School security officers inWashington.
Department of Licensing certified armed private security for Washington school districts and private schools, with the district authorization and training file that keep the RCW 9.41.280 exemption clean.
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What Washington law requires
Washington's RCW 9.41.280 bars firearms and other dangerous weapons from school facilities, with exemptions in subsection (3) that include persons engaged in military, law enforcement or school district security activities. The statute also 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 Washington private security company license SAB40000310 and certifies officers as armed private security guards through the Department of Licensing under RCW 18.170, including the firearms certificate and the eight-hour pre-assignment training. For each district we document the authorization and the officers' training files so the exemption is clean on paper.
Washington requires every district to maintain a comprehensive safe school plan under RCW 28A.320.125, reviewed with local emergency responders and tested through drills. DIS officers participate in the drills and our regional manager supports the plan.
Statutes summarized for orientation; each engagement is reviewed against current law with the school's counsel. Licensing board: Washington State Department of Licensing.
Built to the Washington statute, run from one Command Center
DOL-licensed armed guards
Armed private security guard certification and firearms endorsements through the Department of Licensing.
District authorization on file
The authorization and training records RCW 9.41.280(3)(b) relies on, documented and kept current.
Safe school plan support
Participation in the RCW 28A.320.125 drills and plan review with your emergency responders.
Licensed statewide
Ready to deploy for the 2027–28 school year; contact us to start the authorization.
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 Washington
Can a Washington school district use armed private security?
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Does DIS support the comprehensive safe school plan?
Every state writes the law differently
Tell us about your Washington campuses
A regional manager, not a salesperson, will call you within one business day and price your campuses within a week.