Arizona DPS NEW Unarmed Guard Card Course - 8 Hours
Arizona DPS NEW Unarmed Guard Card Course - 8 Hours
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To obtain a security guard license, commonly called a "guard card," in Arizona, you must meet specific requirements set by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS). The process varies slightly depending on whether you aim to become an unarmed or armed security guard.
Unarmed Security Guard Requirements:
1. Age and Citizenship: You must be at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen or legal resident authorized to seek employment in the United States.
2. Criminal Background: You should have no felony convictions or pending indictments. Additionally, within the five years preceding your application, you must not have been convicted of misdemeanors involving personal violence, misconduct with a deadly weapon, dishonesty, fraud, arson, theft, domestic violence, narcotics offenses, or sexual misconduct.
3. Training: Complete an 8-hour unarmed security guard training course from a state-certified facility. This training covers criminal law, arrest laws, uniform and grooming standards, communication, use of force, general security procedures, ethics, crime scene preservation, and emergency response procedures.
4. Application Process:
o Fingerprinting: Submit a fingerprint card (Form FD-258) for a background check.
o Photographs: Provide two passport-sized color photographs of your face.
o Identification: Include a copy of your driver's license or another valid form of identification.
o Fees: Pay a processing fee of $72, which includes a $50 application fee and a $22 fingerprint fee.
Submit the completed applicationand all required documents and fees to the AZDPS Licensing Unit. Processing times may vary, but applications without complications are typically processed within 10 days. Armed Security Guard Requirements:
In addition to meeting all the unarmed security guard requirements, armed security guard applicants must:
1. Age: Be at least 21 years old.
2. Firearms Training: Complete a 16-hour armed security guard training course, which includes classroom instruction and live-fire range qualification. Topics cover force laws, firearm handling, legal issues, and liability.
3. Additional Background Checks: Ensure you are not a prohibited possessor as defined by law, have not been discharged from the armed services under dishonorable conditions, and have no convictions for domestic violence crimes.
4. Fees: The armed guard application requires an additional processing fee of $50, totaling $122, combined with the unarmed application fees.
After completing the necessary training and gathering all required documentation, submit your application to the AZDPS Licensing Unit for processing.
For detailed information and access to application forms, visit the Arizona Department of Public Safety's official website.
Please note that regulations and fees are subject to change. For the most current information, it's advisable to consult the AZDPS directly or visit their official website.
The training you need to get the Arizona DPS unarmed guard card.
How it works:
- Complete the online training at your own pace.
- Within 1-3 Business Days after completing the course, your instructor will email the Guard Card Application with the instructor section filled out. No training certificate is issued with this course.
- Next steps which include:
- Submitting fingerprints
- Pay guard card application fee: $83.85 unarmed | $134.95 armed
- Wait for your Arizona DPS issued guard card to be delivered in the mail before you start work.
The AZ Department of Public Safety requires all Security Guards be licensed in the State of Arizona and complete 8 hours training. This online course is offered in partnership with Victory Investigations & Protective Services, LLC who is licensed under the Arizona Department of Public Safety (license # 1672745.)
For tips on obtaining your Arizona DPS Unarmed Guard Card on a Budget, click here.
Disqualifiers:
- If you're under 18 years of age.
- If you are not a citizen or legal resident who is authorized to seek employment in the United States.
- If you have ever been convicted of a felony, whether or not your conviction was set aside and your Civil Rights were restored.
- If you are currently under indictment for a felony.
- If within the last 5 years preceding your application, you have been convicted of any misdemeanors involving:
- Personal Violence
- Misconduct involving a deadly weapon
- Dishonesty or Fraud
- Arson
- Theft
- Domestic Violence
- Narcotics
- Sexual Misconduct
- If you are on parole, community supervision, work furlough, on home arrest, or on release on any other basis.
- If you are named in an outstanding arrest warrant.
- If you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent or found to constitute a danger to self or others.
- If you have a disability, which renders you incapable of performing essential functions of the job.
- If you have been convicted of acting or attempting to act as a security guard or private investigator without a license if a license is required.
- If you were discharged from the armed services of the U.S. under other than honorable conditions.
- AZ State Legislature – 32-2609– Good cause exceptions for felony offenses.
The course was excellent, only one problem, the forms to recieve my guard card incomplete. I was not able to get my fingerprints done by dps.
I completed my training more than 2 weeks ago and I have not received my certificate, I called 4 days ago and I was told “ our Arizona partner will reach out to you in 3 days max” and still nothing
It is a great way to earn at your own pace
I was ripped off. I was not given a guard card after when I tried to sign up with my states Department of security I was told I needed an agency license number from defencify which was not given.
Hello Abinezer, we have a partner in Arizona that can sign off on both parts of the form. We've forwarded your information to them, and once the filled out form is ready, you will receive an email from the instructor. The email should come within 1-3 business days from now, from Alejandro@vipfirearmstraining.com.
Please let us know if you have any questions in the meantime!
