Armed, state-certified school security officers, K-9 weapon-detection teams and 24/7 Command Center oversight on more than 250 campuses across eleven states.
Officers on campus in eleven states, licensed in twelve, all reporting into one Command & Control Center in Coral Springs, Florida.
Armed school security is governed by state statute, state licensing boards and, in some states, the county sheriff. DIS holds its own security-agency license in each state below and trains officers to that state's standard, not a generic one.
Every public school, charter schools included, must have at least one armed safe-school officer on campus during school hours. The statute allows four options: a sworn school resource officer, a district-employed school safety officer, a Guardian (a trained school employee), or a school security guard contracted from a licensed security agency under §1006.12(4). DIS officers serve under the fourth option: Class D and G licensed, sheriff's Guardian program certified, dedicated full-time to one campus, supervised and backfilled by us.
Florida's largest provider of Safe School Officers · districts and charter governing boards may contract directly · the 72-hour notifications to the Office of Safe Schools, handled. Read the full Florida guide →
Since September 2023 every school board must set the number of armed security officers for each campus and keep at least one on duty during school hours, unless it adopts a good-cause exception. The requirement may be met by contracting with a security company licensed under Occupations Code Chapter 1702 whose officers have completed the Department of Public Safety Level II or III course. DIS provides commissioned officers who meet that standard and documents the district's compliance.
Full-time officers per campus · coverage plans that survive leave and absence · DPS Level III commissioned. Read the full Texas guide →
Arkansas commissions school security officers through the Arkansas State Police, with training set by statute: firearms qualification, active-shooter scenarios, trauma care, defensive tactics and weapon retention. DIS's Commissioned School Security Officers began protecting Jonesboro Public Schools in the 2025–26 school year, the first district partnership of its kind in the state, and now cover eight Arkansas sites.
CSSO commissioned · military backgrounds · tactical medicine and youth mental health first aid on every officer. Read the full Arkansas guide →
Georgia lets each local board of education decide who may be armed in its school safety zones, with judgment-shooting, marksmanship and use-of-force training required and an annual background check. DIS is licensed by the Georgia Board of Private Detective and Security Agencies and works with boards and charter governing bodies to put licensed, board-authorized armed officers on campus and to write the security section of the §20-2-1185 safety plan.
Three Georgia campuses today · metro Atlanta and south Georgia · GEMA/HS drill support. Read the full Georgia guide →
In May 2025 South Carolina authorized public school districts to field armed security personnel licensed and registered through SLED, alongside, never instead of, their school resource officers. Officers must be 21, recertify every two years and train jointly with local law enforcement on firearms, defensive tactics and active-shooter response. DIS is SLED-licensed and already on four South Carolina campuses.
SLED-registered officers · joint training agreements drafted with the sheriff · charter authorizer process handled. Read the full South Carolina guide →
North Carolina restricts firearms on educational property to sworn, company police and specifically exempted personnel, and the General Assembly is actively revising the rules for nonpublic schools. DIS is licensed by the Private Protective Services Board, protects twelve North Carolina campuses today, and designs each program, armed or unarmed, to fit the exemption that lawfully applies to that school.
Twelve campuses · public and nonpublic schools · we track H949 and S280 so you don't have to. Read the full North Carolina guide →
Ohio allows a board of education or a school's governing body to authorize armed personnel who complete the Ohio School Safety Center curriculum, with public notice of the authorization. DIS protects its first Ohio campus today and is building the officer pool and licensing to serve districts and charters across the state.
Columbus and Cincinnati first · contact us to be on the list for the 2027–28 school year. Read the full Ohio guide →
New York makes a firearm on school grounds a felony unless the school authorizes it in writing, and the Penal Law limits that authorization to police, peace officers, school resource officers and security guards holding a special armed guard registration card under General Business Law §89-f, whether the guard works for the school or for a contractor. DIS is licensed as a watch, guard or patrol agency by the Department of State, places only special-armed-card holders on campus, and writes the security annex of the Education Law §2801-a district-wide and building-level safety plans.
