They currently have a job opening for an SPO - Special Police Officer.
http://www.sidwell.edu/news/article/index.aspx?linkid=32603&moduleid=379
DC SPOs can carry guns and make arrests. In DC Public schools they are required to carry guns.
Qualifications
•Required to possess and maintain a valid motor vehicle operator’s permit and acquire and maintain a District of Columbia operator’s permit to operate a D.C. government motor vehicle.
•Required to work rotating shifts, weekends and holidays.
•Required to carry and use firearms.
•Required to maintain a valid Special Police Officer’s Commission from the Metropolitan Police Department.
•Required to wear a uniform and/or protective clothing.
•Must possess a minimum of five (5) years of experience in law enforcement, physical security, military training or a combination of experience.
•Must possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED equivalency. Two (2) years collegiate academic course work may be substituted for one (1) year of experience.
•Must currently be qualified as an SPO in the District of Columbia.
•Personnel security investigation required.
•A medical examination is required.
•This position is subject to the Lautenberg Amendment/Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
•Must comply with Drug Abuse Testing Program requirements.
•Provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
•Firearms testing and qualification required.
•License/Certification: CPR Techniques, First Aid and Valid State Drivers License
•One-year probationary period required.
•Male applicants born after December 31, 1962 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
•Required to successfully complete a 90-day training period of the rules, procedures, duties, equipment operations and recognition of policies of the division.
In the District of Columbia, only police officers and members of the military (in the course of their duties only) can lawfully carry loaded firearms. Thus, security personnel who work in an armed capacity must be commissioned as District of Columbia Special Police Officers in order to carry a weapon (this law does not apply on federal property, so security personnel who work in federal buildings do not have to become DC SPO’s, although their guns may not leave their building under any circumstances).
They security at Sidwell are armed, which is why their advertisement for a security opficer requires an SPO licence.
Here is the current list of security personnel at Sidwell. There are 11 security positions, 7 of which are “special police officers”.