Commissioned Security Officer Jobs in Houston

The work

Price Protection was established in 2019 to provide armed security, and armed posts are still where the company puts its most experienced officers. A commissioned officer works the posts that a client has decided need a visible, armed presence: the lobby of a building that has had threats, the parking lot of a store on a 24-hour corridor, the campus of a congregation during services, a healthcare facility’s entrance at night, a venue on show nights, a community that has asked for an armed courtesy patrol. Some posts are fixed; some are patrols on foot or in a marked vehicle; some are a mix across a shift.

The job is the same on each: be seen, watch, keep the log, talk to people early and calmly, follow the post orders, call the police for enforcement and write it all down. The firearm is carried because the client and the company decided the post warranted it. It is not the reason the post exists, and on the great majority of shifts it is never touched.

What the company expects of a commissioned officer

The Texas standard is the floor: a current Level III commission under Occupations Code chapter 1702, which means the 45-hour course, firearms proficiency and a Department of Public Safety background check, renewed with continuing education. On top of that, every applicant must pass the company’s own background check and a drug test, hold a valid driver’s license or occupational license, have reliable transportation and a working smartphone that supports the company’s reporting system, and bring their own duty belt and their own reliable weapon.

Beyond the paperwork, the company looks for the things post orders cannot teach: the judgment to de-escalate rather than confront, the discipline to walk the same route at two in the morning as at ten at night, and the habit of writing a report that a manager, an adjuster or a police officer can rely on. Commissioned officers are trained in the company’s security protocols, customer service, incident reporting, first aid and fire safety, and read and sign the post orders for every property before working it.

Where the posts are

Across Greater Houston, from the Sugar Land headquarters out to Katy, The Woodlands, Baytown and League City. Officers are generally assigned to posts on their side of the region and to a small group of properties they get to know. Dispatch is one number, staffed 24 hours a day, and a supervisor is reachable on every shift.

Applying

Send a resume with your commission number and the date it expires through the application page. Applicants who meet the requirements are contacted for an interview; the interview article describes what that covers. Officers who hold Level II and are working toward the commission should read the Level III license article and apply for non-commissioned work in the meantime.