Special armed guard registration on every officer · 47-hour armed pre-assignment and annual in-service, done · licensed statewide, contact us for the 2027–28 school year. Read the full New York guide →
Maryland's school-weapons statute carves out "a person hired by a county board of education specifically for the purpose of guarding public school property," which is the lane a contracted armed officer works in; nonpublic schools arm through the State Police wear-and-carry permit instead. DIS holds a Maryland State Police security guard agency license, certifies every officer through the MSP Licensing Division, and builds each program so the board's authorization, the officer's handgun permit and the school's emergency plan line up before the first day.
MSP-certified officers · board-of-education engagement letter drafted for the school · public and nonpublic models. Read the full Maryland guide →
Virginia is the one state with a dedicated School Security Officer certification through the Department of Criminal Justice Services, and the statute expressly lets a licensed private security company under contract to a public, private or religious school employ them. An SSO may be armed only if he or she left law enforcement in good standing within the past ten years, completes the §18.2-308.016(C) firearms standard plus active-shooter, evacuation and threat-assessment training, and is approved by the school after consultation with the local chief of police or sheriff. DIS is DCJS-licensed and staffs armed Virginia posts with former officers who meet that bar.
DCJS-certified SSOs · former law enforcement on armed posts · 16-hour certification and biennial in-service tracked by our compliance desk. Read the full Virginia guide →
Tennessee registers armed guards through the Department of Commerce & Insurance, and since 2023 no guard may be posted at a public, private or church-related school without school-specific active-shooter training in the first sixty days on top of firearms qualification. Public districts arm officers through a memorandum of understanding with the local law-enforcement chief (§49-6-815 and §49-6-809); nonpublic schools set their own written carry policy (§49-50-803). DIS is a licensed Tennessee contract security company and builds each campus program around the MOU or policy that governs it.
Armed-guard registration and the school active-shooter module on every officer · MOU language drafted with the sheriff or chief · on campus in Tennessee today. Read the full Tennessee guide →
Louisiana keeps firearms off campus and out of the 1,000-foot zone around it, with exceptions for POST-certified officers, school employees acting in the course of their duties and any person the principal authorizes in writing (R.S. 14:95.2(C)); 2025's Senate Bill 101 took privately owned schools out of the statute altogether, leaving their boards to set policy. DIS officers are licensed and firearms-certified through the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners, placed under written authorization from the principal or governing board, and introduced to the parish sheriff before they start.
LSBPSE-registered armed officers · principal's authorization letter and sheriff notification handled · Louisiana Center for Safe Schools drill support. Read the full Louisiana guide →
Washington's school-weapons statute exempts persons engaged in school district security activities, and requires anyone providing school security under an administrator's direction, who is not a commissioned officer, to be trained to the law-enforcement standard before carrying any electronic device. DIS holds a Washington private security company license, certifies officers as armed private security guards through the Department of Licensing, and documents the district's authorization and the officer's training file so the exemption is clean on paper.
DOL-licensed armed guards · district authorization and training records kept on file · licensed statewide, contact us for the 2027–28 school year. Read the full Washington guide →
Statutes summarized for orientation; each engagement is reviewed against current law with the school's counsel. Licensed in twelve states.
Every DIS school post, in every state, reports into the same regional managers and the same Command & Control Center in Coral Springs, Florida.
Armed, Guardian-certified, full-time officers dedicated to one campus. Most served in the military or law enforcement before joining DIS.
Handler-and-dog teams trained to detect firearms and ammunition at entries, in lockers, vehicles and crowds, without the bottleneck of a walk-through scanner.
Our staffed operations floor sees every post around the clock: officer GPS and check-ins, body cameras, encrypted radio and direct lines to the sheriff's office.
Behavioral threat-assessment and emergency-preparedness training for school staff, led by our Director of Government Affairs, a former embassy security chief.
A regional manager walks your campus, reads your current plan and reports where the gaps are. No charge.
Week 1We select officers from the regional pool by campus profile: elementary, high school, special needs, faith-based. Principals meet them before day one.
Weeks 2–3Post orders written with your administration, district notification filed, officer on campus with radio, body camera and Command Center link.
