School security officers inTennessee.
Tennessee-registered armed school security officers for public, private and church-related schools, built around the MOU or carry policy that governs each campus.
Nashville · Memphis · Knoxville · Chattanooga · Clarksville · Murfreesboro
What Tennessee law requires
Tennessee registers armed guards through the Department of Commerce & Insurance under Title 62, Chapter 35. Since 2023, no guard may be posted at a public, private or church-related school without completing school-specific active-shooter training within the first sixty days, on top of the general and firearms training and the 70% marksmanship qualification the registration requires.
Public districts arm officers through a memorandum of understanding with the chief of the local law enforcement agency under §49-6-815, and may authorize off-duty officers as armed security under §49-6-809. Nonpublic schools adopt their own written handgun-carry policy under §49-50-803. DIS holds Tennessee contract security company license 14465 and builds each campus program around whichever instrument governs it.
Tennessee also requires every school to maintain a building-level safety plan, conduct annual armed-intruder drills and operate a threat assessment team under the 2023 school safety act. DIS officers participate in the drills and our regional manager supports the plan and the team.
Statutes summarized for orientation; each engagement is reviewed against current law with the school's counsel. Licensing board: Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance, Private Protective Services.
Built to the Tennessee statute, run from one Command Center
Registered armed guards
Title 62, Chapter 35 armed registration and the school active-shooter module on every officer.
MOU and policy language
The §49-6-815 memorandum with the sheriff or chief, or the §49-50-803 policy for a nonpublic school, drafted by DIS.
On campus today
Officers on campus in Tennessee with regional pools in Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville.
Threat assessment support
Behavioral threat assessment training for your team and officers who sit on it.
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 Tennessee
Can a Tennessee school use a private security company for armed officers?
What training does Tennessee require for an armed school guard?
How does a private or church-related school in Tennessee arm security?
Where in Tennessee does DIS operate?
Every state writes the law differently
Tell us about your Tennessee campuses
A regional manager, not a salesperson, will call you within one business day and price your campuses within a week.