Your Colorado requirements
What you will learn
- Identify the authority for your location
- Explain your next training and application steps
- Know which details to confirm before starting work
Connect the shared foundations to your state entry route and official next steps.
Your shift starts here
What would you do next?
You have finished the online foundations lessons and found an employer in Colorado. The employer asks when you can start.
Choose a response to see what happens.
Put it into practice
Verify your training next step
You are considering paying for a course. Build this verification plan in dependency order: define your target, establish the relevant requirements, check the exact course against them, then use the confirmed answers to decide.
Select the steps in the order you would take them.
- Choose step 1 below
Lesson notes & sources
Your state entry route
Check the city where you will work. Denver operates an individual security guard licensing process alongside separate employer licensing. Requirements elsewhere need local confirmation.
Ask the relevant city which training and providers it accepts before buying a course. Denver publishes eligible training providers and application guidance.
Identify the city
Give your employer the exact work address and ask which local credential applies.
Follow city requirements
Complete the required training, background checks, and employer documentation.
Apply for your credential
Use the city's employee application and confirm approval before starting.
Confirm your situation
Colorado's proposed HB25-1262 statewide scheme was postponed indefinitely; its proposed dates are not active requirements.
This guide checks Denver and does not establish requirements for every Colorado municipality.
Keep your sources current
These sources were checked on 2026-09-16. Ask the named authority and employer to confirm the remaining local requirements.
The Get Licensed foundations course is supplementary preparation. Follow the required approved training and authorisation process for your location.