Overall a great course! I would recommend this course to any security guards looking for training
State Requirements
To obtain a security guard license, commonly called a "guard card," in Arizona, you must meet specific requirements set by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS). The process varies slightly depending on whether you aim to become an unarmed or armed security guard.
Unarmed Security Guard Requirements:
1. Age and Citizenship: You must be at least 18 years old and a U.S. citizen or legal resident authorized to seek employment in the United States.
2. Criminal Background: You should have no felony convictions or pending indictments. Additionally, within the five years preceding your application, you must not have been convicted of misdemeanors involving personal violence, misconduct with a deadly weapon, dishonesty, fraud, arson, theft, domestic violence, narcotics offenses, or sexual misconduct.
3. Training: Complete an 8-hour unarmed security guard training course from a state-certified facility. This training covers criminal law, arrest laws, uniform and grooming standards, communication, use of force, general security procedures, ethics, crime scene preservation, and emergency response procedures.
4. Application Process:
o Fingerprinting: Submit a fingerprint card (Form FD-258) for a background check.
o Photographs: Provide two passport-sized color photographs of your face.
o Identification: Include a copy of your driver's license or another valid form of identification.
o Fees: Pay a processing fee of $72, which includes a $50 application fee and a $22 fingerprint fee.
Submit the completed applicationand all required documents and fees to the AZDPS Licensing Unit. Processing times may vary, but applications without complications are typically processed within 10 days. Armed Security Guard Requirements:
In addition to meeting all the unarmed security guard requirements, armed security guard applicants must:
1. Age: Be at least 21 years old.
2. Firearms Training: Complete a 16-hour armed security guard training course, which includes classroom instruction and live-fire range qualification. Topics cover force laws, firearm handling, legal issues, and liability.
3. Additional Background Checks: Ensure you are not a prohibited possessor as defined by law, have not been discharged from the armed services under dishonorable conditions, and have no convictions for domestic violence crimes.
4. Fees: The armed guard application requires an additional processing fee of $50, totaling $122, combined with the unarmed application fees.
After completing the necessary training and gathering all required documentation, submit your application to the AZDPS Licensing Unit for processing.
For detailed information and access to application forms, visit the Arizona Department of Public Safety's official website.
Please note that regulations and fees are subject to change. For the most current information, it's advisable to consult the AZDPS directly or visit their official website.
Courses Include
The training you need to get the Arizona DPS unarmed guard card.
How it works:
- Complete the online training at your own pace.
- Within 1-3 Business Days after completing the course, your instructor will email the Guard Card Application with the instructor section filled out. No training certificate is issued with this course.
- Next steps which include:
- Submitting fingerprints
- Pay guard card application fee: $83.85 unarmed | $134.95 armed
- Wait for your Arizona DPS issued guard card to be delivered in the mail before you start work.
The AZ Department of Public Safety requires all Security Guards be licensed in the State of Arizona and complete 8 hours training. This online course is offered in partnership with Victory Investigations & Protective Services, LLC who is licensed under the Arizona Department of Public Safety (license # 1672745.)
For tips on obtaining your Arizona DPS Unarmed Guard Card on a Budget, click here.
Disqualifiers:
- If you're under 18 years of age.
- If you are not a citizen or legal resident who is authorized to seek employment in the United States.
- If you have ever been convicted of a felony, whether or not your conviction was set aside and your Civil Rights were restored.
- If you are currently under indictment for a felony.
- If within the last 5 years preceding your application, you have been convicted of any misdemeanors involving:
- Personal Violence
- Misconduct involving a deadly weapon
- Dishonesty or Fraud
- Arson
- Theft
- Domestic Violence
- Narcotics
- Sexual Misconduct
- If you are on parole, community supervision, work furlough, on home arrest, or on release on any other basis.
- If you are named in an outstanding arrest warrant.
- If you have been adjudicated mentally incompetent or found to constitute a danger to self or others.
- If you have a disability, which renders you incapable of performing essential functions of the job.
- If you have been convicted of acting or attempting to act as a security guard or private investigator without a license if a license is required.
- If you were discharged from the armed services of the U.S. under other than honorable conditions.
- AZ State Legislature – 32-2609– Good cause exceptions for felony offenses.
Reviews
The course was excellent, only one problem, the forms to recieve my guard card incomplete. I was not able to get my fingerprints done by dps.
I completed my training more than 2 weeks ago and I have not received my certificate, I called 4 days ago and I was told “ our Arizona partner will reach out to you in 3 days max” and still nothing
It is a great way to earn at your own pace
I was ripped off. I was not given a guard card after when I tried to sign up with my states Department of security I was told I needed an agency license number from defencify which was not given.
Hello Abinezer, we have a partner in Arizona that can sign off on both parts of the form. We've forwarded your information to them, and once the filled out form is ready, you will receive an email from the instructor. The email should come within 1-3 business days from now, from Alejandro@vipfirearmstraining.com.
Please let us know if you have any questions in the meantime!
Overall a great course! I would recommend this course to any security guards looking for training
