Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Houston, Texas
Energy executives, medical leadership, film productions, and River Oaks families: Houston protection work is discreet, varied, and constant. Level IV officers here work real details, not lobby chairs.
- Texas DPS Level IV personal protection officer
- Texas DPS License C28670101
- Direct hire — no staffing agency
- Veteran owned & veteran friendly
Where Houston personal protection officers are posted
Executive protection for energy and corporate leadership – movements, board weeks, and standing residential coverage.
Film and media production security, where Mayer Security is a named provider – talent protection with set discipline.
Estate and family details in River Oaks, Memorial, and the Villages, plus secure transport across the metro.
What it takes to wear this uniform
The application checks all of this up front — the state eligibility questionnaire, your credentials, and your driving record acknowledgement — so nobody’s time gets wasted, yours included.
Level IV license
You must hold the Texas DPS personal protection officer license (Level IV), which requires a current Level III commission underneath it and a minimum age of 21.
Protection experience
Prior executive protection, military protective services, or law enforcement experience is strongly preferred. Level IV without hours on a real detail is a starting point, not the finish line.
Clean criminal history and firearms eligibility
The application includes the DPS eligibility questionnaire and the federal firearms questions – a PPO must be able to lawfully carry every day, everywhere the principal goes.
Clean driving record
Non-negotiable for protection work: secure transport is half the job. Driving history is reviewed before an offer.
Hiring security for a Houston property instead? This page is the bar every officer we field has already cleared — commissioned at the level the post requires, background-screened under Texas Occupations Code 1702, clean driving record, credentials verified before assignment. See security guard services in Houston or every service we provide.
Executive protection details for principals who expect discretion and polish. The highest bar we hire to – and the most interesting work we staff.
Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Houston: quick answers
What does the Level IV license require?
Texas DPS requires a current Level III commission, a minimum age of 21, and completion of the Level IV personal protection officer course. If you hold Level III today and want the path to protective work, apply for an armed role and say so in your application – details are staffed from officers we already trust.
Do you hire PPOs without prior protection experience?
The license alone is rarely enough. Prior executive protection, military protective services, or law enforcement experience is strongly preferred, and new PPOs start alongside experienced detail leads rather than alone with a principal.
What kind of protection details run in Houston?
Corporate executive coverage (movements, offices, residences), production and talent protection on film and media sets, estate details in River Oaks and Memorial, and secure transport. Houston details reward polish and discretion – most principals here want protection that disappears into the background.
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Apply for Personal Protection Officer Jobs in Houston
Ten minutes, on your phone. Pick your position, answer the state eligibility questionnaire, and upload your resume and credentials once – no paper, no follow-up phone tag.
You will get a confirmation email immediately, and email and text updates as your application moves. Please do not call to check status — if we have questions, we reach out.