School security officers inMaryland.
Maryland State Police licensed school security officers for county boards of education and nonpublic schools, with the board authorization, handgun permits and emergency plan lined up before day one.
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What Maryland law requires
Maryland's school-weapons statute, Criminal Law §4-102, bars deadly weapons on public school property but exempts a person hired by a county board of education specifically for the purpose of guarding public school property, as well as law enforcement officers. That exemption is the lane a contracted armed officer works in for public schools. Nonpublic schools are not covered by §4-102 and arm through the State Police wear-and-carry permit under Public Safety §5-301 et seq.
DIS holds Maryland State Police security guard agency license 25PLU-SG66469. Every officer is certified through the MSP Licensing Division, and armed officers hold the wear-and-carry permit the State Police issues. For each program we align the board's engagement, the officers' permits and the school's emergency plan so the authorization is clean on paper.
Maryland's Safe to Learn Act also requires every school system to have a school safety coordinator, a behavioral threat assessment team and an emergency plan reviewed with the Maryland Center for School Safety. DIS supports the coordinator and provides threat assessment training to the team.
Statutes summarized for orientation; each engagement is reviewed against current law with the school's counsel. Licensing board: Maryland State Police, Licensing Division.
Built to the Maryland statute, run from one Command Center
MSP certified officers
Security guard certification and wear-and-carry permits through the Maryland State Police.
Board engagement letter
We draft the county board of education engagement that brings the §4-102(a) exemption into play.
Public and nonpublic models
Programs built for county boards and for independent and faith-based schools.
Safe to Learn Act support
Threat assessment training and emergency plan support for your school safety coordinator.
Every DIS school post, in every state, includes
- A full-time armed officer assigned to one campus, introduced to the principal before day one
- 24/7 Command & Control Center oversight: GPS check-ins, body camera, encrypted radio
- A certified backfill officer dispatched before the first bell on any absence
- Weekly regional supervisor visits and same-day incident reports
- K-9 weapon-detection sweeps available on request
- Tactical combat casualty care and youth mental health first aid on every officer
Straight answers for Maryland
Can a Maryland county board of education hire contracted armed security?
How do nonpublic schools in Maryland arm security?
What licensing do DIS Maryland officers have?
Where in Maryland does DIS operate?
Every state writes the law differently
Tell us about your Maryland campuses
A regional manager, not a salesperson, will call you within one business day and price your campuses within a week.