School security officers inSouth Carolina.
SLED-licensed armed security personnel for South Carolina districts under Act 36 of 2025, alongside your school resource officers, never instead of them.
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What South Carolina law requires
In May 2025 South Carolina enacted Act 36, adding S.C. Code §59-19-275, which authorizes public school districts to employ or contract armed security personnel licensed and registered through SLED under Chapter 18 of Title 40. The act is explicit that these officers supplement school resource officers and do not replace them.
Officers must be at least 21, complete SLED's armed security training and the additional school-specific training on firearms, defensive tactics and active-shooter response, recertify every two years, and train jointly with the local law enforcement agency under a written agreement. DIS holds SLED license 14825 and certification 3790 and already protects four South Carolina campuses.
The district typically holds the proprietary security registration while DIS supplies the officers; charter schools work through their authorizer. DIS drafts the joint-training agreement with the sheriff and prepares the registration filings for the district.
Statutes summarized for orientation; each engagement is reviewed against current law with the school's counsel. Licensing board: South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).
Built to the South Carolina statute, run from one Command Center
SLED-registered officers
Armed registration, school-specific training and biennial recertification tracked by our compliance desk.
Joint training with the sheriff
The written agreement Act 36 requires, drafted by DIS and signed with your local agency.
Four campuses today
On campus in South Carolina since 2025, with a regional pool for backfill.
Charter authorizer process
We handle the authorizer notification and the district proprietary registration paperwork.
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 South Carolina
Can South Carolina school districts use private armed security?
What does SLED require of an armed school security officer?
Does a DIS officer replace our school resource officer?
Where in South Carolina does DIS operate?
Every state writes the law differently
Tell us about your South Carolina campuses
A regional manager, not a salesperson, will call you within one business day and price your campuses within a week.