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is licensed under the Texas Department of Public Safety's Private Security Bureau as a Level III and IV Training School.

In accordance with the State of Texas Private Security Bureau, requirements for Level IV PPO training is a total of 15 hours and a written exam.  The 15 hours consists of 4 hours of OC pepper spray, 4 hours of Defensive Tactics and 6 hours of lecture all followed by a 50 question exam.  This quite frankly is just enough to get you, your team or your principal hurt!

At SPSTI, we have developed a 50 hour Basic Protective Officers Course that incorporates the above minimum state requirement and then continues on with real life practical training.  During our BPOC, you will learn about individual and multiple PPO details in a reality based environment.  The additional 35 hours of the BPOC includes:

• Walking formations

• Rings of Protection

• PPCT

• Interactions with Client, Public, Media and Law Enforcement

• Motorcade operations

• Overt / Covert Surveillance

• Carrying of a Concealed Firearm

• Practical Concealed Firearms Course

• Intermediate Combat Pistol Course

• and much more

Students who are not CURRENTLY certified in OC pepper spray must be exposed to OC during the course in order to receive certification.  Students must not only be able to successfully pass the state exam, but must also complete a 6 - 8 hour scenario based final exam in the population of San Antonio or surrounding areas as a part of a mock Protective Detail.

The following is an excerpt from the Texas Occupations Code relating to Personal Protection Officers

SUBCHAPTER I. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS
 

OCC §1702.201. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED.

An individual may not act as a personal protection officer unless the individual holds a personal protection officer endorsement.
 

OCC §1702.202. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER.
An individual acts as a personal protection officer if the individual, while carrying a firearm, provides to another individual personal protection from bodily harm.
 

OCC §1702.203. APPLICATION FOR PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER ENDORSEMENT.

An applicant for a personal protection officer endorsement must submit a written application on a form prescribed by the board.
 

OCC §1702.204. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER ENDORSEMENT; QUALIFICATIONS.

(a) An applicant for a personal protection officer endorsement must be at least 21 years of age and must provide:
   (1) a certificate of completion of the basic security officer training course;
   (2) proof that the applicant:
      (A) has been issued a security officer commission;
      (B) is employed at the time of application by an investigations company or guard company licensed by the board; and
      (C) has completed the required training in nonlethal self-defense or defense of a third person; and
   (3) proof of completion and the results of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory psychological testing.
(b) The board by rule shall require an applicant for a personal protection officer endorsement to complete the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test. The
board may use the results of the test to evaluate the applicant's psychological fitness.
 

OCC §1702.205. PERSONAL PROTECTION OFFICER TRAINING.

(a) The board shall establish a 15-hour course for a personal protection officer consisting of training in nonlethal self-defense or defense of a third person.
(b) The training required by this section is in addition to the basic training course for security officers.
 

OCC §1702.206. LIMITED AUTHORITY TO CARRY FIREARMS.

(a) An individual acting as a personal protection officer may not carry a firearm unless the officer:
   (1) is either:
      (A) engaged in the exclusive performance of the officer's duties as a personal protection officer for the employer under whom the officer's personal protection officer
endorsement is issued; or
      (B) traveling to or from the officer's place of assignment; and
   (2) carries the officer's security officer commission and personal protection officer endorsement on the officer's person while performing the officer's duties or traveling
as described by Subdivision (1) and presents the commission and endorsement on request.
(b) An individual who is acting as a personal protection officer and is wearing the uniform of a security officer, including any uniform or apparel described by Section
1702.323(d), may not conceal any firearm the individual is carrying and shall carry the firearm in plain view. An individual who is acting as a personal protection officer and is
not wearing the uniform of a security officer shall conceal the firearm.

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