a firearm, knife, nightstick, and mace. Officers must be in good standing as an unarmed security guard before beginning training for an armed guard license.)
In Colorado only state-eligible training providers can issue certificates of completion for submission to the County or City Clerk for an unarmed security officer license.
In order to become an eligible training provider, businesses must submit their lesson plans, curricula, and course materials to the licensing authorities in the local jurisdiction for review and approval.
We have done just that. Our self-paced, online unarmed security officer training programs are guaranteed to meet Colorado’s unique security guard licensing requirements.
Defencify courseware is created by instructional designers working in concert with Colorado state and local licensing authorities to ensure students in every county get the training necessary to receive a state-certified certificate of completion upon passing the final exam.
Our Colorado Security Guard Training courses are created using modern eLearning technologies and adult learning theory techniques to make training fun and memorable.
Course modules incorporate games and interactive scenarios with built-in knowledge checks to reinforce learning points.
Students can take Defencify courses at the time, place, and on the device of their choosing, and take modules as many times as necessary to absorb the knowledge. We made becoming an unarmed security guard in Colorado easy.
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