Officer Training
The Officer Integration Program
Our OIP is the backbone of the Diligence Security standard — a disciplined, multi-day curriculum that turns licensed Officers into genuine professionals, not names on a clipboard.
13 Days — Roughly 13x the State Minimum
Washington certifies a Security Officer in 8 hours. An Officer moving through our ranks completes about 13 full days of training — roughly 13 times that minimum — before counting management development.
Law, Force, and De-escalation
Officers master Washington licensing law, citizen detainment, the legal limits of force, and a five-level Escalation of Force Continuum built around verbal de-escalation.
Documentation as the Product
Every Patrol, Security, and Fire Watch Log is trained to a customer-facing standard. Detailed, timestamped records are how we prove coverage and reduce liability for our Clients.
A Real Career, Not a Uniform
OIP feeds a structured path from Officer to Patrol Officer to Supervisor, each with additional certification, drivers training, and equipment issuance. We invest in the people we send to your site.
What the Officer Integration Program is
The Officer Integration Program — OIP — is how Diligence Security develops the disciplined, dependable Officers who protect our Clients across the Puget Sound. It is a two-stage curriculum. OIP 1 is completed by every new hire before they hold a post, and OIP 2 is advanced training reserved for Officers who have proven themselves through probation.
We built OIP because too much of the security industry treats training as a box to check. We treat it as the product. When you hire our Mobile Patrol Officers, On-site Officers, or Emergency Fire Watch Officer Team, you are hiring people who have been taught to observe, communicate, de-escalate, and document to a single, high standard.
OIP 1 — Officer Integration Program, Course Material #1
OIP 1 runs five 8-hour days: three days of classroom instruction, one day of onboarding, and one day of field training. It covers company culture and values, the Task Priority Continuum, the basic role of the Security Officer, Washington State licensing and detainment law, post orders, observational skills, confidential and proprietary information, CPTED, safety and drug awareness, emergency response, medical training, a full Fire Watch Officer curriculum (WISHA/OSHA, NFPA/IFC, the fire tetrahedron, reading smoke, and the P.A.S.S. method), the legal limits of use of force, our five-level Escalation of Force Continuum, and professional log and report writing. A written exam is given, requiring a score of 80% or higher.
Read the full OIP 1 curriculum overview →
OIP 2 — Advanced Officer Development
Once an Officer completes probation, they become eligible for OIP 2 — five or more days of classroom training in communication skills, life management, face reading, behavioral profiling, crisis management, and further Officer safety. Along the way, Officers earn their duty belt and handcuff and pepper spray training at the end of probation, Patrol Officers complete four hours of extensive drivers training for fleet access, and Supervisors complete eight hours of supervisory and TASER training.
Read the full OIP 2 curriculum overview →
The Training Ladder, in Days
Washington State licenses a Security Officer after 8 hours of pre-assignment training. Here is what an Officer actually completes moving through the Diligence Security ranks:
- OIP 1 — 5 days of classroom, onboarding, and field training before holding a post
- OIP 2 — 6 days of advanced classroom development after probation
- End of Probation — 4 hours of duty belt, handcuff, and pepper spray certification
- Patrol Officer Training — 4 hours of extensive drivers and fleet training
- Supervisor Training — 1 full day of supervisory and TASER training
That is roughly 13 days — about 13 times the state's 8-hour minimum — before an Officer reaches Supervisor. Beyond that, we develop management positions internally, including Human Resources, Field Training Officer, Field Manager, Operations Manager, and Project Manager roles, each with its own additional training track.
Guard-card endorsement for partner companies
Because our curriculum meets or exceeds Washington State requirements, other security companies can send their Officers and guards to complete OIP training with us for their guard-card endorsement. If you run a security company and want your people trained to a genuine professional standard — without building an academy of your own — we would like to hear from you.
To discuss enrolling your Officers, Contact our Team or call us any time at (253) 227-3565.
Train your Officers to a genuine professional standard.
Diligence Security offers guard-card endorsement training through our Officer Integration Program. Reach out to enroll your Team.