Training and Skills

Highly Trained and Experienced Law Enforcement Professionals

Most SDC Security Officers and Investigators are off-duty law enforcement professionals with practical experience in a wide variety of law enforcement functions. Many officers have additional qualifications, such as specialized education, and other certifications or training in:

  • Criminal investigation
  • Criminal intelligence
  • Interview and interrogation
  • Police patrol
  • Evidence technician
  • Traffic enforcement
  • S.W.A.T.
  • Terrorism
  • Executive protection
  • Vice, drugs and organized crime
  • National Incident Management System/Incident Command System
  • Firearms tactics and instruction
  • Less lethal tactics and instruction
  • Motor vehicle crash investigation
  • Arrest, search and seizure laws
  • Bomb and arson
  • Public information officer
  • Field training officer
  • Bicycle patrol
  • Canine handling
  • Vehicle theft
  • Community policing
  • Hostage negotiations
  • Corrections
  • Loss prevention
  • Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
  • CPR/First Aid
  • Internal affairs investigation

SDC Professional Security Officers and Investigators meet the following minimum requirements:

  • Illinois State Firearms Certification
  • State Security certification
  • Successfully pass a criminal background check
  • At least 21 years of age
  • High school graduate or equivalent
  • Minimum 4 years of law enforcement experience OR Associates Degree OR minimum 5 years of security experience with preference to supervisory experience during their tenure