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Everything you need to know about getting and keeping your Texas License to Carry. Plus class information for cities across Texas and the latest news from East Texas Security Training Academy.
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Two Weeks In: Everything That Changed, In One Place
The short version of everything new at ETXSTA: instant online enrollment, a published class calendar with real dates, the Security Career Fastrack bundle, and…
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Instant Payouts, Zero Cost, No Volume Targets: Why Our Partner Terms Look Like This
Why our affiliate program pays 75% instantly with no joining fee and no volume targets, and the one step we deliberately kept slow.
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Who This Partner Program Is Actually For (And Who It Is Not)
An honest look at who earns well from our affiliate program, from firearms instructors and guard companies to recruiters and training schools, and the…
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Level 2 Security Officer Class in Frisco, Texas
In Frisco, a security contractor cannot lawfully staff an unlicensed officer at a lobby or gate, so the Level II course has to come…
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Armed Security License Renewal Class in Longview, Texas
Longview is home ground for us. Here is the six-hour continuing education requirement answered for on-time officers, lapsed officers, and officers who changed employers.
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Level 3 Security Officer Class in Irving, Texas
If you already hold a Texas License to Carry, here is exactly how much of the Level III firearms qualification it prepares you for,…
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Level 2 Security Officer Class in Longview, Texas
Level II is not the class where you shoot. A straight correction of the Longview rumors, from a training school that actually lives in…
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Armed Security License Renewal Class in Denton, Texas
Unarmed Denton officers are routinely told they owe continuing education hours. The rule says otherwise, and here is exactly who does owe six hours,…
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Level 3 Security Officer Class in Longview, Texas
A Longview guide to the paperwork behind a Texas security officer commission: the PSP 30 certificate, seven-day issuance, 24-month records, and the two certificates…
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Level 2 Security Officer Class in Irving, Texas
Three things Irving students routinely get wrong about becoming an armed security officer in Texas, and where the unarmed Level II class genuinely sits…
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Armed Security License Renewal Class in Irving, Texas
Three conditions have to be true and one document has to exist before an Irving commissioned officer can file a renewal. Each traces back…
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Level 3 Security Officer Class in Denton, Texas
Level III material comes from DPS and only an approved school with an approved instructor may teach it. The first thing a Denton student…
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Level 2 Security Officer Class in Denton, Texas
Denton security employers cannot place an unlicensed person on a post, which means the Level II course belongs before the job hunt rather than…
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Armed Security License Renewal Class in Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo officers often discover too late that the continuing education hours they completed cannot be used. Here is the rule that decides which six…
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Level 3 Security Officer Class in Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont job postings that ask for a commissioned officer are asking for Level III. Here is what the course involves, online and in person,…
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