Security, Alarm, Locksmith and Investigations: qualification, exams, and education

Licensing-exam preparation and carefully separated statutory training for security and investigative services.

Review the learning pathways

Regulated credentials

Who this California guide covers

Licenses and credentials

- Security Guard
- Private Patrol Operator
- Private Investigator
- Alarm Company Operator
- Locksmith
- Repossession Agency
- Firearms and Baton permits

What 101PD may provide

- BSIS licensing-exam preparation
- Power to Arrest and guard skills after authority verification
- Annual skills education

Provider qualification route

How 101PD can become authorized

Evaluate each license separately. Firearms, baton, and training-facility activity require specific authority; guard training must follow statutory syllabus and instructor rules.

Non-substitution boundary

What online training cannot replace

101PD will not launch weapons, baton, skills, or instructor training online-only or before exact authority is documented.

Possible learning formats

California-focused learning options

Exam prep

California Security Guard Licensing Prep

This is a researched pathway, not a promise that 101PD currently offers this course. Any future product page must show its exact price, enrollment status, and credit eligibility.

Research guide only

Exam prep

California PPO and PI Exam Prep

This is a researched pathway, not a promise that 101PD currently offers this course. Any future product page must show its exact price, enrollment status, and credit eligibility.

Research guide only

Professional development

Annual Security Skills Update

This is a researched pathway, not a promise that 101PD currently offers this course. Any future product page must show its exact price, enrollment status, and credit eligibility.

Research guide only

Official sources

Verify before acting

The regulator controls eligibility, fees, applications, examinations, and credit. These are the sources used for this page.

Sources checked July 22, 2026. Confirm current regulator requirements before acting.