Berkeley Lake is a small lake city on the Chattahoochee, and its students take classes just east in Duluth, at the Private Eye Protection Academy on Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Choose Unarmed, Armed or the Complete Package, then hold a date with a $100 deposit.
Reserve with a $100 non-refundable deposit; pay the rest at class.
Designed for people new to security. Earns a Certificate of Completion.
Saves $75 vs. booking separately. Armed portion: 21+.
Must be 21+. Check the Bookeo listing for date requirements.
Few training cities sit as close to the Academy's own road as Berkeley Lake. The city's retail and business uses are concentrated along Peachtree Industrial Blvd, the same boulevard where the classroom sits at 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201, in Duluth. Duluth borders Berkeley Lake on the east, so for many residents this is a trip into the next city rather than across the county.
Neighborhoods around the private lake, homes near the river and the industrial district each start from a different spot, so open the directions link here from your own street at the hour your class begins. Plan to be in the room early on day one, because the first session sets up the paperwork and course materials.
There is no class at Berkeley Lake City Hall on South Berkeley Lake Road. Every classroom session is in Duluth, and the Armed course adds a live-fire range qualification whose details are posted on each Bookeo date.
Berkeley Lake began in 1956 as a summer retreat and is still mostly homes built around an 88-acre private lake. The city's 2025 Peachtree Industrial small area plan describes the other side of town: office parks, strip retail, gas stations, historic industrial parcels and county recreation sites along the boulevard, much of it annexed in 2011. A mix like that means after-hours property, delivery traffic and public parks sharing one road, which is where observation, patrol logs and clear reports earn their keep.
Two Gwinnett County facilities sit inside the city: the West Gwinnett Aquatic Center, with indoor and outdoor pools, and part of Pinckneyville Park, with a community center, soccer fields and trails. The city plan notes that these sites host tournaments, events and youth activities and draw visitors along the corridor, and it points to hotel demand in the area. Tournament days and busy facilities call for the same basics the Unarmed course drills: watching entrances, guiding people calmly and writing down what happened in plain language.
Residents who want to work close to home can use the course to understand the posts they already drive past, from office lobbies to warehouse gates, without assuming any particular site is hiring.
These examples describe the kinds of properties found in and around Berkeley Lake. They are examples, not job offers, and completing a course does not guarantee employment. Private Eye Protection hires through its own application.
Office parks along Peachtree Industrial Blvd may use front-desk officers for visitor sign-in, badge checks and end-of-day lockups.
County pools and fields that host tournaments need people who can manage entrances, lost-child calls and parking lot rounds.
Historic industrial lots on the boulevard can benefit from perimeter checks, gate logs and lighting reports overnight. See warehouse security services.
Subdivisions around a private lake can rely on patrol presence, vehicle observation and contractor access notes. See residential community security.
The city plan points to hotel demand along the corridor; hotel posts mean lobby watch, guest escorts and incident logs. See hotel security services.
A few sites can call for armed officers. Georgia armed licensing requires age 21 and runs through a licensed employer. See armed security officers.
Unarmed builds the base. Armed adds firearms and live-fire qualification.
Georgia Board rules set a 24-hour minimum for basic training.
Unarmed, Armed or the Complete Package.
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The non-refundable deposit reserves your seat. Bookeo emails your confirmation.
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Designed for people new to security work.
21 or older. Georgia Board FAQ
The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations.
Still have a question? Call the Academy at 678-878-3152.
No. City Hall on South Berkeley Lake Road is not a training site. All Academy sessions meet at 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201, in Duluth, the city just east of Berkeley Lake. Armed course range details are listed on the Bookeo page for each date, so read that listing before you pay your deposit.
Both cities share Peachtree Industrial Blvd, but your starting point near the lake, the river or the industrial district changes the trip. Use the Google Maps link on this page from your home at the time you would leave for class. Since the classroom is on the same boulevard that carries most of Berkeley Lake's businesses, many residents already know the road.
Berkeley Lake pairs quiet lake neighborhoods with an older commercial and industrial strip on Peachtree Industrial Blvd and two county recreation facilities. That mix lines up with patrol, front-desk, gate and event entrance posts. The course teaches the skills for those settings; it does not place you at any specific property.
Each Bookeo date shows its session hours before you reserve, so compare them with your shift first. If you work along the corridor, check whether the hours leave room to reach Duluth on time. For help reading the schedule, call 678-878-3152 on a weekday before paying.
Unarmed is $250, Armed is $375 and the Complete Package is $550. Every course, whichever you choose, is reserved with a $100 non-refundable deposit through secure Bookeo and Square checkout. The balance, $150, $275 or $450, is due when you attend the training.
Start with the 24-hour Unarmed course. It covers patrol and observation, emergency response, legal authority and use of force, access control and report writing, and includes American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED. If you are at least 21 and plan to work armed, the Complete Package bundles both courses and saves $75.
No. Armed training requires you to be at least 21, the same minimum Georgia sets for armed security licensees. Armed registration is handled through a licensed security employer, so the course alone does not authorize armed work. Read the requirements on each Bookeo listing before you reserve.
No. The Academy provides state-required training and issues a Certificate of Completion for successful Unarmed completion, and the Armed course provides firearms training and qualification documentation that you use in the state process. Completion is not an automatic license. The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations.
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