Before the term startsWeekly supervisor visits, monthly reporting, requalification through the year, and a backfill before the bell on any absence.
Every day after
LL.M. in International Law, University of Miami. More than 30 years advising corporations in commercial law and complex litigation.
Directs operations in twelve states. Former IDF special forces operator and military advisor overseas; author of In the Line of Fire and Before the First Gunshot; host of School Safety Talks; 2026 Gold Medal, Ligue Universelle du Bien Public.
U.S. Air Force veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm, retired NYPD detective, specialist in educational safety.
Ph.D., counterterrorism training; former captain, Israeli special forces, and head of security at the Israeli Embassy in Rio de Janeiro. Trains school staff in threat assessment.
Safe School regional manager and handler for Arya, DIS's firearms-detection golden retriever.
Financial manager with 15 years across industries: cost optimization, working capital, strategic planning and budgeting.
More than 15 years in accounting and business development.
Retired generals, a Navy SEAL, a cybersecurity founder and a Parkland parent advise DIS on strategy, training and technology.
Internationally known cybersecurity expert and entrepreneur; strategic advisor to enterprises, states and governments.
Co-founded Cytactic, FortyTwo Global and FortyTwo Labs; CTO of the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University; founder of the THINK:CYBER newsletter; former CISO in IDF intelligence (Capt. Res.); co-founder of the Israeli hacking challenge and B-SIDES TLV; member of the ISACA Cyber Security Subcommittee.
28 years of service in special units, the naval commando, missile vessels and anti-terror combat.
Senior positions in special units, the naval commando, missile vessels, anti-terror combat and the civil administration of the West Bank. Now a senior strategic consultant to NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions working toward an Israeli–Palestinian peace agreement, and a businessman.
33 years in operations and command, including combat intelligence and surveillance units.
Built long-term relationships with Israeli and overseas emergency, law enforcement, security and intelligence organizations. Provides training and consulting on security and counter-terrorism practice, hostage-rescue situations and combat intelligence.
Kidnap recovery and extortion resolution; 78 cases worked for multinational crisis-management teams.
Rose from seaman recruit to Executive Officer of SEAL Team V, with combat missions in El Salvador and Panama and extensive experience training foreign special forces. Conducted terrorist-perspective assessments of U.S. seaports, chemical plants, refineries and nuclear plants for DHS and managed contracts supporting Multi-National Force–Iraq. Holds the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for Heroism; graduate of Southern Illinois University; native Spanish speaker.
More than 25 years in security consulting, counter-terrorism training and international crime-prevention projects.
CEO of I.S.I.T Group, specializing in security, counter-terrorism and crime prevention; developer and head master of Operational Krav Maga, with branches in Europe and Latin America.
30+ years of global security experience; former Israeli special forces captain and Israeli Secret Service member.
Formerly head of security at the Israeli Embassy in Rio de Janeiro; CEO of IESS Group, operating in Mexico and Latin America for 25 years; DIS Director of Government Affairs.
20+ years at Israel Military Industries, including SVP Marketing & Strategic Planning and board member.
Last served as VP and Head of the Ammunition Division, managing 1,200 employees across five factories and leading defense sales to the IDF, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army and agencies across Latin America, Europe, India and Asia-Pacific. Board member of Ashot-Ashkelon Industries. M.S. in Finance, City University of New York; B.A. in Economics and Business Management, Bar-Ilan University.
Retired IDF commanding officer of special units; organizational psychologist and long-serving government official.
M.Sc. in Organizational Psychology and Institutional Consulting. Specializes in organizational strategic and intelligence consulting.
Two decades in banking and insurance; Ohio State criminology graduate; school-safety advocate in Parkland, Florida.
Shapes DIS's national business model with a focus on client service and brings a Parkland parent's perspective to every school program.
Columbine, Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde, the evolving role of the school security officer, and the preventive measures that work.
Available on AmazonEvery school shooting studied had warning signs. How educators, security professionals and parents recognize them early and interrupt the pattern.
About the bookConversations with legislators, law enforcement and educators, including Rep. Christine Hunschofsky, mayor of Parkland at the time of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.
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