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Our firearms and Executive/Dignitary Protection instructors are among the very best in the world! They will go beyond the minimum training guidelines giving you additional tactical instruction that may keep you and others you protect alive someday.

I. To work as an armed guard in New York State, you will need to take an approved NYS Forty-Seven (47) hour firearms course. We generally conduct this course on weekend days over a period of time. 

Note: Certain retired law enforcement officers such as police officers under Article 1.20 of the NYS CPL may be exempt.  Check with the NYS DCJS for details.

II. Once you have the armed guard license you will need to take an Eight Hour Annual In-Service Training Course for Armed Guards each year.

Note for HR 218 qualified officers:  NYS does not recognize HR 218 for armed guard work, you will need the proper pistol license to worked armed. The only exception if for ACTIVE DUTY POLICE OFFICERS included in the Art 1.20 of the NYS Criminal Procedure Law (CPL). If you are 

(1) A valid unarmed New York State Security guard license (also known as a "registration card"). You must have the actual license in your hand, not just a training certificate.

(2) A valid New York State pistol license (permit). 

• In in New York City (NYC) you obtain the pistol license ONLY from the NYPD pistol license bureau at One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan.   Note: NYC requires their pistol license application to be TYPED and you can find a typable form online that works with most Internet browsers.

• In Nassau County you obtain the pistol license ONLY from the Nassau County Police Department pistol license bureau at police headquarters in Mineola.  

• For Western Suffolk County: If you live in either of the towns of Babylon, Islip, Huntington, Smihtown, or Brookhaven you obtain the pistol license ONLY from the Suffolk County Police Department pistol license bureau at police headquarters in Yaphank.  

• On eastern Long Island where you are served by town or village police then it's the Suffolk County Sheriff department pistol license bureau in Riverhead.

• For the other fifty-five counties (NYC is actually five counties) of the sixty-two counties in New York State, contact your local police department or county clerk office for information about how to get a NYS pistol license. Each has their own requirements and it takes months and sometimes over a year to process your application for a number of valid reasons so don't wait too long to apply if you don't already have one and are seriously considering armed security work.

• More information can be found online by using any major search engine like Google or by contacting the appropriate agency directly. 

Note: HR 218 does not apply to the pistol license requirements as set forth in NYS law. New York does not recognize HR 218 for Armed Guard training or licensing requirements.

(3) A duty-type weapon with a caliber of 9mm or higher (smaller calibers are not acceptable for this course according to state regulations). Note: Some ranges have rental guns available for the course but they are not always available!

These are THE RULES of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) and NYS law, not ours, so please do not present arguments to us. 

We also agree with them and this is why . . .

These rules were promulgated by DCJS for very good reason: To ensure that both you and the general public will be better protected from those offering substandard, overpriced, and unauthorized training!  Previously there were many problems, especially in and around the New York City area with firearms training.

NOTE: Due to the above recent rule changes promulgated by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services we cannot accept online applications for armed training courses, and must verify the course prerequisites as delineated in items 1-3 above in person.