Train like the officers who stand the posts

Is security work right for you? What a shift really looks like, the kinds of posts, and the steps to get licensed.

• A night on post, hour by hour
• Kinds of posts and schedules
• Your licensing roadmap

Gets you ready for the state-required pre-assignment training with a DOL-certified trainer, so you walk in prepared and pass with confidence.

• Legal powers and limits
• Basic security principles
• Emergency response and report basics

Covers the topics of the 8-hour post-assignment training you complete after you start working.

• Conduct and communication
• Access control and incident reporting
• Evacuation and life safety

Stay current every year: rule changes, lessons learned and a quick skills check.

• What changed this year
• Case reviews
• Skills check

Write incident reports that insurers, police and courts can rely on. Facts, timeline, no opinions.

• Who, what, where, when
• Writing a clean timeline
• Using photos as evidence

Calm tense situations with words, distance and body language before they become incidents.

• Reading warning signs
• Words that lower the temperature
• When to step back and call

Patrol with purpose: unpredictable routes, what to check, and how to control who comes in.

• Random patrol patterns
• Doors, gates and keys
• Visitor and vendor checks

Be the professional face of the property. Greet, help and enforce rules without conflict.

• First impressions
• Saying no politely
• Handling complaints

Fire, medical, weather and active-threat basics: your first minutes and who to call.

• Your first 60 seconds
• Evacuation and accounting
• Working with responders

The app on a real shift: clock in, scan checkpoints, file a report by voice and use SOS.

• Clock-in and post orders
• Checkpoint scans
• Voice reports and SOS

Entry control, crowd flow and incident response for concerts, games and private events.

• Bag checks and entry lines
• Crowd warning signs
• Lost child and medical calls

What a fire watch is, how to patrol it, and how to keep the timed logs inspectors expect.

• When fire watch is required
• Timed patrol logs
• Calling it in

Protect equipment and materials after hours, and keep trespassers out of dangerous sites.

• Perimeter and gate checks
• Equipment theft patterns
• Site hazards for guards

Drive safely, inspect properties from the vehicle and on foot, and log every stop.

• Safe patrol driving
• Stop routines
• Alarm response

Patient-centered security for clinics and hospitals: privacy, behavioral health and visitors.

• Privacy on post
• Behavioral health calls
• Emergency department posts

Deter theft and keep staff safe, with clear rules on what guards can and cannot do.

• Deterrence that works
• Safe observation
• Documenting losses

From officer to leader: scheduling, coaching, quality checks and handling client calls.

• Running a shift team
• Coaching and feedback
• Client communication

For owners and future owners: pricing bids, insurance, licenses, payroll rules and winning contracts.

• Pricing a contract
• Insurance and licenses
• Growing with OX Command

La carrera de seguridad en Washington explicada en español: el trabajo, la licencia y los primeros pasos.

• Cómo es un turno
• Pasos para la licencia
• Primer día en el puesto

Escribe reportes claros en inglés y en español, con hechos, horas y descripciones precisas.

• Hechos, no opiniones
• Línea de tiempo
• Fotos como evidencia