College Park wraps around the west side of Hartsfield-Jackson, and its residents prepare for security work at the Academy's Duluth classroom in Gwinnett County. Book Unarmed, Armed or Complete in Bookeo; a $100 deposit holds the date.
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.
College Park is one of the metro cities that crosses a county line. Gateway Center Arena, owned by the city, notes that its building and grounds sit in both counties. Whichever side you live on, class happens in one place: 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201, in Duluth.
The city describes itself as close to I-85, I-285, the CSX line and MARTA. There is no single typical starting point, though. A student near the Main Street historic district and one off Camp Creek Parkway can face quite different trips. Use the directions button, set your own origin, and look at the route for the time you would leave. If you hope to use transit for part of the way, map every leg ahead of time instead of assuming it connects.
The Armed course includes range qualification, but not at the classroom address. Bookeo shows the range details for each date, and the Academy line can confirm session hours before you commit.
The Gateway Center campus packs a lot of activity into one district. The city lists the Georgia International Convention Center, Gateway Center Arena, the Historic College Park Golf Course, hotels, a Class-A office building and a BMW Training Center there, all tied together by the ATL SkyTrain to the airport and the rental car center. The city calls the GICC Georgia's second-largest convention center, with metro Atlanta's largest ballroom.
Gateway Center Arena seats about 5,000 and is home to the WNBA's Atlanta Dream and the College Park Skyhawks G League team. Game nights, concerts and graduations bring sudden waves of arrivals at doors, bag checks and seating areas. Those are the access control and crowd communication tasks practiced in the Unarmed course, along with writing up anything that happens on shift.
Away from the campus, College Park has the fourth largest urban historic district in Georgia, with 867 structures on the historic register, a Main Street business district and Woodward Academy, which the city describes as the largest independent school in the continental United States. Historic blocks, campuses and small businesses all lean on patrol officers who can observe, document and de-escalate.
The College Park Main Street program, established in 1999, also offers facade grants for businesses in the Main Street and Virginia Avenue district, a sign of continued investment in storefronts that benefit from patrol.
College Park's convention, arena and airport-area hospitality cluster shows where trained officers are used. Venues are named only to illustrate the skills involved, not as openings.
Trade shows and conferences need badge checks at hall doors, exhibitor load-in monitoring and lost-item reports. See event security services.
Basketball games and concerts at a 5,000-seat arena call for bag checks, section posts and steady exit flow after the final buzzer.
Hotels on the SkyTrain-linked campus use lobby officers, guest floor rounds and overnight incident logs. See hotel security services.
With interstates and a CSX line nearby, warehouse and yard posts depend on gate logs and trailer checks. See warehouse security services.
Small businesses and historic buildings along Main Street benefit from foot patrol and clear incident notes.
Sites with cash or high-value goods may want armed coverage, open only to licensees 21 and older working 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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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. College Park students, whether they live on the Fulton or Clayton side of the city, attend class in Duluth at 3250 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Ste 201. The Armed course's range qualification is listed on each Bookeo date and is not held at that classroom. Use the directions link to see a live route from your own address.
College Park has MARTA service. To test a transit option, set Google Maps to transit from your address and check every leg, including any bus connection at the Gwinnett end, for the time you would travel. If it looks impractical, plan to drive or carpool.
Typical settings include the Georgia International Convention Center, Gateway Center Arena, airport-area hotels, freight sites along the interstates and the historic Main Street district. Posts in settings like these involve access control, crowd flow, patrols and reports. These are examples of the market, not placements, and training alone does not guarantee a job.
Not for training. Course content, prices and the Duluth location are the same for every student, and county lines matter for local services rather than for the Academy. The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations, and finishing a course does not issue a license automatically.
Reserve any course with a $100 non-refundable deposit through Bookeo and secure Square checkout. The rest is due when you attend: $150 for the $250 Unarmed course, $275 for the $375 Armed course or $450 for the $550 Complete Package.
If you are new to security, begin with the 24-hour Unarmed course: patrol, emergency response, legal authority, access control, report writing and American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED. If you are 21 or older and want armed work, the 40-hour Complete Package bundles both courses for $75 less than buying them separately.
Armed training is for students 21 and older. Georgia's Board sets 21 as the minimum age for armed security licensees, and armed registration runs through a licensed security employer, so the course alone does not authorize armed work. Each Bookeo listing shows its requirements.
Successful Unarmed students receive a Certificate of Completion, and Armed students receive firearms training and qualification documentation to use in the state process. Neither one is a license, and employers run their own hiring. The State of Georgia makes all licensing determinations, so completion does not automatically license you.
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